On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Ralf <ralf+gen...@ramses-pyramidenbau.de> wrote: > I recommend to deploy gitlab inside a Debian LXC/Docker container as > Gitlab guys provide and maintain precompiled .deb packages. You do not > want to compile it on your own as it comes with a load of dependencies. > And once dependencies change you really might run into trouble with > gentoo. Gitlab isn't just a tiny one-click-and-it-runs webservice, it's > a whole ecosystem.
This is part of why I'd suggest not upgrading it in-place. Just create a new container from scratch every time there is an update. Of course, Gentoo makes this somewhat more painful than other distros; it tends to be designed around upgrading in-place. -- Rich
