Can/should/must we switch away from CERN Gitlab?

Arguments

Non-exhaustive list of pro/contra arguments.

For staying with CERN Gitlab

• Gitlab is fully integrated and handles the repos, issues, and the CI
• Hosted at CERN with dedicated support and infrastructure; does not rely on free-tier of external services.

Against staying with CERN Gitlab

• Easier participation of non-CERN users.
• External services can provide more functionality then what is available with Gitlab

Requirements for another hosting solution

A non-exhaustive list of functionality that we need to host the Acts development in addition to hosting just the git repository.

• Issue tracker
• CI builds with runners that can access CVMFS (to test with LCG releases)
• Sufficient resources to run our extensive builds and unit tests
• Possibility to run multi-threaded tests
• ...