[GHC DevOps Group] Phabricator -> GitHub?

[Greg Steuck (Sh-toy-k)]

I second the motion to prefer paying for generic services/machine power as
a substitute for expending expert effort. X could contribute toward such a
goal monetarily.

Thanks
Greg

On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 4:07 PM Manuel M T Chakravarty <
manuel.chakravarty at tweag.io> wrote:

> Am 09.10.2017 um 23:08 schrieb Simon Marlow <marlowsd at gmail.com>:
>
> On 9 October 2017 at 13:04, Simon Marlow <marlowsd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 9 October 2017 at 12:10, Manuel M T Chakravarty <
>> manuel.chakravarty at tweag.io> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Thirdly, it still is much better than Phabricator on the new random tool
>>> front because it requires no custom infrastructure and the PRs still go
>>> through GitHub as usual.
>>>
>>
>> I do buy the custom infrastructure argument in general - setting up our
>> own CI has definitely taken a lot of Ben's time. I actually really liked
>> having Travis for my GHC fork on GitHub.  That was when it used to work,
>> before our build exceeded what Travis would give us. So I guess that
>> illustrates two things: custom infrastructure is nice when it works, but
>> we're at the mercy of the suppliers.
>>
>
> (sorry, I meant to say ”outsourced infrastructure", not "custom
> infrastructure" above)
>
>
> Yes, you are right. As Mathieu wrote, the limits of Travis are why we are
> using CircleCI for the linear types fork of GHC. In other words, what we
> are proposing is something that we have tried with success.
>
> Moreover, Mathieu has indicated that Tweag would be happy to contribute to
> a payed CI option if that should become necessary. (Ben’s time is worth
> much more than CI costs.)
>
> Cheers,
> Manuel
>
>
>
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