[Gitlab] Call for help / ideas

[Torsten Zuehlsdorff]

Hello,

>> Second: gitlab is based at Rails 4.1.11, while we provide 4.2 in the
>> ports-tree. When using 4.1.x the installation went fine. The behavior of
>> activerecord changed between 4.1 and 4.2.
>
> I'd ask the GitLab people if they're switching to rails 4.2 soon and
> hope for a "yes". While creating rails41 ports is not completely
> impossible, it would be quite a burden and GitLab will need to switch
> to a newer rails in some time anyway.

There is ongoing effort to switch to rails 4.2 since November 2014. I do 
not believe that the will adopt quickly to rails 4.2. :( It seems a big 
problem for many gems they used.

So this will take a while.

Greetings,
Torsten