[FFmpeg-devel] [POLL] [VOTE] code.ffmpeg.org

[Kieran Kunhya]

On Sun, 13 Jul 2025, 17:07 Timo Rothenpieler, <timo at rothenpieler.org> wrote:

> On 7/13/2025 5:57 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 01:58:44PM +0200, Timo Rothenpieler wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> >> Just want to note that hosting Gitlab is quite a bit more expensive than
> >> Forgejo, for which I'm currently just paying out of pocket.
> >> So for an official Gitlab test setup, I'd occasionally forward
> accumulated
> >> bills for refund by SPI.
> >
> > Can you elaborate on the source of this additional cost ?
>
> It's written in Ruby, which is not exactly fast or light on resources.
> The recommended minimum instance Gitlab defines is one with 16GB RAM and
> 8 cores.
>

This is not a lot of resources in 2025. FFmpeg is not a high school project
and the miniscule difference between cheap servers should make no
difference.

If we choose Gitlab it should be hosted on a powerful server (for arguments
sake 32 cores) and SPI funds use to pay for it.

Kieran

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