On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 11:51 AM Huji Lee <huji.huji(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Ok, I will look into it. I gave it a quick try right now, and it refused to
work (it asked me to install Virtualbox on my guest Linux machine, which
itself is on Virtualbox, and then it complained that the guest machine's
BIOS does not allow virtualization).
We are possibly talking past each other here without completely
understanding the points of the other side. My recommendation of
MediaWiki-Vagrant was based on the assumption that you would run it
directly on your host computer, not inside an existing virtualization
container on that computer.
I missed the concept that you are currently using a Virtualbox guest
running Linux as your primary development environment with all git,
Gerrit, etc actions performed inside that VM. This is also possible
using MediaWiki-Vagrant, but potentially slightly more difficult to
configure. It should not be incredibly difficult as git and git-review
are both installed by default inside the MediaWiki-Vagrant managed
Debian Stretch VM, but you would need to figure out what way you are
comfortable in managing your ssh private key for communication with
Gerrit.
Generally, I would like to avoid vagrant because it
adds another level
to the learning curve for me.
Fair enough. My counter argument would be that you previously stated
that you wanted "a mini version of the WMF environment".
MediaWiki-Vagrant exists to provide that in a relatively simple
manner. It does however come with its own quirks.
Bryan
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