# RFCs **URL:** https://forum.mergetb.net/c/devops/rfcs/15.md [Latest](https://forum.mergetb.net/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.mergetb.net/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.mergetb.net/tags.md) --- ## [About the RFCs category](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/about-the-rfcs-category/35)
**Author:** [@isi-pchandler](https://forum.mergetb.net/u/isi-pchandler)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/about-the-rfcs-category/35 "2020-04-17T22:04:34Z")
Semi-formal RFCs for proposing changes or additions to our DevOps (or DevOps adjacent) practices, tooling, and infrastructures. Intended to serve as clearing house for gelling designs before enacting them, as well as fo… --- ## [Migration to Debian style releases via the APT ecosystem](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/migration-to-debian-style-releases-via-the-apt-ecosystem/36)
**Author:** [@isi-pchandler](https://forum.mergetb.net/u/isi-pchandler)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/migration-to-debian-style-releases-via-the-apt-ecosystem/36 "2020-06-22T17:13:16Z")
Introduction At the time of this writing, MergeTB software is packaged as deb packages and are released in a single APT style repository. But due to the need to sustain a development cadence that accommodates for long t… --- ## [Refactoring current GitLab practices and tooling in light of new Gold subscription](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/refactoring-current-gitlab-practices-and-tooling-in-light-of-new-gold-subscription/50)
**Author:** [@isi-pchandler](https://forum.mergetb.net/u/isi-pchandler)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/refactoring-current-gitlab-practices-and-tooling-in-light-of-new-gold-subscription/50 "2020-05-08T17:49:32Z")
Background Now that @ry has acquired a “Gold” license for MergeTB’s hosted GitLab, we need to revisit our approach to leveraging GitLab for MergeTB. While we did get the gold license for free because we are open source … --- ## [MergeTB 1.0 Spec](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/mergetb-1-0-spec/40)
**Author:** [@ry](https://forum.mergetb.net/u/ry)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/mergetb-1-0-spec/40 "2020-04-29T22:42:04Z")
MergeTB 1.0 This RFC will define all the capabilities that will be in the MergeTB 1.0 release. For MergeTB 1.0 each capability must have end-to-end testing that asserts its functionality. These tests will be hashed out i… --- ## [Core Infrastructure Code Stress Tests](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/core-infrastructure-code-stress-tests/39)
**Author:** [@ry](https://forum.mergetb.net/u/ry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.mergetb.net/t/core-infrastructure-code-stress-tests/39 "2020-04-22T15:19:01Z")
Core Infrastructure Code Stress Tests We need stress tests that can pound on our core infrastructure code without having to construct a full fidelity VTE to do so. For example, in DCompTB we need to be able to scale up t…