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diff --git a/doc/user/packages/debian_repository/index.md b/doc/user/packages/debian_repository/index.md index b7fbeb96202..8e555204f80 100644 --- a/doc/user/packages/debian_repository/index.md +++ b/doc/user/packages/debian_repository/index.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ group: Package Registry info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments --- -# Debian packages in the Package Registry **(FREE ALL)** +# Debian packages in the Package Registry **(FREE ALL EXPERIMENT)** > - Debian API [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/42670) in GitLab 13.5. > - Debian group API [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/66188) in GitLab 14.2. @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated w WARNING: The Debian package registry for GitLab is under development and isn't ready for production use. This [epic](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/6057) details the remaining -work and timelines to make it production ready. +work and timelines to make it production ready. Support for [Debian packages is an experiment](../package_registry/supported_package_managers.md), and has known security vulnerabilities. Publish Debian packages in your project's Package Registry. Then install the packages whenever you need to use them as a dependency. @@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ Prerequisites: - The `dpkg-deb` binary must be installed on the GitLab instance. This binary is usually provided by the [`dpkg` package](https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/Downstream), installed by default on Debian and derivatives. +- Support for compression algorithm ZStandard requires version `dpkg >= + 1.21.18` from Debian 12 Bookworm or `dpkg >= 1.19.0.5ubuntu2` from Ubuntu + 18.04 Bionic Beaver. -## Enable the Debian API **(FREE SELF)** +## Enable the Debian API Debian repository support is still a work in progress. It's gated behind a feature flag that's **disabled by default**. @@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ To disable it: Feature.disable(:debian_packages) ``` -## Enable the Debian group API **(FREE SELF)** +## Enable the Debian group API The Debian group repository is also behind a second feature flag that is disabled by default. |