Can work Reuven, where is the "todo" list? Thought we were done (= the
replacement was not blocking the dev) multiple times due to other threads
but reading this week mails it sounds like we are not yet here.


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2018-03-22 22:51 GMT+01:00 Reuven Lax <[email protected]>:

> Let's back up for a second.
>
> Earlier in the thread we agreed to organize a community "fixit" day to try
> and migrate remaining Maven items to Gradle. I had thought that Romain had
> volunteered to run this, but reading back in the thread it appears that I
> misunderstood this. I would suggest that we organize this first, and make
> the concerted push to migrate the remaining items. After this is done, we
> can evaluate the state we're left in and hold a process vote if necessary.
>
> I can volunteer to help coordinate this fixit.
>
> Reuven
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 1:35 PM Dan Halperin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 11:19 AM, Chamikara Jayalath <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't think incremental progress is a bad thing as long as we are
>>> making progress towards the goal. Do we need better metrics (a weekly email
>>> ?) about the progress towards moving everything to Gradle ? I agree with
>>> others who pointed out that there are many unresolved JIRAs and simply
>>> deleting Maven artifacts could break many things (for example, performance
>>> tests).
>>>
>>
>> The problem does not seem to be incremental progress on its face, or a
>> lack of metrics.
>>
>> The problem is that there are two build systems with separate features
>> and issues, doubling (or worse) Jenkins cycles, mental effort, maintenance
>> burden, etc. It hurts the community and casual contributors.
>>
>> As Luke suggested,
>> > A process vote can be happen if the in-between state is too painful to
>> maintain.
>>
>> Given that the in-between state has lasted so long, and there is it may
>> be time.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Cham
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 10:56 AM Romain Manni-Bucau <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le 22 mars 2018 18:49, "Dan Halperin" <[email protected]> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> It seems that a few groups are talking past each other.
>>>>
>>>> * A sizable contingent is interested in a move to Gradle -- it shows
>>>> promise, but the work is incomplete.
>>>> * Another contingent noticing the large burden of maintaining multiple
>>>> build systems. FWICT, both test suites have been broken quite a lot
>>>> recently, mainly the gradle ones, which is a cost to the community. This is
>>>> creating a barrier to entry for new contributors – especially those who
>>>> don't work in the same room or do their primary development in a different
>>>> repository.
>>>>
>>>> I don't see this situation being resolved to anyone's satisfaction
>>>> until there's only one build system left. The onus is clearly on the Gradle
>>>> promoters to finish the work.
>>>>
>>>> Luke made a suggestion 2.5 months ago that we should have a process
>>>> vote if this situation is untenable. It seems like we're there.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes but beam voted to move to gradle so we should but we shouldnt
>>>> maintain 2 build systems for more than 2 months (weway overpassed that) and
>>>> therefore the vote should be cancelled or validated by an action.
>>>>
>>>> I understand you want gradle but you dont want to pay the cost to move
>>>> to gradle, it doesnt work for the project do please another option
>>>> (rollbacking gradle or removing maven, all other options are negative for
>>>> the project and a pain for committers and contributors whatever you think).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Dan
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 10:30 AM, Romain Manni-Bucau <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ok so to be clear for any contributor (which is the goal of this
>>>>> thread): maven is still the main build system and no need to maintain
>>>>> gradle in PR then until beam switches.
>>>>>
>>>>> Im more than fine with that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Le 22 mars 2018 18:22, "Alan Myrvold" <[email protected]> a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think the investment in gradle is worthwhile, and incrementally we
>>>>>> will continue to make progress. From what I've seem, gradle is a good fit
>>>>>> for this project and a path to a faster, more reliable build system.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> pull/4812 <https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/4812> creates the
>>>>>> release artifacts, although it is not hooked up yet with authentication.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I expect to help make incremental progress over the next month
>>>>>> converting some of the integration tests, but welcome incremental
>>>>>> improvements from others.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 9:57 AM Romain Manni-Bucau <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2018-03-22 17:45 GMT+01:00 Lukasz Cwik <[email protected]>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> what do we do? "Gradle migration will happen incrementally."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "last months prooved beam cant maintain 2 systems, easier with
>>>>>>>> that state is then to drop gradle since it is a 0 investment compared 
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> the opposite"
>>>>>>>> Its unfortunate that you feel this way but many people do not share
>>>>>>>> your opinion.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And a lot do so when a project is 50-50 it is time to act.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Incrementally kind of means never (makes 4 months and nothing really
>>>>>>> changed in PRs and habits, gradle maintener(s) are still alone)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 9:32 AM Romain Manni-Bucau <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> @Valentyn: concretely any user can PR and be part of that process
>>>>>>>>> so anyone can do it wrong (me first)
>>>>>>>>> @Luskasz, Hennking: fine but what do we do? last months prooved
>>>>>>>>> beam cant maintain 2 systems, easier with that state is then to drop 
>>>>>>>>> gradle
>>>>>>>>> since it is a 0 investment compared to the opposite
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Romain Manni-Bucau
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>>>>>>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book
>>>>>>>>> <https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/java-ee-8-high-performance>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2018-03-22 17:24 GMT+01:00 Lukasz Cwik <[email protected]>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Romain, from the previous discussions several people agreed that
>>>>>>>>>> running a fixit that migrated Maven to Gradle over a 1 or 2 day 
>>>>>>>>>> period was
>>>>>>>>>> worthwhile but there was nobody in the community with the time 
>>>>>>>>>> commitment
>>>>>>>>>> to organize and run it so the status quo plan remained where the 
>>>>>>>>>> Gradle
>>>>>>>>>> migration will happen incrementally.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 8:53 AM Henning Rohde <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> My understanding was the same as Ismaël's. I don't think
>>>>>>>>>>> breaking the build with a large known gaps (but not fully known 
>>>>>>>>>>> cost) is
>>>>>>>>>>> practical. Also, most items in the jira are not even assigned yet.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 8:03 AM Romain Manni-Bucau <
>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Not really Ismaël, this thread was about to do it at once and
>>>>>>>>>>>> have 1 day to fix it all.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> As mentionned at the very beginning nobody maintains the 2
>>>>>>>>>>>> system so it must stop after months so either we drop maven or 
>>>>>>>>>>>> gradle *at
>>>>>>>>>>>> once*
>>>>>>>>>>>> or we keep a state where each dev does what he wants and the
>>>>>>>>>>>> build system just doesn't work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 2018-03-22 15:42 GMT+01:00 Ismaël Mejía <[email protected]>:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't think that removing all maven descriptors was the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> expected
>>>>>>>>>>>>> path, no ? Or even a good idea at this moment.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I understood that what we were going to do was to replace
>>>>>>>>>>>>> incrementally the CI until we cover the whole maven
>>>>>>>>>>>>> functionality and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> then remove it, from looking at the JIRA ticket
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-3249 we are still
>>>>>>>>>>>>> far from
>>>>>>>>>>>>> covering the complete maven functionality in particular for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> release part that could be the biggest pain point.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 9:30 AM, Romain Manni-Bucau
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > hey guys,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > 2.4 is out, do we plan to drop all maven descriptors
>>>>>>>>>>>>> tomorrow or on monday?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Romain Manni-Bucau
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > @rmannibucau |  Blog | Old Blog | Github | LinkedIn | Book
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > 2018-03-09 21:42 GMT+01:00 Kenneth Knowles <[email protected]>:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 12:16 PM Lukasz Cwik <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> Based upon your description it seems as though you would
>>>>>>>>>>>>> rather have a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> way to run existing postcommits without it impacting
>>>>>>>>>>>>> dashboard/health
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> stats/notifications/.... (We have just run the PostCommits
>>>>>>>>>>>>> on PRs for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> additional validation (like upgrading the Dataflow
>>>>>>>>>>>>> container image)).
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Yes, that is exactly what I have described.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> I don't think that keeping the current Java PreCommit as a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> proxy for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> the Java PostCommit is the right way to go but I also
>>>>>>>>>>>>> don't have the time to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> implement what your actually asking for.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Mostly I thought this might be very easy based on the fact
>>>>>>>>>>>>> that they are
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> nearly identical. If not, oh well.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Kenn
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> It seems more likely that migrating the PostCommit to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gradle will be less
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> work then adding the functionality but your argument where
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the PreCommit is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> a proxy for the Java PostCommit also applies to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ValidatesRunner
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> PostCommits and so forth requiring even more migration to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> happen before you
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> don't have to worry about maintaining Maven/breaking post
>>>>>>>>>>>>> commits.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> I'm fine with leaving both the Java/Gradle PreCommits
>>>>>>>>>>>>> running for now and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> hopefully as more of the PostCommits are migrated off we
>>>>>>>>>>>>> will be able to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> remove it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 11:39 AM, Kenneth Knowles <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> Separate history (for easy dashboarding, health stats,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> etc) and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> notification (email to dev@ for postcommits, nothing for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> precommits) for pre
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> & post commit targets.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> A post commit failure is always a problem to be triaged
>>>>>>>>>>>>> at high
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> priority, while a precommit failure is just a natural
>>>>>>>>>>>>> occurrence.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 11:33 AM Lukasz Cwik <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> Ken, I'm probably not seeing something but how does
>>>>>>>>>>>>> using the PreCommit
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> as a proxy improve upon just running the post commit via
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the phrase it
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> already supports ('Run Java PostCommit')?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 11:22 AM, Kenneth Knowles <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Indeed, we've already had the discussion a couple of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> times and I think
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> the criteria are clearly met. Incremental progress is a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> good thing and we
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> shouldn't block it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> OTOH I see where Romain is coming from and I have a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> good example that
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> supports a slightly different action. Consider
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/4740 which fixes
>>>>>>>>>>>>> some errors in how we
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> use dependency mechanisms.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> This PR is green except that I need to fix some Maven
>>>>>>>>>>>>> pom slightly
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> more. That is throwaway work. I would love to just not
>>>>>>>>>>>>> have to do it. But
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> removing the precommit does not actually make the PR OK
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to merge. It would
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> cause postcommits to fail.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> We can hope such situations are rare. I think I tend to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> be hit by this
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> more often than most, as I work with the project build
>>>>>>>>>>>>> health quite a bit.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Here is a proposal to support these things: instead of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> deleting the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> job in #4814, move it to not run automatically but only
>>>>>>>>>>>>> via a phrase. In
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> fact, you could migrate it to be the manually-invoked
>>>>>>>>>>>>> version of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> postcommit job as we've discussed a couple times. Then
>>>>>>>>>>>>> if someone is working
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> on the build in something like #4740 they can invoke it
>>>>>>>>>>>>> manually.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Kenn
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 10:25 AM Lukasz Cwik <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Based upon the criteria that was discussed on the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mailing list[1], I
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> would agree with Kenn about merging PR/4814 (drop Java
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maven precommit).
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 7eba5c77bc1a77b5046d915ab59f5f6fc41536c2c84863ad2efb5e99@%
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3Cdev.beam.apache.org%3E
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:10 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Kenneth,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For now maven covers the full needs of beam. If we
>>>>>>>>>>>>> start to have
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> this kind of PR we become dependent of the 2 builds
>>>>>>>>>>>>> which is what this
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> thread is about avoiding so tempted to say it must be
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a PR drop completely
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> maven or nothing as mentionned before.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Le 9 mars 2018 04:48, "Kenneth Knowles" <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> a écrit :
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I would like to briefly re-focus this discussion and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> suggest that
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> we merge https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/4814.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The only material objection I've heard is that it
>>>>>>>>>>>>> means the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> precommit no longer tests exactly what is built for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> release. It is a valid
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> concern, but we have mvn postcommit so the coverage
>>>>>>>>>>>>> is not lost. The
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> benefits of quicker reviews and less Jenkins
>>>>>>>>>>>>> congestion seem worth it to me.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Kenn
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 12:33 PM Romain Manni-Bucau
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> @Luskasz: not sure Im the best to host it since I
>>>>>>>>>>>>> know more gradle
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> internals that user interface/ecosystem but happy
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to help. Will also require
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> a "sudo" merger for this day to merge fixes asap -
>>>>>>>>>>>>> guess we can bypass
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> reviews or have a fast cycle plan for this day to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> avoid it to be a week?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Le 8 mars 2018 21:08, "Kenneth Knowles" <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> a écrit :
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> @Romain - Idea/IntelliJ is great with Gradle, way
>>>>>>>>>>>>> better than
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Maven, and what I mean is that I have added enough
>>>>>>>>>>>>> hints that it works OOTB
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> already. The rest of my instructions are just how
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you should override
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> IntelliJ's defaults to have a proper dev env -
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mostly just about storing
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> files outside the git clone.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hmm it is always super slow here and not as
>>>>>>>>>>>>> integrated as maven
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> which is smooth thanks to the combination of idea
>>>>>>>>>>>>> build and maven plugin
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> config read. Import is also faster cause it just
>>>>>>>>>>>>> reads meta and doesnt run
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> anything. Hope it is a "a few times" issues at the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> moment but not yet sure.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> @Łukasz - yea I just mean the ones that I find in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> my email and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> browsing https://builds.apache.org/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> view/A-D/view/Beam/ which are the ones
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> you classify as "totally not working". I would love
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to disable these.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On the subject of running things on a pending PR -
>>>>>>>>>>>>> we should not
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> run postcommit jobs on PRs. We should make separate
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (optional) precommit
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> jobs that run the same build commands. That will
>>>>>>>>>>>>> give a more clear history
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> and allow trivial configuration of which jobs
>>>>>>>>>>>>> deserve alert emails and which
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> are not a problem. This is easy but I've been
>>>>>>>>>>>>> waiting to do it after Gradle
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> migration.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 11:37 AM Lukasz Cwik <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Romain, would you like to host/plan/run the Gradle
>>>>>>>>>>>>> fixit day?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 11:24 AM, Chamikara Jayalath
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> +1 for the general idea of fixit day/week for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gradle.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Agree with what Łukasz said. Some of these
>>>>>>>>>>>>> performance tests are
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> new and are flaky due to other issues that were
>>>>>>>>>>>>> discovered during the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> process of adding the test.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I think the high level blocker is updating
>>>>>>>>>>>>> performance testing
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> framework to use Gradle. This will involve adding
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gradle-based logic for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> invoking PerfKitBenchmaker, for example [1], and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> updating PerfKitBenchmarker
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> to issue a Gradle command for running the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> benchmark [2]. First task will be
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> to find the work needed here and updating the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> relevant JIRA [3].
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Cham
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/pom.xml#
>>>>>>>>>>>>> L79
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> [2]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> PerfKitBenchmarker/blob/master/perfkitbenchmarker/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> beam_benchmark_helper.py
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> [3] https://issues.apache.org/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> jira/browse/BEAM-3251
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 3:10 AM Łukasz Gajowy
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 2018-03-07 22:29 GMT+01:00 Kenneth Knowles <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]>:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Based on https://builds.apache.org/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> view/A-D/view/Beam/ and our
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> failure spam level the performance tests are
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mostly not healthy anyhow. So
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> is there any high level blocker to switching
>>>>>>>>>>>>> them or is it just someone
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> sitting down with each one?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I thought I could share my point of view here as
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am working
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> on the Performance Test part for a while now. I
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't say those are
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> "mostly not healthy". The situation is as
>>>>>>>>>>>>> follows:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> - totally not working: Python, Spark performance
>>>>>>>>>>>>> tests (don't
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> know why, I'm not maintaining those tests.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Should we disable them?)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> - flaky: the recently re-enabled JDBC
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Performance Test. It's
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> seems to be flaky mostly due to:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-3798
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> - working well, rarely failing: AvroIO, TextIO,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Compressed
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Text, TFRecordIO
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, some test failures are caused due to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> pending PRs (we
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> sometimes run concrete tests to check if PRs
>>>>>>>>>>>>> won't break them). This also
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> causes failures sometimes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I can help with switching the Performance tests
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to Gradle as
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> this part seems to be free to take.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Łukasz
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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