+1 :) On Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 2:07 AM Awasum Yannick <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 5:36 PM Ed Cable <[email protected]> wrote: > >> +1 from my side and I think @Michael Vorburger <[email protected]> has >> been a fan as well as we've implemented it as CI for Mifos/OpenMF repos. >> >> Ed >> >> On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 9:08 AM Aleksandar Vidakovic < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> +1 for Github Actions... use it for quite a while and it's really >>> reliable. >>> >>> On Thu, 4 Nov 2021, 16:20 Benura Abeywardena, <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Petri, >>>> >>>> Good idea ! >>>> >>>> Thanks & Regards, >>>> Benura >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 8:25 PM Petri Tuomola <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all >>>>> >>>>> As I’m sure you’ve noticed, Travis builds have recently been getting >>>>> more and more unreliable: either there is a queue of several hours before >>>>> the build is executed, or in many cases no build is triggered at all. This >>>>> seems to be due to the limits on Apache’s Travis account. I asked about >>>>> this in the Apache Infra JIRA, and the answer was as follows: >>>>> >>>>> "Our Travis CI capacity is very limited and we will not be increasing >>>>> that limit in the foreseeable future. If you are not happy with it, we >>>>> suggest you switch to GitHub Actions or our Jenkins/BuildBot CI instead. >>>>> ” >>>>> >>>>> Given this, I think it would make sense for us to explore >>>>> alternatives.To try this out, I’ve created a CI build pipeline using >>>>> Github >>>>> Actions and raised a PR for it ( >>>>> https://github.com/apache/fineract/pull/1955). This is a “parallel” >>>>> pipeline - in that I haven’t removed the Travis one. So once this PR is >>>>> merged, we should get both a Github build as well as a Travis build for >>>>> each PR. >>>>> >>>>> My suggestion would be to merge this and see how the two compare for >>>>> the next week or so. If Github is more reliable / faster, then we could >>>>> switch off the Travis one altogether. >>>>> >>>>> The only caveat is: I have not been able to test this very >>>>> comprehensively, as the actions do not run unless the PR is merged. They >>>>> seem to work OK in my own repository, but I can’t guarantee they will >>>>> immediately work in the Apache repo. So there may be some false failures >>>>> initially until we get this build working without issues. However, despite >>>>> the possible “noise” from these failures, I think this would be a >>>>> worthwhile exercise. >>>>> >>>>> Any concerns? If not, I can merge the actions in tomorrow and then >>>>> address any issues to get them working asap. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Petri >>>>> >>>>> >> >> -- >> *Ed Cable* >> President/CEO, Mifos Initiative >> [email protected] | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 >> >> *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org >> <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> >> >>
