FYI, I switched all Lucene/Solr ASF Jenkins jobs’ configuration from “latest1.8” to “JDK 1.8 (latest)” (except for the 5.5 branch Java7 build, which I switched from "latest1.7” to “JDK 1.7 (latest)”) - more info below.
-- Steve www.lucidworks.com <http://www.lucidworks.com/> > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Gav <[email protected]> > Subject: Jenkins JDK Matrix - and consolidating of versions. > Date: July 29, 2016 at 7:03:59 AM EDT > To: [email protected], "[email protected] Infrastructure" > <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Hi All, > > So 99% of our Jenkins build machines are now puppetised with our configs in > our Git repos. > Going forward this should make things easier to maintain the software (and > versions of) on the nodes. > > I went through all the JDK drop down options available in the Jenkins UI when > creating a build.The Confluence wiki page at :- > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INFRA/JDK+Installation+Matrix > <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INFRA/JDK+Installation+Matrix> > > lists all them all. When choosing a version to use I hope that this > information will > prove useful - any changes made we will keep this page upto date. > However, some are not currently installed on the new puppetised > slaves (on purpose) and others we intend to consolidate down to fewer > versions. > > In contrast, we will be able to make newer release versions available quicker. > > Once we are done with the JDKs, we'll move on to Maven, and then the rest. > > Ok to specifics, > > First major change to get out of the way is the removal of the 'auto install' > JDK > versions. They overlap with installed versions and going forward we would > rather > manage installation via Puppet and roll them out to all slaves in one hit. > > Looking at the table in the linked wiki page above, this means we'll be > removing > eight (8) drop down options , 5 of those jdk 8, 2 x jdk 7 and 1 x jdk 6. > To avoid confusion we'll also be removing the auto install 'latest1.6' > 'latest1.7' and 'latest1.8' options. > > The best options for 'latest' versions is the ones at the top of the table > 'JDK 1.x (Latest)' > which are all installed on all nodes and managed via puppet. > > I'll point out also that we have installed 'unlimited security' versions of > 1.6,1.7,1.8 jdks. > > Very recent addition is also that of the JDK 9 b128 Early Access Build. We > hope you enjoy > this addition and please do give feedback on this version to the builds@ > mailing list so we can pass it on - but certainly do not plan to base your > releases on these 'ea' builds. I'll try my best to add new ea builds as they > come through. > > Last ones to mention are the IBM and Harmony versions. I'm not sure how much > in use > these are so I'm holding off on installing these for now. Please do ask for a > specific version > if needed. I'll drop the from the UI in time. > > I intend to drop all the auto-install versions (they are 1.6u45, 1.7u45, > 1.7u51, 1.8.0_05, 1.8.0_11, 1.8.0_45, 1.8.0_25, 1.8.0_66) 7 days from now, > along with the auto install latest links. Please plan > on migrating your builds away from these versions before then. > > Any follow questions, please do concentrate your email responses to the > builds@ mailing list. > > Thanks! > > Gav... (On behalf of the Infrastructure Team) >
