Just to be clear, is this mainly about rewriting ci_build.sh into python so that it is more portable across platforms?
Tianqi On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 2:11 PM, Marco de Abreu <[email protected] > wrote: > Hello, > > we have identified issues with the way CI handles docker containers and > thus started a rewrite of this component. > > Besides problems that limit the maintainability of our CI system, the > current solution is not extensible in terms of other operating systems > running inside the container. But more importantly, developers are not able > to reproduce CI issues locally on their computer. We would like to give > every developer the chance to reproduce problems locally without going > through an iterative trial & error process assisted by our CI system. I > will follow up with more documentation at a later point in stage. > > This project will change the structure of our dockerfiles, remove a lot of > code from the Jenkinsfile, centralize the configuration and behaviour as > well as clean up some files. Please expect some merge conflicts after this > PR has been shipped. Right now we're in the process of migrating all jobs > to the new layout; you can track the progress at > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/9946. > > Please don't hesitate to reach out to me in case of any questions. > > Best regards, > Marco >
