Hi everyone,
In a week, six months will have passed since I wrote this email. We have
still not received replacement ppc64le CI machines.
I propose removing ppc64le from our official build matrix. This means
discontinuation of support in the Docker container and the binary
packages. This will also directly affect our downstream "top-level"
couchdb Docker container.
If anyone has objections, or has alternate proposals, please speak now.
-Joan "doing the best I can" Touzet
On 14/09/2020 22:09, Joan Touzet wrote:
> Paul informs me that IBM have discontinued all Power platform hosting at
> the level that suits us. He is following up with Adam and others to find
> a solution, but...
>
> This directly endangers our ability to release packages and Docker
> containers on ppc64le, as this platform will not be in the regression
> suite. We've had issues on alternate platforms (such as ARM and ppc64le)
> when not performing active testing.
>
> This is especially troubling since IBM are the primary clients for this
> platform, or rather, their customers are.
>
> I realize this may seem harsh, but I propose to remove ppc64le from the
> packages and the couchdb top-level Docker file by end of 2020, should
> replacement machines not be made available.
>
> Please discuss.
>
> -Joan
>
> On 2020-09-12 5:01 p.m., Joan Touzet wrote:
>> Hi Devs,
>>
>> FYI per Jenkins:
>> > All nodes of label ‘ppc64le’ are offline
>>
>> This is one of the reasons causing our Jenkins failures on master.
>> (The other is our usual heisenbugs in the test suite.)
>>
>> I really would like it if someone on the PMC (other than me and Paul)
>> would agree to help keep Jenkins running. It's my weekend and I really
>> don't have time to stay on top of these things. If you're a committer
>> we can get you access to the machines fairly readily, and Paul can help
>> talk you through what's necessary to keep the workers alive.
>>
>> -Joan "more help is always welcome" Touzet
