+1 -- Robert Samuel Newson rnew...@apache.org
On Tue, 15 Sep 2020, at 09:18, Jan Lehnardt wrote: > > > > On 15. Sep 2020, at 04:09, Joan Touzet <woh...@apache.org> 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. > > +1. > > Best > Jan > — > > > > -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 > >
