On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 at 09:30, Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 11:54:38PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 at 09:35, Oliver Steffen <ostef...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > > PR: https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/pull/2711 > > > > > > Update CI, run all Linux (aka Ubuntu-GCC5) based jobs in a custom > > > Fedora 35 container. > > > > Why? > > > > > The image provides gcc 11 from Fedora for all > > > architectures. The external dependencies for gcc have been removed > > > so stuart does not download them. iasl and nasm are also > > > included in the image, but remain as ext-dep for now (CI jobs on > > > Windows need those). > > ^^^ this for example. > > The idea is to (a) switch linux CI builds from vm images to container > images, and (b) use our own, custom container images. > > This allows to roll the dependencies needed for CI into the container > images, so there is no need to download them in CI jobs. Fixes > temporary CI failures due to network problems and download errors. > > This also allows to remove any distribution-specific commands (apt-get > for example) from CI jobs. This will be handled in the Dockerfiles used > to build our custom container images instead. > > Oliver is also working on ubuntu containers, look here: > > > > The Dockerfiles are here: > > > https://github.com/osteffenrh/edk2-build-images, > > Fedora is a bit faster on updating stuff. For example: ubuntu 22.04 > uses gcc 11 whereas Fedora 36 uses gcc 12 (both distros are in beta > right now). Whenever we want: > > (a) stick to ubuntu, or > (b) switch to fedora, or > (c) use both > > is up for debate. > > > > but they should, of > > > course, then move to a repo in the Tianocore group, or something like > > > that. The images are built automatically via GitHub Actions and then > > > pushed to ghcr.io. > > That is the next question: where should we host the Dockerfiles and > container images? > > For the Dockerfiles that should probably a git repo in the tianocore > group. > > For the container images the obvious choices are github and azure. > Given that microsoft owns github I'd expect both github actions and > azure pipelines are running on the same cloud infrastructure and it > doesn't make much of a difference whenever github or azure container > registry is used to host container images. >
Thanks for the explanation. Please put information like this in the commit logs, rather than assuming it will obvious to everyone without providing any background. For these changes, Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <a...@kernel.org> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#89131): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/89131 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/90557209/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
