[python-committers] Refleak tests in CI

2022-01-28 Thread Mark Shannon
Hi, We don't have a PR check for refleaks. I would like one. The buildbots are far too slow and unreliable to provide a sensible way to check for refleaks. It is nigh impossible to pick out errors in a PR from flaky tests, flaky machines and pre-existing errors. Stopping refleaks at source wo

[python-committers] Re: Refleak tests in CI

2022-01-28 Thread Pablo Galindo Salgado
> > > It is nigh impossible to pick out errors in a PR from flaky tests, > flaky machines and pre-existing errors. I agree with the sentiment but is certainly not that dramatic. We (people watching the build bots) do it on a regular basis, and many contributors do it very efficiently as well. I a

[python-committers] Re: Refleak tests in CI

2022-01-28 Thread Brandt Bucher
Is there a possible middle ground here? Rather than a required PR check (or a full buildbot run), maybe we could just add a new “magic” label that runs a single refleak job using the GitHub actions runners. ___ python-committers mailing list -- python-c

[python-committers] Re: Refleak tests in CI

2022-01-28 Thread Pablo Galindo Salgado
> Is there a possible middle ground here? Rather than a required PR check (or a full buildbot run), maybe we could just add a new “magic” label that runs a single refleak job using the GitHub actions runners. That sounds like a good compromise and it will be strictly better than the current setup.

[python-committers] Blocking the main branch due to too many buildbots failing

2022-01-28 Thread Pablo Galindo Salgado
Hi everyone, We have a huge amount of buildbots failing and seems to be related to different issues that keep piling up. To prevent this from going worse,* I am blocking the main branch* *until these issues are resolved.* Only release managers and the developer in residence will be able to merge