[libvirt PATCH] ci: mark unstable sid containers as optional

[Andrea Bolognani]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 05:55:09AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 12:43:21PM +0200, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 02:41:31AM -0700, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 02:41:48PM +0200, Ján Tomko wrote:
> > > >  s390x-debian-sid-container:
> > > > -  extends: .container_job
> > > > +  extends: .container_optional_job
> > > >    variables:
> > > >      NAME: debian-sid-cross-s390x
> > >
> > > This essentially removes coverage for these architectures in a
> > > permanent fashion by sweeping failures under the rug, which is not an
> > > acceptable way to deal with a temporary failure IMO.
> > >
> > > I'm working on a different solution which would retain fully coverage
> > > while still working around the current issues with Debian sid.
> > >
> > > NACK
> >
> > If I understand this patch correctly it will only mark building the
> > container optional, the libvirt build would sill be mandatory so I don't
> > see any issue here with coverage. We would simply reuse the latest
> > working container to build libvirt.
>
> That's true, but I'm concerned that in addition to working around
> transient issues this will potentially also mask permanent issues
> that actually require developer intervention because both would look
> exactly the same.
>
> Additionally, if one were to create a libvirt fork in GitLab right
> now their pipeline would fail because there simply wouldn't be a
> previous container image to fall back to.

Jano pointed out in another thread that we're already treating
Rawhide container builds as optional, and since the concerns I
mention above would also apply to that situation, dealing with them
for Debian only wouldn't make sense and in fact, when a different
solution is proposed, it will be helpful that the behavior is
consistent for all fast-changing distros.

I thus retract my NACK. Please go ahead and merge this patch.

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Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization