[Starlingx-discuss] Minutes: Community Call (July 20 2022)

[Khalil, Ghada]

Etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/stx-status

Minutes from the community call
July 20 2022

Standing Topics
- Build
     - CentOS builds
          - Builds are green this week. No failures.
     - Debian builds
          - Mostly green. One failure reported.
- Sanity
     - Sanity w/o stx-openstack
          - Sanity is now running on AIO-DX and is green
          - Latest Report is Green: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2022-July/013165.html
          - Next step is to add AIO-SX to the sanity suite
     - Sanity w/ stx-openstack
          - Blocked on https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/1980397
          - Should be unblocked next week based on plan below
- Gerrit Reviews in Need of Attention
     - stx.7.0 Release Notes:
          - https://review.opendev.org/c/starlingx/docs/+/850424
     - Reference Links:
          - Active Branch (open): https://review.opendev.org/q/projects:starlingx+is:open+branch:+master
          - Active Branch (merged): https://review.opendev.org/q/projects:starlingx+is:merged+branch:master

Topics for This Week
- stx-openstack Support on stx.7.0
     - LP: https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/1980397
          - Progress since last week:
              - The stx-openstack application is now applied w/ k8s 1.23
              - Now facing issues w/ application removal, but it doesn't seem related to the recent changes
                  - New LP opened: https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/1982220
                  - This looks an existing issue. TBC
          - Agreed to proceed with the code review and merge. Then continue to investigate the removal issue.
          - Forecast: July 22
- stx.7.0 Release Branch Creation
     - As per community agreement, proceeding with branch creation given we have sanity reports
     - Request sent on July 17: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2022-July/013164.html
     - Both Scott & Davlet are out this week. Jason Norton will start the branch creation today: July 20
     - High Level Steps:
          - Create branch and tag/build the first RC build
          - Start sanity on the RC builds
          - Cherry-pick required fixes
          - Once all fixes are in, build and run final sanity
          - Tag final build and update CENGN to move the build under the release directory

ARs from Previous Meetings
- None

Open Requests for Help
- Build Issues: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2022-July/013157.html
     - Discussion ongoing. But not making progress this week since Scott & Davlet are both out