[Starlingx-discuss] Minutes: Community Call (Aug 9, 2023)

[Khalil, Ghada]

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

Minutes from the community call
Aug 9, 2023

Standing topics
- Build
     - Main Branch Debian Builds
          - Builds are passing, but the container builds weren't publishing images to dockerhub. 
          - This has been addressed and a build is in progress to publish the images.
          - Build Output: https://mirror.starlingx.cengn.ca/mirror/starlingx/master/debian/
     - stx.6.0 Weekly RC Builds 
          - Green. CENGN transition issues have been resolved.
          - Build Output: http://mirror.starlingx.cengn.ca/mirror/starlingx/rc/6.0/
          - Note: No container image builds are done for stx.6.0
     - stx.7.0 Weekly RC Builds
          - Green. CENGN transition issues have been resolved.
          - Build Output: http://mirror.starlingx.cengn.ca/mirror/starlingx/rc/7.0/
          - Note: No container image builds are done for stx.7.0
     - stx.8.0 Weekly RC Builds
          - Green
          - Build Output: https://mirror.starlingx.cengn.ca/mirror/starlingx/rc/8.0/
          - Note: The same issue of not publishing images (as in the main branch) exists for stx.8.0 and will be resolved in the next build.
- Sanity
     - Debian Main Branch Platform Sanity
          - Last sanity email sent on Aug 9: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-August/014394.html
          - Status: Green for SX and DX
     - Debian Main Branch stx-openstack Sanity
          - No sanity this week - reason: unknown as no reps were on the community call
          - Last sanity email sent on Aug 1: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-August/014357.html
          - Status: RED
                - https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/2029376  Fix merged on Aug 2
                - https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/2029378  Fix merged on Aug 3
- Gerrit Reviews in Need of Attention
     - No Gerrit reviews needing attention this week.
     - 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
- Request from Juanita that engineers making contributions to the StarlingX docs copy the doc leads
     - Action: Juanita to send an email to the stx-discuss mailing list
- Matrix setup for community collaboration
     - Ildiko is working with Jeremy on the setup and room creation
- Launchpad status not being automatically updated
     - This has been addressed now! LPs are updating automatically.
     -  We still suggest that developers check the status as this functionality has been broken multiple times in the past.

ARs from Previous Meetings
- dockerhub is cracking down on download limits
     - Davlet introduced an option to workaround this issue by having individual users login instead of using the same corporate IP
          - Action: Davlet to share this info on the mailing list and also open a stx.docs launchpad to add this info permanently to the project docs
          - Status: Closed
              - Email sent by Davlet. Wiki was also updated.
              - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-July/014337.html
              - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-July/014338.html
              - StarlingX docs were not updated as in general the build info in the docs is outdated and needs a bigger activity to clean it up. This is on the Build team's To-Do list.
     - Another suggestion is to look at an alternative to dockerhub
          - Examples: quay.io / nexsus-repo community edition / harbour
              - https://quay.io
                     - From Ildiko: some open-infra projects moved to quay due to the dockerhub limits. Perhaps we can get some input from them.
              - https://www.sonatype.com/products/sonatype-nexus-repository
          - This would have to be handled as a feature propsal / spec given the large scope
          - Work would be required by the Build team
          - Note: StarlingX uses open-source images as well which are hosted in dockerhub
- Allow stx-openstack to be built independently from the platform
     - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-June/014206.html
     - The proposal has changed from using a manifest to using a branch.
     - Action: Build team to propose a timeline based on their priorities/availability
     - Status: Closed
              - The proposal has changed from using a manifest to using a branch. 
              - Plan to start this work within a week. Expect to complete by mid-Aug (TBC)
     - StoryBoard tracking the work: https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2010797
- Renaming App Repos to remove the "armada"
     - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-June/014215.html
     - Minor / cosmetic change. Lower priority, but would be nice to do. Should have no impact on runtime.
     - Action: Build team to propose a timeline based on their priorities/availability. (lower priority than the manifest repo re-config)
     - Status: Open
              - No update. Build team is focused on CENGN transition
              - Will likely only be planned after splitting the openstack build

Open Requests for Help
- User Questions - sent by Ildiko
     - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-August/014391.html
     - Responses are coming in on the mailing list
     - Issues raised are related to networking setup. 
              - Bruno/team provided an automated script for virtual installation (vbox) which should handle the networking setup.
              - As per Bruno, there are some vbox bugs which could be impacting users. Bruno will sent info on these unresolved issues.
- Not able to use NVIDIA drivers with StarlingX vbox installation - raised in the meeting by Manju Rupani
     - NVIDIA drivers should not be required to successfully setup StarlingX vbox installation, so the suggestion is to try w/o them first.
- Help w/ Install
     - Two people asking for help with installation on IRC
     - Bruno is trying to help them, but it appears that they are in a different timezone. If others can participate, it would be great.
     - Status: Open
              - Discussion is continuing between Bruno and others on IRC. This is related to the "User Questions" topic above.
              - The questions are a mix of how to setup a virtual env as well the installation itself
              - For virtual env, there are two options currently: vbox & libvirt/kvm
                   - Note: There is recent effort to get libvirt/kvm working. Email reference: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-July/014267.html