[Starlingx-discuss] Minutes: Community Call (Feb 22, 2023)

[Khalil, Ghada]

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

Minutes from the community call
February 22, 2023

Standing topics
- Build
     - Main Branch Debian Builds
          - Green; had successful builds this week
     - stx.8.0 RC Builds
          - Successful build as of Feb 11: https://mirror.starlingx.cengn.ca/mirror/starlingx/rc/8.0/debian/monolithic/20230211T045208Z/
          - No builds have been required since Feb 11
          - The above RC build is now considered the release build: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013858.html
          - Do we need stx.8.0 weekly builds?
              - Agreed to start weekly builds shortly for consistency w/ stx.6.0 & stx.7.0 and to ensure the build jobs are maintained
     - stx.6.0 Weekly Builds 
          - Green
          - Build Output: http://mirror.starlingx.cengn.ca/mirror/starlingx/rc/6.0/
     - stx.7.0 Weekly Builds
          - Green
          - Build Output: http://mirror.starlingx.cengn.ca/mirror/starlingx/rc/7.0/
     - stx.8.0 Weekly Builds
          - Will start shortly. Prime: ScottL
- Sanity
     - Debian Main Branch Platform Sanity
          - Last sanity email sent on Feb 22: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013859.html
          - Status: Green for both SX & DX
     - Debian Main Branch stx-openstack Sanity
          - Last sanity email sent on Feb 21: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013857.html
          - Status: Yellow
          - LP: https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/2007303 -- intermittent issue; passed on re-test
     - stx.8.0 Sanity
          - Platform Sanity
              - Sanity email sent on Feb 17: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013846.html
              - Status: Green
          - stx-openstack Sanity
              - Sanity email sent on Feb 14: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013837.html
              - Status: Green
- Gerrit Reviews in Need of Attention
     - stx.8.0 Release Notes Review: https://review.opendev.org/c/starlingx/docs/+/873563
          - Need the release notes reviewed/cherrypicked today for the stx.8.0 release declaration
     - From previous meetings: Fixes to libvirt env: https://review.opendev.org/c/starlingx/tools/+/863735
          - Review comments provided in Nov; still waiting for author (Scott Kamp) to respond/address review comments
          - Jan 18: Some activity in the review as of Jan 15
          - Feb 1: Alternative fix proposed on Jan 18; waiting for ScottK's review
          - Feb 15: ScottK is going back to this
     - 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
- Release Status
     - Release Planning Meeting etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/stx-releases 
     - stx.8.0
          - Release Tracking Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cjhRQm717zOTo2ngs5SEs3elhJwSRxFAI-ruqJaBe80/edit#gid=1107209846
          - Milestones:
              - Release: Feb 22  << On track
          - Status
              - Sanity & Regression testing - Prime: Rob Cooke / Status: Complete
                   - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013837.html
                   - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013846.html 
                   - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013847.html 
              - Final Build / Branch updates - Prime: Scott Little / Status: Complete
                   - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013858.html
              - Release Notes Merged / Cherry-picked - Prime: Juanita Balaraj / Status: In Progress
                   - https://review.opendev.org/c/starlingx/docs/+/873563
                   - On track to complete today - Feb 22
              - Release Milestone Email Sent - Prime: Ghada Khalil / Status: Not Started
                   - Pending release notes. Scheduled to go out on Feb 22
              - Release Press Release Sent - Prime: Ildiko / Status:
                   - Scheduled to go out on Feb 23
              - Blogs
                   - Ildiko working on the release blog post
                   - Other blog posts are planned for later; will start to track those as part of the bi-weekly release planning meetings
     - stx.9.0
          - Release Tracking Spreadsheet created: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aTjYzUkExodfayt-rjTv466jE-DP8b_YjrTHhXW6G9w/edit?usp=sharing
          - New features starting to be added
          - Call to community members/PLs to continue adding their feautre proposal
          - Would like to have the majority of features proposed by the March virtual PTG (March 28-29)

ARs from Previous Meetings
- None

Open Requests for Help
- Installing additional RPMs
     - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013845.html
     - Already responded to on the mailing list: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013848.html
     - Status: Closed
- StarlingX Support on ARM
     - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013819.html
     - Not currently supported on StarlingX, but should be more doable with the move to Debian and the yocto kernel
     - ARM Support would definitely require work to support, including build system support
     - A few years ago MarkA and Greg did some prototype work on orange-pie
     - MarkA responded to the thread: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013841.html
     - No further responses to Mark's last email
     - Status: Watch List; will leave on the community list for a few more weeks
- stx-openstack apply failed after enabling cpu_dedicated_setInbox
     - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-January/013720.html
     - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-January/013724.html
     - Seen w/ stx.7.0. Issue only happens when setting cpu dedicated CPUs on a running system. During the unlock, the openstack fails to re-apply.
     - LP: https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/2002157
     - Assigned to Thales; team has no bandwidth to look at this for the remaining of the month. Will reach out to the reporter to share this.
     - Status: No updates
- Documenting Tested Hardware by the community
     - Brought Up by: Scott Kamp
     - The StarlingX documentation already has a limited list of certified hardware
     - A variety of hardware platform doesn't work with StarlingX. 
          - This is due to the kernel options that are enabled, especially as it related to the rt kernel
          - Standard distributions like Ubuntu has everything enabled
     - One approach is to consider a mechanism to swap out the kernel 
     - This is a big conversation. Requires TSC direction/guidance and likely significant effort/investment.
     - Conclusion: Put this as a topic on the PTG. Action: Ildiko
     - Status: Closed
          - Ildiko sent email to the community https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013849.html
          - Topic added to the PTG by GregW  - w/ Linda Wang & MarkA moderating
          - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-February/013856.html