[Starlingx-discuss] [Build] Input Needed - stx-nova build issue on r/stx.7.0

[Scott.Little]

On 2023-05-29 10:46, Scott Little wrote:
> Replies inline below,
>
> Scott
>
> On 2023-05-24 12:38, Waines, Greg wrote:
>> Technically STX7 is not EOL until Sep 2023.
>> Would be nice to keep it build-able for another 4x months.
>>
>> Is there another option to rollback the move to gitlab's copy of the 
>> spice-html5, in STX 7.0 ?
> [SL] The github URL was deleted.  There is no going back.
>>
>> For option 4), would it only be stx-nova that would be unbuildable 
>> for 4x months ?
> [SL] Correct.
>>
>> Greg.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Scott Little <scott.little at windriver.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 10:30 AM
>> To: starlingx-discuss at lists.starlingx.io
>> Subject: [Starlingx-discuss] [Build] Input Needed - stx-nova build 
>> issue on r/stx.7.0
>>
>> Branch r/stx.7.0 can build ISO's, but container builds remain broken 
>> on stx-nova.
>>
>> stx-nova's issues started with spice-html5.  The first issue was 
>> spice-html5's github repo, forcing a move to gitlab's copy of the 
>> spice-html5.  The move to gitlab went smoothly for debian (master and 
>> r/stx.8.0), but is failing to clone from r/stx.7.0 centos.  It 
>> appears gitlab requires a newer version git.  Centos is using version 
>> 1.8.x.
>> Debain is using a version 2.x.x.
>>
>> We have a few options:
>>
>> 1) r/stx.7.0 needs to find a way to inject a newer version of git 
>> into the Loci CentOS container that stx-nova is based on.  A tricky 
>> thing to fix.
>>
>> 2) Move to a newer version of Centos across all Loci images, 
>> Prohibitive cost.
>>
>> 3) Discontinue container builds for r/stx.7.0
>>
>> 4) Selectively discontinue builds of stx-nova and any other image 
>> needing spice-html5 for r/stx.7.0
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Starlingx-discuss mailing list
>> Starlingx-discuss at lists.starlingx.io