[Starlingx-discuss] Minutes: Community Call (Sep 6, 2023)

[Khalil, Ghada]

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

Minutes from the community call
Sept 6, 2023

Standing topics
- Build
     - Main Branch Debian Builds
          - Hitting some intermittent failures that are affecting various builds; especially container builds 
          - Some have been addressed, but two issues are still outstanding:
               - One issue with connectivity between the build server and the mirror
               - The second issue is a deficiency with the git repo 
          - Build Output: https://mirror.starlingx.cengn.ca/mirror/starlingx/master/debian/
     - Antelope Feature Branch Debian Builds
          - Some build failures due to above issues
     - stx.6.0 Weekly RC Builds
          - Green
          - 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
          - 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 Sept 6: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-September/014493.html
          - Status: Green for SX and Yellow for DX
          - One LP opened: https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/2034610
               - WIP review posted
     - Debian Main Branch stx-openstack Sanity (Ussuri)
          - No sanity this week due to scheduling/lab issues: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-September/014487.html
          - Last sanity email sent on Aug 29: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-August/014472.html
          - Status: Yellow
          - Same LPs which were reported from last week
               - https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/2030883
               - https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/2030888
               - Confirmed that the issues are reproducible based on two sanity runs on Ussuri. Team will attempt to reproduce on Antelope and investigate further. No plan to investigate on Ussuri currently,
- Gerrit Reviews in Need of Attention
     - ARM Spec Review
          - https://review.opendev.org/c/starlingx/specs/+/890514
          - Review is active. Got +1 from Scott (build team). Still waiting for input from Greg and MarkA/Yue Tao
     - Memory Utilization Documentation
          - https://review.opendev.org/c/starlingx/docs/+/890816
          - Bruno requested this review to be abandoned. Consider closed.
     - 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
- (Ildiko) FYI. Mailing list will be upgraing to mailman3. This should have no user impact.

ARs from Previous Meetings
- ARM Enablement - Jackie Huang
     - The ARM team is providing 6 servers to the StarlingX community and would like WR to host them.
          - Discussed in the TSC portion of the meeting  - See: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/stx-cores
          - This requires additional resources to manage the servers within WR; no current bandwidth to take this on.
          - Action: SteveG following up on funding.
          - Status: Open
- dockerhub changed StarlingX from free-team to team - Scott Little
     - Discussed in the TSC portion of the meeting  - See: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/stx-cores
     - Action: Ildiko/Mike working to address this with docker.
     - Status: Closed
          - Ildiko got StarlingX reinstated as an OSS Program-supported project - pending some documentation.
          - Team to monitor rate-limiting issues and bring this up again if there are still issues.
     - Action: Ildiko to raise the topic of looking for alternatives to dockerhub with the TSC. Ultimately, this will become a community resoucing discussion
     - Status: Deferred. Ildiko shared the alternatives on the mailing list. This should still be considered for the future as dockerhub policies are not consistent
- Looking for community members to participate in US gov security initiative - Manju Rupani
     - Suggested to introduce the topic on the mailing list and see if there is any interest
     - Action: Manju to send to the mailing list.
     - Status: In progress. 
          - Discussion started on the mailing list: https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-August/014481.html

Open Requests for Help
- User Questions - sent by Ildiko
     - https://lists.starlingx.io/pipermail/starlingx-discuss/2023-August/014391.html
     - Several responses on the mailing list. It looks like this thread has been closed off.
     - Status: Closed
- Not able to use NVIDIA drivers with StarlingX vbox installation - raised in the Aug9 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.
     - Status: Open
     - No updates for the last 3 meetings
     - Still no success; looking for an alternative machine to setup the vbox installation
- 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: Closed
     - Believe that Bruno already answered the outstanding questions.