From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.sergiodj.net (mail.sergiodj.net [IPv6:2607:5300:60:3666::3]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 840C8386EC3C for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 19:36:36 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 840C8386EC3C Received: from localhost (bras-base-toroon1016w-grc-22-76-65-45-3.dsl.bell.ca [76.65.45.3]) by mail.sergiodj.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 019D9A007F; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 15:36:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Sergio Durigan Junior To: Luis Machado Cc: Rainer Orth , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Request for help with the Buildbot [was: Re: Status of GDB buildbots] References: <87y2m2rdcz.fsf_-_@paluero> <83ebccde-b99b-408b-2bb3-23ab3a7613cc@linaro.org> X-URL: http://blog.sergiodj.net Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 15:36:35 -0400 In-Reply-To: <83ebccde-b99b-408b-2bb3-23ab3a7613cc@linaro.org> (Luis Machado's message of "Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:31:38 -0300") Message-ID: <87blivev98.fsf@paluero> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 19:36:37 -0000 On Thursday, August 27 2020, Luis Machado wrote: > Hi, > > On 8/25/20 11:47 AM, Sergio Durigan Junior via Gdb wrote: >> On Tuesday, August 25 2020, Rainer Orth wrote: >> >>> Rainer Orth writes: >>> >>>> It seems regular scheduled runs of the GDB buildbots stopped about a >>>> month ago. AFAICS all runs since (which are only a few) are for the >>>> racy and try_ssh schedulers only, nothing for master. >>>> >>>> I've initially observed this on the Solaris buildbots, but the others >>>> seem to be equally affected. For the Solaris bots, there are regular >>>> keepalive messages in twistd.log, but nothing else. >>> >>> I've never received a reply on this one and now found that Sergio has >>> left RedHat. Given that the buildbots have been mostly idle for a month >>> or two: is there anyone to look into this? >> >> Hi Rainer, >> >> Sorry about the disappearance; indeed I'm not at RH anymore, and >> although I'm trying to follow gdb-patches, I'm not subscribed to gdb@ >> anymore, which means I completely missed your message :-/. > > Is this something RH will pick up or is it a best-effort personal > contribution of yours? It was part of my duties, but I don't know if RH will be able to allocate someone else to maintain the service. >> Anyway, I was not aware of this problem with our buildbot. I thought >> I'd be able to maintain it while doing my other job, but as it turns out >> it's just too much. So I'm hijacking this thread and turning it into a >> request for help with our Buildbot. >> >> I don't know how much value the Buildbot still brings to the community. >> I know a few people were relying heavily on it because of the try build >> feature, but I'm not sure if they still use it. That's something for >> the community to discuss, I think. > > I can state it brings pretty good value to arm-linux/aarch64-linux > testing. I've been noticing an influx of regressions from pushed > patches that have not been properly exercised on aarch64-linux, which > is unfortunate. > > Ideally we'd have a CI loop integrated with some patch reviewing > system (gerrit was great in this regard), but the buildbot is already > a great improvement over not having anything. Right, I agree. And I really wish I had more time to maintain it, but, at least for now, I don't. I still intend to be involved in the Buildbot effort, and will help whoever wants to co-maintain it with me, of course. Thanks, -- Sergio GPG key ID: 237A 54B1 0287 28BF 00EF 31F4 D0EB 7628 65FC 5E36 Please send encrypted e-mail if possible https://sergiodj.net/