Re: [LTP] [RFC][PATCH 1/1] ci: Ubuntu xenial -> bionic

Petr Vorel
2022-03-18T07:31:50Z

Hi Li, Cyril,

> Hi Petr,

> On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 11:08 PM Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz> wrote:

> > Tested

> > * bionic
> > https://github.com/pevik/ltp/actions/runs/1993375270

> > * focal
> > https://github.com/pevik/ltp/actions/runs/1993443143

> > And as I noted xenial still works. I wanted to avoid false positives when
> > repos
> > get down, but obviously we have 4 years time (ends in 01 Apr 2026).

> +1 for bionic. (we can do an upgrade to focal when bionic reach EOL)

> According to the release cycle page[1] of ubuntu ORG, the
> Xenial (16.04) version is being deprecated, which means
> no hardware and maintenance updates anymore. But we (LTP)
> still merging new features and regression testcases, I'm afraid
> that will bring some known failures in Xenial then to cost energy
> for debugging.

So you'd keep Xenial until the end of it's Extended Security Maintenance (ESM)
support in 2026? I'm not sure myself if it's a good idea to drop Xenial now and
solve these problems. Maybe we should hold this change for some time.
And if we upgrade to bionic, it would be good to finish a docs of supported
kernel/(g)libc/distro versions.

Kind regards,
Petr

> [1]https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle