Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] sanity.class: Add possibility to configure networking check

[Jacob Kroon <jacob.kroon@gmail.com>]

On 2/11/22 12:39, Ross Burton wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 11:23, Jacob Kroon <jacob.kroon@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I vote for removing the check altogether.
>>
>> As I understand it, the check was added in order to prevent
>> hard-to-interpret error messages when network failed. I can live with that.
> 
> I think the check should remain, and example.com has served well for
> some time now (since 2016 in
> 423a2645377bff2cd7292e1dc9796eeb3595e937).
> 
> We moved to example.com to speed up the check: the old tests were for
> two yoctoproject.org URLs and it downloads the entire page, so that
> took time.
> 
> If we can get a minimal page added to yoctoproject.org that doesn't
> involve hitting WordPress, then we can own the URL and have fast
> responses.
> 

I suppose if the intention is that the Yocto server will never ever be
down, the check is ok. But if it is ever going to need to go down
because of maintenance you will break bitbake builds for everyone in the
world, right ? Then I don't think users will be happy, even though the
downtime was planned and publicly announced on some website.

Jacob