From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44639) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1da1P1-0005M5-Fo for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 11:05:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1da1Ox-0004gD-GM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 11:05:39 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-x22f.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c09::22f]:37365) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1da1Ox-0004ft-72 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 11:05:35 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id c184so58931429wmd.0 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2017 08:05:35 -0700 (PDT) References: <20170724182751.18261-1-f4bug@amsat.org> <20170724182751.18261-35-f4bug@amsat.org> <87k22weh78.fsf@linaro.org> <658ad40d-4bef-0da8-f7ea-88ae1bec3f12@amsat.org> From: Alex =?utf-8?Q?Benn=C3=A9e?= In-reply-to: <658ad40d-4bef-0da8-f7ea-88ae1bec3f12@amsat.org> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:05:31 +0100 Message-ID: <87d18oeev8.fsf@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH for 2.10 34/35] docker: add debian 'bleeding' image with gcc7 and clang5 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Philippe =?utf-8?Q?Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= Cc: Eric Blake , =?utf-8?Q?Marc-Andr=C3=A9?= Lureau , Fam Zheng , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Philippe Mathieu-Daudé writes: > On 07/25/2017 11:15 AM, Alex Bennée wrote: >>> +++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-bleeding-dev.docker >>> @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ >>> +# >>> +# Docker x86_64 bleeding image >>> +# >>> +# This docker target builds on the debian unstable base image. Further >>> +# libraries which are not widely available are installed by hand. >>> +# >> >> Not for 2.10 please. > > Surely not ;) Also unlikely to get merged in mainline... > > [...] >> There are a lot of moving parts basing this in debian unstable and >> compiling extra bleeding edge stuff. What does this buy that the clang >> and toolchain builds in Travis don't already cover? > > Bleeding is bleeding :) This is an implicit No Warranty clause... > It might trigger something useful or give you slow death. > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable > "If you are a hardcore developer or tester you should use this release." > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch10.en.html#s10.1.3 > "you should not use Debian's unstable branch for production-level systems" Quite but from a QEMU point of view these are being used for CI loops and proving a known state of something for users to test on. As I said in reply elsewhere I think to get the benefit of recent Clang and GCCs it would be best to base of some sort of stable base. -- Alex Bennée