Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/3] automation: add openSUSE Tumbleweed CI image

[Doug Goldstein <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/31/19 11:58 AM, Dario Faggioli wrote:

> openSUSE comes in two flavours: Leap, which is non-rolling, and released
> annualy, and Tumbleweed, which is rolling.
>
> Reasons why it makes sense to have both (despite both being openSUSE,
> package lists in dockerfiles being quite similar, etc) are:
> - Leap share a lot with SUSE Linux Enterprise. So, regressions on Leap,
>    not only means regressions for all openSUSE Leap users, but also helps
>    prevent/catch regressions on SLE;
> - Tumbleweed often has the most bleeding-edge software, so it will help
>    us prevent/catch regressions with newly released versions of
>    libraries, compilers, etc (e.g., at the time of writing this commit,
>    some build issues, with GCC9, where discovered while trying to build
>    in a Tumbleweed image).
>
> Note that, considering the rolling nature of Tumbleweed, the container
> would need to be rebuilt (e.g., periodically), even if the docker file
> does not change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dario Faggioli <dfaggioli@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx>

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