[PKG-Openstack-devel] Moving python-fixtures packaging to OpenStack infra

[Thomas Goirand]

On 08/24/2016 10:33 AM, Antoine Musso wrote:
> Would it make sense to figure out a way to improve the Alioth
> infrastructure to add a Gerrit like system and most importantly some CI?

Yes, definitively.

>  Debian already has a Jenkins install, so its definitely doable.

The OpenStack CI got rid of Jenkins, and now uses only nodepool + zuul.
I'd like to replicate the setup for the whole of the Debian archive, so
that anyone could propose packaging patches. It's been more than a year
I've been thinking about it, and so is Michael Prokop.

I'm cc-ing him.

> I would not mind spending some time to help on that front.

Oh, that'd be great! Let's make plans to get this up. During Debconf in
Cape Town, I've discussed with the DSA, and before they agree to setup
our own (DSA controled) OpenStack, they would like a proof of concept.
What's currently in OpenStack infra could be seen as such a PoC, maybe.
I'd have to ask what they think about it.

For having such a service, the DSA want at least 2 DDs to maintain
everything. Antoine, you're not a DD yet AFAICT. Would you like to start
the process to become one?

Anyway, I cannot allow myself to work on this right away, I need to
finish packaging OpenStack Newton first, so that it's ready for Stretch
at the end of this year.

Sure, once we have a Gerrit CI in Debian, most of the general purpose
packages can move there (and we'd keep OpenStack related packages on
upstream infra). But we're not there yet. Until we have such a setup
within Debian, pushing packages to OpenStack infra looks like the best
option to me.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)