[U-Boot] [PATCH] travis.yml: change Ubuntu version to xenial

[Ramon Fried]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 7:55 PM Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 07:53:07PM +0300, Ramon Fried wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 7:41 PM Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 08:24:18PM +0300, Ramon Fried wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On July 17, 2019 7:42:30 PM GMT+03:00, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > > > >On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 07:37:23PM +0300, Ramon Fried wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On July 17, 2019 4:29:04 PM GMT+03:00, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
> > > > >wrote:
> > > > >> >On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 03:26:27AM +0300, Ramon Fried wrote:
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >> trusty is getting old, move to xenial (16.04)
> > > > >> >> to get updated gcc and other tools.
> > > > >> >>
> > > > >> >> Signed-off-by: Ramon Fried <rfried.dev at gmail.com>
> > > > >> >> ---
> > > > >> >>  .travis.yml | 2 +-
> > > > >> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > >> >>
> > > > >> >> diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
> > > > >> >> index c21bbbbca4..1640fbb6dd 100644
> > > > >> >> --- a/.travis.yml
> > > > >> >> +++ b/.travis.yml
> > > > >> >> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> > > > >> >>  # build U-Boot on Travis CI - https://travis-ci.org/
> > > > >> >>
> > > > >> >>  sudo: required
> > > > >> >> -dist: trusty
> > > > >> >> +dist: xenial
> > > > >> >>
> > > > >> >>  language: c
> > > > >> >>
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >Oh good, they're finally not stuck on "Trusty".  But I still think
> > > > >we
> > > > >> >need to move to GitLab CI runners instead, so we can have better
> > > > >> >control
> > > > >> >over (and provide resources for) running the builds instead.
> > > > >> This can be an intermediate state until movement to gitlab CI is
> > > > >complete.
> > > > >> Thanks, Ramon
> > > > >
> > > > >What's the case where things aren't working, today, that xenial fixes?
> > > > >And please note that the GitLab CI move is underway (I posted
> > > > >translating .travis.yml to .gitlab-ci.yml a while ago, now that the
> > > > >merge window is open I need to apply it, the current new travis stuff,
> > > > >and update it again).
> > > > host compilation with a more recent gcc compiler (5.4). instead of (4.8).
> > > > newer supporting packages.
> > >
> > > One other concern I have here (so please v2) is that we aren't updating
> > > the section to grab a "xenial" LLVM toolchain, just trusty still.
> > > Thanks!
> >
> > I thought we dropped this altogether because of the move to gitlab.
> > Aren't we ?
>
> While I personally would like to drop Travis, we do not have a good
> alternative for non-custodians to use as the free build resources from
> gitlab.com have the same "break the job up into tons of chunks" problem
> and not everyone has access to a faster-than-travis machine.
Sending V2 shortly.
>
> --
> Tom