[yocto] QA cycle report for 2.6 M4 RC1

[akuster808]

On 11/11/18 2:21 AM, richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> On Sat, 2018-11-10 at 10:02 -0800, akuster808 wrote:
>> On 11/10/18 8:25 AM, richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2018-11-09 at 09:24 +0000, Jain, Sangeeta wrote:
>>>> This is the full report for 2.6 M4 RC1: 
>>>> https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/WW44_-_2018-10-30_-_Full_Test_Cycle_2.6_M4_RC1
>>> Thanks Sangeeta and team!
>>>
>>> Now we have the QA report for YP 2.6 M4 rc1 (Final 2.6) we need to make
>>> a release go or nogo decision. To do this we have the following:
>>>  
>>> QA Report: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/WW44_-_2018-10-30_-_Full_Test_Cycle_2.6_M4_RC1
>>> Release Criteria: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Yocto_Project_v2.6_Status#Milestone_4.2FFinal_-_Target_Oct._26.2C_2018
>>>
>>> We'd be happy to take representations from members and the community to
>>> help reach that decision.
>> Regarding. 
>> Bug 12991 - [2.6 M4 RC1][Build-Appliance] Bitbake build-appliance-
>> image getting failed during building image due to webkitgtk package
>> Does it mean the Build-Appliance is non functioning ?  It was broken
>> at the Sumo release time as well. Should it be dropped as the release
>> criteria?
> Build-appliance is a tricky test as it tests multiple things, roughly:
>
> * vmdk images under vmware
> * the web browser
> * toaster
> * whether we can self host (build poky within poky)
>
> The fact the webkit recipe failed to build may be due to several
> reasons:
>
> * random race type condition
> * lack of memory in the VM
> * phase of the moon
> * other things
>
> I'm not convinced its a release blocker, or that it invalidates the b-a 
> test, or that it would even reproduce. If it does reproduce that would
> be more interesting and easier to debug.

ok, but is the b-a functional  in 2.6?

- armin

>
> I do think we're going to have to split up the b-a test in 2.7 so that
> even if its not manual QA'd, we can automatically test some pieces of
> what it covers.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
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