Platform SIG - Jan 14, 2022

[MarkEWaite (Mark Waite)]

2022-01-14T15:00:00Z

2022 01 14 Platform SIG

Participants

Mark Waite (@MarkEWaite), Tim Jacomb (@timja )

Notes

• Open action items
  • Mark open JEP Docker operating system support JEP & platform selection rules
    • CODEOWNERS in controller repository
  • Mark open PR to www.jenkins.io describing operating systems we test
    • See packaging issue 216 for more details
    • Opened as PR-4823, discussion in developer mailing list
  • Plugin installation manager docs - PR-4373 (closed)
    • Docs team agrees with Tim that a simple use case will be described on www.jenkins.io and detailed documentation will be kept in the GitHub repository of the tool
      • Basic page that describes most common use cases
      • Could include links to other use cases from www.jenkins.io
    • Close the pull request and shift the content to JCasC plugin repo
      • https://www.jenkins.io/projects/jcasc/ from Meg McRoberts
• Java 8 end of life alternatives
  • Mark Waite to create Jenkins Enhancement Proposal for discussion of alternatives and rationale for the selected path, process, and timeline
  • Mostly driven by decision for when we should implement the change
    • Low feedback in the mailing list
    • Getting a date and an LTS line will be driven by the plan
    • If we need to slip the date or adjust the date, that is safer than not having the conversation
  • Oracle’s Java site says March 2022 is when “standard support” , switch to extended
  • Red Hat supports Java 8 until 2024
  • Goal: proposal available for next SIG meeting as a pull request
• Linux operating system support policy
  • Similar to Windows with 4 tiers
• Java 17 full support as a project
• Switching Linux packages from System V init to systemd JENKINS-41218
• Exit lifecycle change coming in the Docker images
  • Needs an entry in the weekly changelog
  • Update the docker run commands in the online docs, readme
  • Blog post and upgrade guide for LTS
• Multi-platform support blog post