# Platform SIG October 7, 2022

**URL:** <https://community.jenkins.io/t/platform-sig-october-7-2022/4545>\
**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** meeting, sig-platform\
**Created:** [November 13, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/platform-sig-october-7-2022/4545 "2022-11-13T03:40:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/platform-sig-october-7-2022/4545/1 "2022-11-13T03:40:23Z")

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2022-10-07T16:00:00Z

[![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/jenkins/original/2X/6/67ad64f572609202527f23e477802f78078b663a.jpeg "2022 10 07 Platform SIG") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jhwZ5_Zlho)

### Oct 7, 2022 - Containers, Java 11, Java 17, Contributor Summit

Attending:

- Mark Waite
- Bruno Verachten

Recording:

Agenda:

- Open action items:
  - Agents of [ci.jenkins.io](http://ci.jenkins.io) on ppc64le - disable them
    - Loaner computers for ppc64le are gone
      - IBM suspended the loaner machine program

    - Action item - drop all mention of ppc64le in our infra and docs
      - Platformlabeler has already dropped support
      - Mark create tasks for [ci.jenkins.io](http://ci.jenkins.io) and more

- Container image deprecation for the blueocean container (jenkinsci:blueocean)
  - Need to announce the deprecation of the image
    - Update the page on Dockerhub
    - Add to a Jenkins LTS changelog or upgrade guide?
    - Add a disclaimer to one or more pages on [www.jenkins.io](http://www.jenkins.io)?
      - Update the 2017 Blue Ocean blog post with deprecation notice?
      - content/blog/2017/01/2017-01-13-blueocean-dev-log-jan.adoc

  - Find a way to communicate the deprecation to users and admins
    - Jenkins administrative monitor that checks for specific container content?

  - Report it on it regularly in Platform SIG meetings
  - Create an issue that proposes the deprecation and the needed steps
  - Not likely to make progress until November

- Container repository management for Jenkins agents
  - Progress to report - Damien Duportal progressing towards unifying repositories
  - Simplifying the release process
    - Multiple repositories and multiple images from those repositories
    - Releases are complicated unnecessarily
      - Adding arm64 for docker images was too complicated

  - Combining the repositories to simplify image management
    - Need more detailed plan and design
    - Cannot drop support for the existing containers
      - Retain the container structure, but remain compatible

  - Separate repository for Jenkins agents with tools installed
    - Not actively maintained, many of the containers are still using Java 8, won’t work with most recent LTS, they need to be upgraded
      - Download metrics are available from Dockerhub, could use those measure to prioritize the effort

  - Topic for discussion at Jenkins Contributor Summit or near the Summit

- [Require Java 11](https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS-67688) or newer for Jenkins core
  - Ongoing minor tasks
    - Dropping Java 8 from the Docker agents - merged, not yet released
    - Plugins beginning to require Java 11, ongoing process

  - Many resources available to help users as they upgrade
    - Maven job type is still advised against, but can be used …
      - See the [CloudBees post for Maven job type](https://docs.cloudbees.com/docs/cloudbees-ci-kb/latest/client-and-managed-masters/maven-jobs-and-java-versions-compatibility)

- Java 17 support in Jenkins
  - Ongoing, a few recent reports, working well
  - Jenkins infra planning to put one or more of the infra machines on JDK 17
  - Timeline indicates end of Java 11 first level maintenance Sep 2023, security fixes for several more years after end of first level maintenance
  - More than 11 000 Java 17 installs reporting worldwide with Jenkins in September

- Contributor Summit remix / rework
  - Planned for an all day in-person event, not happening
  - All-day event online event not effective
  - Break it into 3 segments, two hours with specific topics
    - Document has started to discuss topics and themes for the segments
    - Mark to share the document, discussion
      - Segment 1 - SIG reports and User experience
      - Segment 2 - Security and supply chain
      - Segment 3 - User presentations and other topics