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Add FreeBSD build and test using Cirrus-CI #91960
Description
Feature or enhancement
Add FreeBSD build and test using Cirrus-CI (for pull requests)
Pitch
Cirrus-CI is a hosted CI service that supports FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, and Winodws. Add a .cirrus.yml to provide CI coverage on pull requests for FreeBSD 12.3 and 13.0.
Adding a .cirrus.yml to build + test on FreeBSD will add coverage for pull requests. (The Cirrus-CI application would need to be enabled on the cpython repo.)
Here is an example run from my fork: https://cirrus-ci.com/build/5512210465161216
Previous discussion
Linked PRs
- gh-91960: Add FreeBSD build and test using Cirrus-CI #91961
- gh-91960: Add FreeBSD build and test using Cirrus-CI [DEBUG PR] #108972
- gh-91960: skip test_gdb when built with clang #108993
- gh-91960: Skip test_gdb if gdb cannot retrive Python frames #108999
- [3.12] gh-91960: Skip test_gdb if gdb cannot retrive Python frames (GH-108999) #109010
- [3.11] gh-91960: Skip test_gdb if gdb cannot retrive Python frames (GH-108999) #109011
- gh-91960: FreeBSD Cirrus CI runs configure separately #109127
- gh-91960: Disable Cirrus CI for now #109457
- gh-91960: Remove Cirrus CI configuration #113938
Activity
erlend-aasland commentedon May 16, 2022
We've currently got two stable FreeBSD 14.0 buildbots in our "extended" CI:
The buildbots run on every merge to
main, and also on PR's where it is explicitly requested by a core dev or triager, so we do get FreeBSD coverage for everything that is merged. Of course, adding FreeBSD 13.0 and 12.3 would be a welcome addition to our buildbot fleet. See these links for more info:I don't think we will be adding FreeBSD to our main CI, though, so I suggest closing this issue.
emaste commentedon May 17, 2022
I did this based on @vstinner's comment that there's no pull request CI for FreeBSD and inquiry about whether there's a service that supports it. I'm sure FreeBSD 13.1/12.3 bots could be added instead, but is there a reason having comprehensive pre-merge CI for FreeBSD would be undesirable?
erlend-aasland commentedon May 17, 2022
If Victor is +1 for adding a FreeBSD CI, then I suggest opening a PR :)
emaste commentedon May 17, 2022
It's #91961
I opened this issue because the pull request template told me I needed one - apologies if I missed the appropriate metadata here or in the PR to cross-reference them.
I'd be happy to help out with getting 12.x/13.x buildbot workers attached instead if that's the desired approach, but Cirrus-CI has the nice property of being a hosted service that does not require ongoing maintenance on the workers, and can easily be updated to use any FreeBSD images that are available in GCP.
sorcio commentedon Sep 5, 2023
Hey @erlend-aasland, has the situation changed? The FreeBSD buildbot workers have been offline for a while. Being listed as a tier-3 platform I guess there is supposed to be at least one running buildbot but that hasn't been the case for the last few months. May I ask you or @vstinner to check the current status?
vstinner commentedon Sep 5, 2023
Please have a look at PR #104574: a change proposes to use GNU make syntax which is not compatible with FreeBSD bsdmake.
vstinner commentedon Sep 5, 2023
One week ago, the two FreeBSD buildbot were removed: python/buildmaster-config#386
I'm looking for a solution to keep running tests automatically on FreeBSD and get notifications if something breaks. Add a new buildbot worker, add a GitHub Action job, or both!
sorcio commentedon Sep 5, 2023
Oh, that's unfortunate. I don't have the resources to support a buildbot myself. But let me know if I can do anything to help make an automated job happen. As far as I can see GitHub Actions doesn't support running FreeBSD on their infrastructure, but some projects are running it on a VM. That might work.
Cirrus-CI might be an alternative, apparently, given this issue and relative PR, although I'm not familiar with them. Recently they introduced a limit to free usage which Python would likely exceed. So someone would have to get in touch and ask for additional resources for Python.
vstinner commentedon Sep 5, 2023
I contact some FreeBSD developers who are interesed to set up new FreeBSD buildbot workers, especially Kurt Jaeger. Ping me in private if you want me to get in touch with them.
vstinner commentedon Sep 5, 2023
Also, the Cirrus-CI approach is happening, see the PR of this issue: PR #91961.
pythongh-91960: Add FreeBSD build and test using Cirrus-CI
9 remaining items
[3.11] gh-91960: Skip test_gdb if gdb cannot retrive Python frames (G…
pythongh-91960: Cirrus CI runs configure in a separate step
pythongh-91960: FreeBSD Cirrus CI runs configure separately
[3.12] gh-91960: Skip test_gdb if gdb cannot retrive Python frames (G…
gh-91960: FreeBSD Cirrus CI runs configure separately (#109127)
pythongh-91960: Disable Cirrus CI for now
pythongh-91960: Disable Cirrus CI for now
vstinner commentedon Sep 15, 2023
I wrote PR #109457 to disable the job: Python is out of free credit and so all jobs are reported as failure.
gh-91960: Disable Cirrus CI for now (#109457)
pythongh-91960: Remove Cirrus CI configuration
gh-91960: Remove Cirrus CI configuration (#113938)
pythongh-91960: Remove Cirrus CI configuration (python#113938)
pythongh-91960: Remove Cirrus CI configuration (python#113938)
pythongh-91960: Remove Cirrus CI configuration (python#113938)