gitlab CI - stage beta, testers needed

[PrzemoF]

A bash script + some vim magic. More info soon...

Edit: check the opening post of this topic, point 4 of TODO

[bernd]

A bash script + some vim magic. More info soon...

Edit: check the opening post of this topic, point 4 of TODO

wow cool stuff ... I never really got familar with bash scripts


BTW: interesting reads in this regard ...

- https://github.com/d-e-s-o/github-pull-request-mirror
- https://github.com/ubc/github2gitlab
- https://blog.raw.pm/en/gitlab-github-sync/

[bernd]

wrote a little script to create a branch of each PR. But I used gitpython and pygithub.

I still need to make it run automatically.

Furthermore IMHO the rebase should be done by the the one who made the PR !

See https://gitlab.com/berndhahnebach/FreeCAD/-/branches but ATM only two run ... https://gitlab.com/berndhahnebach/FreeCAD/-/pipelines

[jonasb]

I just stumbled upon this interesting project here: https://github.com/sickcodes/Docker-OSX

It offers docker images that can be run on Linux (even on Windows, via WSL2) and host a qemu/kvm-based VM with macOS inside. Using this, it should be possible to extend the GitLab-CI with build/test for macOS without the need to actual Apple hardware.
And with control over the actual image, the setup needs only to be done once, opposed to the prior travis build that took ages because it had to install all the tooling on each build again (IIRC).

So in case anyone wants to give it try -- not owning a Mac is not an excuse any more

[bernd]

great OSX would be great ...

Attached some more information about other systems ...

... Building on other system is possible. Inkscape has it: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/bl ... lab-ci.yml
But I didn't do any research, beside asking the guy behind it. That's from fosstodon conversation:

"Przemo
@przemo@fosstodon.org

@ted Hi Ted, I'm currently testing gitlab as a potential destination for migration of FreeCAD project. We have the same characteristics as Inkscape (large code, long compilation, C/C++, long tests) and I came across your blog entry (sounds so much like spam - sorry for that). I see that Inkscape managed to get windows and macos compilation directly on gitlab? How you did that? A special gift from gitlab? Regards, Przemo przemo@firszt.eu
Jul 26, 2021, 23:02 · · 0
Jul 26
Ted Gould @ted@gould.cx

@przemo for Windows Gitlab is adding support in the free runners. But for both right now we're using our own CI runners that our devs have. The free runners will probably work for Windows long term, but we don't have a better answer for OSX yet."

Thats the blog: https://gould.cx/ted/blog/2017/06/15/Re ... th-Gitlab/

[bernd]

As I finished some improvements on the scripts to run the PR branches I would like to add a newer Linux distribution to the FreeCAD-CI ...

But to be honest. I have no idea how to set up this because this work was all done by Przemo

[bernd]

[PrzemoF]

Hi bernd, OSX is not my thing.. I tried some initial research, but I don't thing there was a viable solution. Other linuxes should be doable. What distro?

P.S. I need to read my notes, but the solution with ubuntu is bulletproof - I didn't do anything for months and my laptop still builds FreeCAD from gitlab when I push a branch

[adrianinsaval]

I would like to add a newer Linux distribution to the FreeCAD-CI ...

Problem is FreeCAD's dependencies are broken in ubuntu 22.04 if I'm not mistaken, so we would also need someone that maintains those in the ppa for 22.04, other distros should be possible as long as you know how to setup all dependencies. Here's the dockerfile that is supposed to be used by the ci: https://gitlab.com/berndhahnebach/FreeC ... Dockerfile
who's machine is getting used as build server these days?
here some other dockerfiles for other distros in the source repo: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/tree ... ools/build
perhaps it's better to use (and update if necessary) those instead of having a separate one for the ci

[bernd]

I would like to start with a newer version of ubuntu or with Debian Stable.

CI repository:
This is the repository: https://gitlab.com/freecad/FreeCAD-CI means the docker file is here https://gitlab.com/freecad/FreeCAD-CI/- ... Dockerfile. FreeCAD master and all new PRs are regullarly updated.

build server:
The code is copiled on a little machine just here (Winterthur Switzerland) beside me in the desk. This machine runs Debian Stable and only does compile FreeCAD in the docker. It is headless. It is a HP Elite Desk i5.

cheers bernd