[Development] Short CI status

[Mitch Curtis]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heikki Halmet
> Sent: Thursday, 1 November 2018 1:17 PM
> To: development at qt-project.org
> Subject: Short CI status
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> 
> As you may have noticed we still have several issues in our CI system which
> needs fixes.
> 
> Below is the frontline of CI teams battlefield:
> 
> 
> 
> *	Windows 10 machines are freezing time to time and the logging
> suddenly stops.
> 
> 	*	https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTQAINFRA-2253
> 
> 		*	We are trying to fix this by upgrading Hosts kernel
> version. Correction is almost there but we got some unexpected problems
> during the test. Hopefully we'll get back on the track soon.
> 		*	You can follow the process from here:
> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTQAINFRA-2299
> 
> *	Lots of Configure/Qmake timeouts during builds
> 
> 	*	https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTQAINFRA-2051
> 	*	https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTQAINFRA-2052
> 	*	We assume that kernel update will help with this one.
> 
> *	When cancelling e.g. Qt5 build COIN scheduler goes stuck for a long
> time
> 
> 	*	https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTQAINFRA-2257
> 	*	We are currently making change(s) to fix this.
> 
> *	Windows VM randomly freezes and need user input before able to
> continue building
> 
> 	*	https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTQAINFRA-2263
> 	*	We have fix for this which we hope to resolve this issue -
> https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/242149/
> 
> *	In packaging site macos 10.13 keeps on disconnecting from Jenkins
> 
> 	*	https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTQAINFRA-2310
> 	*	We have two plan for this
> 
> 		*	A. Changing Jenkins-pkg to use Coin's virtual
> machines. Work on going.
> 		*	B. Upgrade Host's hypervisor (This is a long shot and
> we hope that plan A will resolve this)
> 
> 
> 
> We feel your pain and frustration. We are working hard to have more stable
> CI and hopefully soon we'll have most of these problems resolved.

Thanks to the CI team for all the work they're putting in!
 
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> 
> Br
> 
> Heikki Halmet