On 29/07/16 08:41, Christian Del Pino wrote:
1. One of the plugins requires Jenkins 1.612. We are currently at 1.558 on
Ares, which was from April 2014. Is it possible that any of the Jenkins
jobs configured on Ares be affected by upgrading?
This is always possible, but in my view it is better to upgrade and fix problems. I think we should try to use a more up-to-date version so we can benefit from security fixes.
2. Is there a particular version of Jenkins that we may prefer to upgrade
to, rather than 1.612? This version is from May 2015.
If we are only upgrading every two years, would you recommend that we switch to using the stable/LTS build (currently 2.7.1)? Blog post on Jenkins 2:
"This release also officially marks the end-of-life for Jenkins 1.x. There won’t be any future release of Jenkins 1.x beyond this point. If you are worried about the upgrade, don’t be! The core of Jenkins is still the same, and all the plugins & existing configuration will just work."
https://jenkins.io/blog/2016/07/07/jenkins-2/
3. If everyone is okay with upgrading, when can the upgrade be done and
what time of day? I realize that Ares is used throughout all different time
zones, so I would like to minimize disruptions to work being done by the
community.
You will always inconvenience someone so I suggest some time when it is the weekend or at least after business hours in BC Canada and Italy to minimise disruption, as that is where many developers are. In any case, we can live without Jenkins for a day.
Much more important in my view is to avoid release time. This usually happens on the week after the 18th of the month. Note that the GeoTools 15.1 / GeoServer 2.9.1 releases are delayed and are imminent. Releases are performed using Jira automation so it is crucial the the Jira upgrade is delayed until after Devon and Jody have completed these releases.
Thanks again, Chris, for your efforts and Boundless' generosity in providing this service.
Kind regards,
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Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@anonymised.com>
Director
Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/>
New Zealand