Re: [PATCH 0/3] kci-gitlab: Introducing GitLab-CI Pipeline for Kernel Testing

[Nikolai Kondrashov <spbnick@gmail.com>]

On 2/29/24 2:25 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 02:20:41PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 12:53:38PM +0100, Guillaume Tucker wrote:
>>> On 29/02/2024 12:41, Mark Brown wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 01:19:19PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 01:10:16PM +0200, Nikolai Kondrashov wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Of course. You're also welcome to join the #kernelci channel on libera.chat.
>>>>
>>>>> Isn't that a bit pointless if it's no the main IM channel ?
>>>>
>>>> It *was* the original channel and still gets some usage (mostly started
>>>> by me admittedly since I've never joined slack for a bunch of reasons
>>>> that make it hassle), IIRC the Slack was started because there were some
>>>> interns who had trouble figuring out IRC and intermittent connectivity
>>>> but people seem to have migrated.
>>>
>>> In fact it was initially created for the members of the Linux
>>> Foundation project only, which is why registration is moderated
>>> for emails that don't have a domain linked to a member (BTW not
>>> any Google account will just work e.g. @gmail.com is moderated,
>>> only @google.com for Google employees isn't).
>>>
>>> And yes IRC is the "least common denominator" chat platform.
>>> Maybe having a bridge between the main Slack channel and IRC
>>> would help.
>>
>> If the gitlab CI pipeline proposal wants to be considered for inclusion
>> in the kernel, I think it needs to switch to a free software solution
>> for its *main* communication channels.
> 
> And to clarify, I didn't meant the kernel CI project, but only the
> gitlab CI pipeline for the Linux kernel project. I don't know how
> tightly integrated the two projects are though.

They're not tightly integrated so far. However, we're exploring the idea of 
letting GitLab CI submit jobs to KernelCI and get results as a part of the 
pipeline.

Helen already joined the #kernelci channel, and we will maintain a presence 
there for the GitLab CI project.

Nick