Automating Distro Updates in CI

3 comments

• faangguyindia 2 hours ago
  i don't think distro updates belong in CI.
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  • thinkmassive 54 minutes ago
    To be fair, it’s versions of Linux distros they test against in their CI.
• hanikesn 3 hours ago
  Renovatebot would solve this consistently and is more broadly applicable.
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  • philipwhiuk 2 hours ago
    Renovatebot (GitLab)/dependabot (GitHub) tends to update versions rather than add new entries.
• sublinear 1 hour ago
  > remember to bump Ubuntu when a new LTS comes out

  I'm sorry... what?

  https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle

  > LTS or ‘Long Term Support’ releases are published every two years in April

  I wouldn't want to work somewhere that can't plan around something as simple as this.

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  • robertlagrant 1 hour ago
    Places can plan around this, but it seems silly to have calendar invitations and project management and manual work when you can just automate it. I wouldn't want to work anywhere that couldn't automate it this if it became the top of the automation priority list.