snapshots "latest" target for ubuntu cannot be used

[Mike Holmes]

If a LAVA job has no need to be concerned which version it is running, such as for many ssh hacking sessions, or general running of tests when developing them, it is convenient to have a canned JASON file that may be pasted into the web submit job link without editing it every day.

This works for the kernel, where latest has a stable target file name every day.
https://snapshots.linaro.org/kernel-hwpack/linux-lng-le-preempt-rt-arndale/latest/arndale-lng-sd.img.gz

However for the rootfs it cannot be done, because the target encodes the date and build number into the file name.
http://snapshots.linaro.org/ubuntu/images/developer/latest/linaro-saucy-developer-20140115-620.tar.gz

Can the ubuntu image have a link added that has a stable name ?
http://snapshots.linaro.org/ubuntu/images/developer/latest/linaro-saucy-developer.tar.gz --------> http://snapshots.linaro.org/ubuntu/images/developer/latest/linaro-saucy-developer-20140115-620.tar.gz

[Tyler Baker (tyler-baker)]

This is a CI request not specific to LAVA.

[Milosz Wasilewski (mwasilew)]

+1

[Fathi Boudra (fboudra)]

FWIW, why bother to use moving target when all you want is an image to boot on? Isn't it better to use a released image instead?

[Mike Holmes (mike-holmes)]

One reason is because you get set up testing something, have to put it to
once side and then comeback to it after say some blocker is moved by which
time the links are dead.
Another is in wikis where you want to post up ways to get things done as
examples and they quickly date - i.e. within 24 hours.
Lastly it is a really great way to just establish sanity on something
without looking for a version number to put in there, for example it you
want to check if something is fixed yet upstream.

Mike

On 22 January 2014 09:15, Fathi Boudra <email address hidden> wrote:

> FWIW, why bother to use moving target when all you want is an image to
> boot on? Isn't it better to use a released image instead?
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> Title:
> snapshots "latest" target for ubuntu cannot be used
>
> Status in Linaro Continuous Integration:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> If a LAVA job has no need to be concerned which version it is running,
> such as for many ssh hacking sessions, or general running of tests
> when developing them, it is convenient to have a canned JASON file
> that may be pasted into the web submit job link without editing it
> every day.
>
> This works for the kernel, where latest has a stable target file name
> every day.
>
> https://snapshots.linaro.org/kernel-hwpack/linux-lng-le-preempt-rt-arndale/latest/arndale-lng-sd.img.gz
>
> However for the rootfs it cannot be done, because the target encodes the
> date and build number into the file name.
>
> http://snapshots.linaro.org/ubuntu/images/developer/latest/linaro-saucy-developer-20140115-620.tar.gz
>
> Can the ubuntu image have a link added that has a stable name ?
>
> http://snapshots.linaro.org/ubuntu/images/developer/latest/linaro-saucy-developer.tar.gz -------->
> http://snapshots.linaro.org/ubuntu/images/developer/latest/linaro-saucy-developer-20140115-620.tar.gz
>
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[Chase Qi (chase-qi)]

Migrated to bugzilla: https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514