[gluster-packaging] [Gluster-Maintainers] Release 5.4: Earlier than Mar-10th

[Shyam Ranganathan]

Time to reset and understand where we are at here. The dates are
slipping, but the tracker is still having the following blockers.

We need to either understand when these would be fixed, and take a call
on creating 5.4 with known issues not addressed in the blocker, or wait
for the fixes. Responses to the bugs and updates to bugzilla would help
deciding on the same.

1) Title: glustereventsd does not start on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1649054

@aravinda, any updates? Should we wait, of will this take more time?

2) Title: glusterfs FUSE client crashing every few days with 'Failed to
dispatch handler'
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1671556

All patches against the bug are merged, but bug remains in POST state,
as none of the patches claim that the issue "Fixes" the reported problem.

Are we awaiting more patches for the same? Du/Milind/Nithya?

3) Title: flooding of "dict is NULL" logging & crash of client process
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1671603

Still in NEW state, Du/Amar, do we have a date for resolution?

Thanks,
Shyam
On 2/18/19 10:13 AM, Shyam Ranganathan wrote:
> We have more blockers against 5.4 now marked. Would like to ask the list
> and understand what we want to get done with by 5.4 and what the
> timeline looks like.
> 
> The bug list:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1667103&bug_id_type=anddependson&format=tvp
> 
> 1) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1649054
> Title: glustereventsd does not start on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
> Assignee: Aravinda
> @aravinda can we understand target dates here?
> 
> 2) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1671556
> Title: glusterfs FUSE client crashing every few days with 'Failed to
> dispatch handler'
> Assignee: Nithya (working on Du and Milind)
> @du/@milind can we get an update on this bug and how far away we are?
> 
> 3) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1671603
> Title: flooding of "dict is NULL" logging & crash of client process
> Assignee: None (Amar has most of the comments)
> @amar, do we need 2 bugs here? Also, how far away is a fix?
> 
> 4) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1676356
> Title: glusterfs FUSE client crashing every few days with 'Failed to
> dispatch handler'
> Assignee: Du
> @du, we are still waiting to get
> https://review.gluster.org/c/glusterfs/+/22189 merged, right?
> 
> Shyam
> On 2/13/19 4:09 AM, Raghavendra Gowdappa wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 2:24 PM Nithya Balachandran <nbalacha at redhat.com
>> <mailto:nbalacha at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Adding Raghavendra G and Milind who are working on the patches so
>>     they can update on when they should be ready.
>>
>>     On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 at 20:26, Shyam Ranganathan <srangana at redhat.com
>>     <mailto:srangana at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi,
>>
>>         There have been several crashes and issues reported by users on the
>>         latest 5.3 release. Around 10 patches have been merged since 5.3
>>         and we
>>         have a few more addressing the blockers against 5.4 [1].
>>
>>         The original date was March 10th, but we would like to
>>         accelerate a 5.4
>>         release to earlier this month, once all critical blockers are fixed.
>>
>>         Hence there are 3 asks in this mail,
>>
>>         1) Packaging team, would it be possible to accommodate an 5.4
>>         release
>>         around mid-next week (RC0 for rel-6 is also on the same week)?
>>         Assuming
>>         we get the required fixes by then.
>>
>>         2) Maintainers, what other issues need to be tracked as
>>         blockers? Please
>>         add them to [1].
>>
>>         3) Current blocker status reads as follows:
>>         - Bug 1651246 - Failed to dispatch handler
>>           - This shows 2 patches that are merged, but there is no patch that
>>         claims this is "Fixed" hence bug is still in POST state. What other
>>         fixes are we expecting on this?
>>           - @Milind request you to update the status
>>
>>         - Bug 1671556 - glusterfs FUSE client crashing every few days with
>>         'Failed to dispatch handler'
>>           - Awaiting fixes for identified issues
>>           - @Nithya what would be the target date?
>>
>>
>> Fix @ https://review.gluster.org/#/c/glusterfs/+/22189/
>>
>> waiting on reviews. I am hoping to get this merged by end of this week
>> and send a backport.
>>
>>
>>         - Bug 1671603 - flooding of "dict is NULL" logging & crash of
>>         client process
>>           - Awaiting a fix, what is the potential target date for the same?
>>           - We also need the bug assigned to a person
>>
>>         Thanks,
>>         Shyam
>>
>>         [1] Release 5.4 tracker:
>>         https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=glusterfs-5.4
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