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

Tue Feb 26 11:17:38 UTC 2019

On Mon, 2019-02-25 at 10:42 -0500, Shyam Ranganathan wrote:
> 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?

Patch merged in master and release-5 Patch yet to be merged
https://review.gluster.org/#/c/glusterfs/+/22262/

> 
> 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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regards
Aravinda