Re: The future of Linux32 builds and tests

On 08/10/2015 18:01, [email protected] wrote:
> We recently disabled Linux32 talos testing on all trees.
>
> Going forward, the question remains, do we need to run Linux32 tests at all?  This would reduce the complexity of our configs, as well as significantly reduce our AWS bill. Do the linux32 test results provide significant differences from the ones we run on on linux64? I see three options going forward
>
> 1) Run linux32 builds and tests periodically
> 2) Turn off tests but run the builds and make it a Tier 2 platform
> 3) Turn off Linux32 builds + tests entirely
>
> Your data-driven input is sought,
>
> cheers,
> Kim
>
> Bugs of note
> Disable all 32-bit linux testing
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1209932
> Do we need linux32 talos?
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1204920
> Disable linux32 talos testing and reimage machines for windows testing
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1208449

Pending more data about how many people use 32-bit fx on linux distros, 
we could conceivably do both (1) and turn off 32-bit *debug* testing 
completely, as nobody really uses those as daily builds anyway, and most 
any issue should get caught by the opt tests or the x64 debug ones?

~ Gijs