1180679 - Stable URL for blob free builds

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia, defect)

Description

[Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)]

We have a json file that links to blob free builds for users to install via the installer addon

https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/b2g-installer-builds/blob/master/builds.json

We would like them to be updated at the very least when gonk updates happen, I think ideally we would like.

QA test that a particular build is passing smoke tests, when they are happy both the OTA and the blob free build are pushed to a stable URL and users pick up that build.

Comment 1

[Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)]

Wander + Naoki, do you think that sounds reasonably doable? we can always update the url in the repo @ https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/b2g-installer-builds/blob/master/builds.json, however thats a more manual process, piggybacking on the smoke test for OTA's that QA are already doing seems easier and more automatic

Comment 2

[Wander Lairson Costa]

Bug 1175934 is landing in a few days, we then will have public images available at Taskcluster.

Comment 3

[Naoki Hirata :nhirata (please use needinfo instead of cc)]

Once Bug 1175934 lands, it should just be in : 
https://tools.taskcluster.net/index/artifacts/#gecko.v1.mozilla-central.latest.linux.aries-dogfood/gecko.v1.mozilla-central.latest.linux.aries-dogfood.opt

Or something similar; that would be the latest build.

Having said that, I think we should be able to select a build that we want to flash the device with don't we?  If we're doing dogfood OTA builds automatically, that might be a little trickier...  I'm not sure how to go about doing that just yet because dogfood channel could be a custom made build or a "regular nightly" build

Comment 4

[Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)]

That would be perfect, however https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1175934 has landed and I cant seem to find a link to any public blob free builds, am I missing something or is there a bit of work still to do?

> Having said that, I think we should be able to select a build that we want to flash 
> the device with don't we?

Part of the addon allows people to upload any blobfree build file they can find.

> If we're doing dogfood OTA builds automatically, that might be a little trickier...  
> I'm not sure how to go about doing that just yet because dogfood channel could be 
> a custom made build or a "regular nightly" build

I would really like for the blob free builds to update in the same fashion as the OTA's, ie once you have verified the build doesnt contain any major regressions they get pushed up. I dont think we need any extra work for QA at this moment to actually test the specific blob free distribution, just that OTA's and blob free builds push updates at the same time.

How does that sound?

Comment 5

[Wander Lairson Costa]

Sorry for the late response,the blobfree builds can be found in the same tasks the regular builds, example:

https://tools.taskcluster.net/index/#gecko.v1.mozilla-central.latest.linux.aries/gecko.v1.mozilla-central.latest.linux.aries.debug

Comment 6

[Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)]

Awesome thanks

What is the process we use for updating OTA's, I we can use these for a first pass but ideally we use the last build that QA has signed off for dogfooding

Comment 7

[:gerard-majax]

(In reply to Wander Lairson Costa [:wcosta] from comment #5)
> Sorry for the late response,the blobfree builds can be found in the same
> tasks the regular builds, example:
> 
> https://tools.taskcluster.net/index/#gecko.v1.mozilla-central.latest.linux.
> aries/gecko.v1.mozilla-central.latest.linux.aries.debug

Wander, is it normal we only have either VARIANT=eng or VARIANT=user builds ? I cannot find any VARIANT=userdebug that has blobfree distribution :(

Comment 8

[Wander Lairson Costa]

(In reply to Alexandre LISSY :gerard-majax from comment #7)
> (In reply to Wander Lairson Costa [:wcosta] from comment #5)
> > Sorry for the late response,the blobfree builds can be found in the same
> > tasks the regular builds, example:
> > 
> > https://tools.taskcluster.net/index/#gecko.v1.mozilla-central.latest.linux.
> > aries/gecko.v1.mozilla-central.latest.linux.aries.debug
> 
> Wander, is it normal we only have either VARIANT=eng or VARIANT=user builds
> ? I cannot find any VARIANT=userdebug that has blobfree distribution :(

hrm, userdebug can be found here https://tools.taskcluster.net/index/#gecko.v1.mozilla-central.latest.linux.aries/gecko.v1.mozilla-central.latest.linux.aries.debug

Comment 9

[Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)]

Awesome, thanks Wander + Alexandre, we can follow up the QA verified builds in another bug

https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/b2g-installer-builds/commit/f7d3746aeab0659136496d21e49540cfcdee064f

Comment 10

[Naoki Hirata :nhirata (please use needinfo instead of cc)]

https://tools.taskcluster.net/index/artifacts/#gecko.v2.mozilla-central.latest.b2g/gecko.v2.mozilla-central.latest.b2g.aries-eng-opt

I verified this recently.  There's a few bugs in regards to the tool, for the most part it works well with the engineering builds and userdebug builds.