Add documentation to recommend using pyenv for local python management for MacOS
Categories
(Testing :: Raptor, enhancement, P1)
Tracking
(firefox117 fixed)
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People
(Reporter: kshampur, Assigned: kshampur)
References
(Blocks 1 open bug)
Details
(Whiteboard: [fxp])
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Over the past year, there has been quite a handful of Mac users having issues using the performance testing harnesses (Usually Raptor, but could apply to Talos as well).
Almost always it was an issue with the Mac's system python not playing well with how mozilla central + perftest configures all the environments locally.
We could add a quick blurb/FAQ section to the documentation suggesting pyenv (or other choice) to manage the local python version, as that seems to have solved peoples issues
Ideally we could also spend time digging into our code when all the packages get set up and figuring out why exactly system python doesn't play well (this would likely take much longer)
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Updated•1 year ago
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Comment 1•1 year ago
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We can probably just add a link that points to build component making mention of pyenv (and other things)
e.g. https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/build/buildsystem/python.html#installing-python-manually
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Updated•1 year ago
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Updated•1 year ago
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Comment 2•1 year ago
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This patch updates the debugging section of the raptor perfdocs with a quick blurb about recommending pyenv (or other alternative) for managing local Python versioning.
Over the past year, there have been quite a handful of macOS (and sometimes Linux) users having issues using the performance testing harnesses due to the Python environment suddenly breaking.
I consistently found that something like pyenv resolves this issue.
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Updated•1 year ago
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Pushed by kshampur@mozilla.com: https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/d05e7eb6194b Add documentation to recommend using alternative options for local python version management. r=perftest-reviewers,sparky DONTBUILD
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Comment 4•1 year ago
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