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On 2023-08-23 10:28:48 -0700 (-0700), Ghanshyam Mann wrote:
[...]
> Can we do the same for Debian experimental version? and just keep
> them in our infra with the risk of unstability. That unstability
> risk should be fine as we are just running some non voting testing
> on those to test the next python version.
[...]

Let's set aside for a moment that there is no "experimental" version
of Debian (there is an experimental package suite but it's intended
for use mostly with the unstable and testing versions, it's not a
complete distribution of Debian on its own). What we're lacking is
someone to put in the time and effort to get minimal Debian unstable
(or testing) images building reliably in diskimage-builder, added to
our nodepool configuration, package mirroring in place (possibly
cleaning up other unused distro versions to make sufficient room for
that), and then adding jobs.

Unlike, say, Ubuntu LTS or Debian stable versions, unstable and
testing are constantly changing, getting new versions of packages,
and (in the case of unstable) sometimes entirely uninstallable due
to transition-related package conflicts. Keeping updated images for
that also means having someone who is going to spend some of their
time keeping on top of the image build logs from Nodepool, and
making the constant adjustments and fixes it needs so that we
continue to have fresh images for that platform. If volunteers step
forward for this sort of thing then we generally don't tell them to
go away, but also if they disappear for an extended period of time
we absolutely will delete and clean it all up.

So it's fine to talk about how "easy" this would be, but who's
planning to do it?
-- 
Jeremy Stanley
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