Automating Distro Updates in Ci

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The article discusses automating Linux distribution updates in Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines, sparking a discussion on the appropriateness and best practices for doing so.

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hanikesn

4 months ago

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Renovatebot would solve this consistently and is more broadly applicable.

philipwhiuk

4 months ago

Renovatebot (GitLab)/dependabot (GitHub) tends to update versions rather than add new entries.

faangguyindia

4 months ago

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i don't think distro updates belong in CI.

thinkmassive

4 months ago

To be fair, it’s versions of Linux distros they test against in their CI.

sublinear

4 months ago

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> remember to bump Ubuntu when a new LTS comes out

I'm sorry... what?

https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle

> LTS or ‘Long Term Support’ releases are published every two years in April

I wouldn't want to work somewhere that can't plan around something as simple as this.

robertlagrant

4 months ago

Places can plan around this, but it seems silly to have calendar invitations and project management and manual work when you can just automate it. I wouldn't want to work anywhere that couldn't automate it this if it became the top of the automation priority list.

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