[GitHub] wohali commented on issue #66: Support for ppc64le and s390x?

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wohali commented on issue #66: Support for ppc64le and s390x?
URL: https://github.com/apache/couchdb-docker/issues/66#issuecomment-362406425
 
 
   Hi @sanchezl , thanks for your interest.
   
   A prerequisite for any sort of released Docker image is that Apache CouchDB can consistently run, and pass, all tests on this platform as part of our CI workflow. Both of these platforms are currently absent from our matrix.
   
   For `ppc64le`, work is ongoing to add this to the CouchDB CI workflow, see apache/couchdb#1121. Currently, there are other tests failing in the Jenkins workflow blocking this work. (I need Jenkins to be all-green before modifying the configuration further.) If you are in a position to help resolve these issues in the code base, your support is welcome - please contact us on the [Developer mailing list](http://couchdb.apache.org/#mailing-lists). /cc @jiangphcn 
   
   Unfortunately, there are known issues for running CouchDB on `s390x`; see discussion on JIRA [COUCHDB-3261](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-3261), which stalled out due to lack of support from IBM to fix the *problem* rather than the *symptom*. (Sweeping test cases under the rug is not an acceptable alternative.) We won't release an `s390x` image until the full test suite runs cleanly and repeatably.
   
   Further, the Apache Software Foundation does not have CI resources for `s390x`, so regression is entirely likely. Perhaps IBM is willing to donate compute and build resources for this platform so we can add it to our CI matrix? /cc @kocolosk 
   
   Finally, a PR is already outstanding to support building of multi-architecture Docker images, PR #60 . This is blocked until apache/couchdb#1121 is done. /cc @sudswas 
   
   I am closing this ticket as too broad (since it covers two platforms, one of which is much farther along than the other). I will open separate tracking issues for each platform; please follow-up with us on those if you are able to contribute further.

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