On Fri, 6 Dec 2019, John Zachary Dover wrote:
> Sage,
>
> Your suggested text is a good start. Something quite like it is already in
> place.
>
> When is the Octopus release expected?

March 2020

sage

>
> Zac
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 2:21 AM Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 6 Dec 2019, John Zachary Dover wrote:
> > > I am updating the Ceph documentation. Included in this email is a
> > proposed
> > > change to
> > > the documentation and a request for information pertaining to that
> > proposed
> > > change.
> > > If you know about the issue behind the proposed change and you have
> > > information
> > > pertinent to it that you would like to enshrine in the documentation,
> > reply
> > > to this
> > > email and tell me.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Documentation Link:
> > > http://docs.ceph.com/docs/master/start/os-recommendations/
> > >
> > > Proposed Change: I'd like to update the list of OS recommendations, and
> > to
> > > get a list of
> > >                  kernel versions that are supported. If this is not
> > > possible, I would like
> > >                  to publish a list of OSes and kernels on which people in
> > > the community
> > >                  have successfully tested Ceph.
> >
> > I think the way to approach this is a blanket statement like:
> >
> > Generally speaking, Ceph should work on any modern Linux distribution.
> > In practice, we build packages for and test on a select set of common
> > distributions.
> >
> > Starting with Octopus, we recommend deployments consume Ceph via a
> > container image instead of packages.  The container itself is based on
> > CentOS 8.  The container is generally consumed by either Rook.io or the
> > ceph-daemon tool.  In the later case, the OS requirements are relaxed, ...
> >
> > Specifically, we build packages for:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > We test on:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Something along those lines?
> >
> > > Zac's Request:  Reply to this email if you know of OSes or kernels th
> > > Ceph has been
> > >                 successfully tested on, and if those OSes or kernels are
> > > not already in
> > >                 the list.
> >
> > By the time of octopus release, I belive this will be:
> >
> > Build
> > - CentOS 8 (x86_64)
> > - Ubuntu 18.04 (x86_64)
> > - Ubuntu 18.04 (aarch64)  (I think?)
> >
> > Test
> > - centos 7.6 (containerized ceph only)
> > - centos 8.0
> > - ubuntu 18.04
> >
> > We need to pin this down pretty soon.  Much of this is piled up behind
> > the py3 conversion, which is oh-so-close...
> >
> > sage
> >
> >
> >
> > > Deadline:       I'll keep this bug open for two full business days. At
> > the
> > > end of 09 Dec
> > >                 2019, I'll either add to the list or regard the list as
> > > complete.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tracking Information (this can be ignored by everyone but Zac)
> > > Bug #5 here: https://pad.ceph.com/p/Report_Documentation_Bugs
> > >
> >
>