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Refactor and rewrite Python scripts in releng/ in Go #29390

Open xmudrii opened 1 year ago

xmudrii commented 1 year ago

What should be cleaned up or changed:

We have a bunch of Python scripts in releng/ directory. These scripts are used to handle creating release branch jobs. These scripts also:

These Python scripts have several problems:

That said, I think we should consider rewriting these scripts in Go. Additionally, we should consider wrapping everything (config-rotator, config-forker, and existing Python scripts) in a single binary.

Provide any links for context:

See #29387 for more details

/priority important-longterm /sig release cc @kubernetes/release-engineering

jeremyrickard commented 1 year ago

I think this is a good idea.

cpanato commented 1 year ago

+1

wasup-yash commented 1 year ago

hey, can I work on this? and can you provide the main references to what exactly is needed to get this issue resolved as I am not much experienced in go but willing to learn more about this and contribute to solving this issue.

wasup-yash commented 1 year ago

hey, can I work on this? and can you provide the main references to what exactly is needed to get this issue resolved as I am not much experienced in go but willing to learn more about this and contribute to solving this issue.

@xmudrii any updates on this how can i get started with this ?

xmudrii commented 1 year ago

@wasup-yash Sorry for delay. I'm on PTO for the next week or two, but I can follow up on this once I'm back.

wasup-yash commented 1 year ago

@wasup-yash Sorry for delay. I'm on PTO for the next week or two, but I can follow up on this once I'm back.

no worries xD

sbdtu5498 commented 1 year ago

/assign

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xmudrii commented 10 months ago

/remove-lifecycle stale

dims commented 8 months ago

/milestone v1.31

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cpanato commented 5 months ago

/remove-lifecycle stale /assign

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xmudrii commented 2 months ago

/remove-lifecycle stale

Update: some of the Python scripts might be removed as we consider replacing them with already existing fork-per-release mechanism.