Add support for Ubuntu 20.04 'Focal Fossa'

[geerlingguy]

It seems that Ubuntu 20.04's default apt repo includes a varnish package at 6.2.x, but the current version of Varnish is 6.4.x.

Packagecloud currently has packages for bionic and xenial, but not focal, so installation fails if you try using the PPA on Ubuntu: https://packagecloud.io/varnishcache/varnish64

Could we get support added for Ubuntu 20.04 Focal?

(Related: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-varnish/issues/95).

[martin-g]

Hi,

There is an open PR at https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/pull/3263 that makes it very easy to add Ubuntu 20.04 to the list of OSes for which a package will be built!

I think it would be a good idea to replace Debian Bullseye with Ubuntu 20.04, because Bullseye is the new Debian testing. @Dridi @gquintard Do you agree ?

[gquintard]

I don't see a reason to remove bullseye, quite the opposite actually, it will serve a "peek-into-the-future" platform and help us catch problems with newer libs/compilers.

It will be easy to add focal to the list and build packages from now on, but the current stance is to freeze the supported distribution on the release date. So adding focal support means packages for weeklies and the next release in September but not 6.4

[wkhayrattee]

Hey @martin-g the PR for #https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/pull/3263 and #https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/pull/3313 have been closed.

If there any chance we see v6.4 for focal in the next few days? Or is it a dead-end till the next release as pointed out by @gquintard ?

[martin-g]

I'll let the Varnish team decide that! I can send a new PR adding Focal as soon as the team approves it!

If approved the the .deb package will be a nightly build until the next official release is made!

[wkhayrattee]

I can send a new PR adding Focal as soon as the team approves it!

If approved the the .deb package will be a nightly build until the next official release is made!

Oh yes please if you can thank you.

[martin-g]

https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/pull/3317

Varnish team will decide when/whether to merge it!

[gquintard]

merged

[geerlingguy]

@gquintard - It looks like the focal build is available under weeklies, but not under the 6.4 releases: https://packagecloud.io/varnishcache/varnish64. Is there any timeline for getting a stable release for 20.04?

[gquintard]

Hi,

No timeline, but we'll gladly review PRs for extra distribution support.

Note that we generally only consider new dist support only for weeklies and LTS version, so 6.4 is not likely to support fossa.

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[nicovs]

@gquintard you mean Focal is not LTS? https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04/ Or am i missing something? :)

[gquintard]

@nicovs , I mean that 6.4 isn't an LTS, so it's not likely to see support for a new distribution (focal in this case)