This release moves to requiring django 1.8 from jessie-backports. (django1.7 is no longer supported, django1.8 is the LTS release)

See https://lists.linaro.org/pipermail/lava-announce/2016-June/000010.html

As part of this release, OpenID and therefore Launchpad login support has been removed - the openid support for django cannot support django1.8.

See https://lists.linaro.org/pipermail/lava-announce/2016-June/000011.html

This release also includes support for running lava-server with the recently released django1.10 which will soon be available in Debian Stretch (current testing).

2016.8 includes a rewrite or large sections of the documentation and the new logging support for LAVA V2.

2016.8 includes the changes planned for 2016.7, so this is a larger set of changes than previous releases.

lava-server changes

lava-master: use also get_env_string for multinode Handle unrecognised result messages. Publisher: drop privileges at startup Add lava-publisher init scripts Update mustang jinja template Similar jobs feature. Django1.10 fixes v2: include a 'secrets' field in the job def Adding device-type templates for juno Fix a deprecation warning with render_to_string events: add more details and use a useful username Ensure failed health checks go directly to offline. Faster loading of yaml logs Add a u-boot-commands timeout just for panda Improve error handling in result metadata use job.id inside a not job.is_multinode conditional Fix multinode link from definition back to the job. Allow parentheses in test case names Allow the d02 debian installer grub device to be overridden in device-dictionary Allow for creating devices already offline. Device state transition validation. Open context-sensitive help in a new browser tab Unavailable qemu command should not fail unit tests. LAVA-719 - support branding of source and bugs URL Ensure logging to django logs is info or higher Fix e1d66f to use pk when not multinode. Create and display measurements with units result: don't crash when parsing an invalid result Implement notification blacklist. results: handle skip result Simple notification list. Add 'name' to testcase export. Use the right syntax for character delays First device configuration for ST b2120h410 Fix bug #2278 - inconsistent multinode job id / alias usage Fix HTTP500 by allowing for + in test case names Show job sub_id for multinode jobs. Implement IRC notifications. Fix bug #2263 - parameters and params reference in job def and test def LAVA-708 - Device path should be a list Fix a crash when viewing a query for the first time result: show the metadata as a list (and sublists) Rename conflicting notification properties. log: don't show 'extra' result data log: add a link to each line using AnchorJS log: skip broken strings log: add an icon for the download button log: add link from the result page back to the log Results: improve admin page TestResults: order by job_ids then name Simplify a bit the result page Remove unnecessary loading of django-tables log: redirect complete_log to the job_detail page log: add a link to the result page for each result log: fix HTML syntax errors log: improve rendering of errors and exceptions Update load addresses for larger multiplatform kernels Fix result table log: fix a bug when the page is reloaded Protect from admin error in health check submission Fix default value for device_path to be None and not 'None'. Add missing device_path to nexus jinja templates. log: adapt the result parser to the new log stream mustang UBoot needs 32bit header logs: update job status and device information log: change the arrow when clicking on the affix Fix handling of context with multinode Fix metadata handling for multinode and dynamic connections Fix hidden-device-type listings in JobTable job: remove redudant information Events: add a monitoring thread Initial notifications for v2. lava-master: save the logs in output.yaml job: add a new template for the new log format LAVA-262 Allow admins to expire user accounts log: better formatting of tracebacks Remove support for Django < 1.8 Improve scheduler debug with device details. . Documentation updates Add links and notes to developer branch guide Add notes on making Lava Test Shell portable Add notes on running lava-server unit tests Add timeout documentation. Update the developer guide Document the 'secrets' dictionary Ensure V2 documentation examples are available. update local user account image tidy up api docs Remove multinode use cases tidy up the writing-multinode page expand simple-admin for admin roles tidy up hidden toctree listings for previous/next markup Update chapters for theme Switch to the bootstrap theme updates for multinode and simple administration Major update to the docs for writing multinode tests move all examples into one directory and add test definitions move lava tool issues to a separate file fold the FAQ into the lava-tool docs update the multinode use cases port the mustang example to a separate yaml file use rst macros for see also Add publishing API ref doc initial content for a results intro Move doc yaml to a directory WIP rewrite of the multinode doc Start thinking about how to grow a lab Re-org some early admin stuff Split out the completed YAML jobs Query omit documentation updates. Fix documentation for test definition name handling add instruction for -t jessie-backports move example YAML to an rtsi for easier checking add notes on setting up the first device and device type fix whitespace in migration example Update the scheduling ordering with links Add notes on LAVA being developer focused Update other examples for deploy change fixup deploy action add example of first qemu V2 device start the pipeline design page Minor wording tweaks Rework the hacking session doc expand notes on first installation tweaks and updates for writing tests Fix definition link to log for pipeline Updates for test repositories update multinode docs for V2 fix build messages and errors update examples of params support and custom scripts for parsing complete fixme in advanced-installation add background on CI and LAVA add notes and images for first job submission and results explain the first job and tidy up the example YAML Clean up health check docs add notes for first job Significant cleanup of wording around lava-test-shell Add lots of code-block:: yaml directives Add details of features and architecture. Add content to the what-is section

lava-dispatcher changes Only require conversion parameters if using conversion. Support some basic kernel conversion tasks Export the 'secrets' dictionary to the overlay uboot: only log self.errors when it's not empty Enabling NFS only deployment Fix connection_timeout handling for lava-test-shell validate needs to set errors, not raise Fixes for multinode without needing ACK Device environment: fix a crash if env_dut is None Unavailable qemu command should not fail unit tests. Use character_delays instead of character-delays Tests: Use the name defined in the job definition Show when a revision is being applied for VCS Fix bug #2263 - parameters and params reference in job def and test def Improve logging and use lazy logging Log more test results metadata LAVA-708 - Device path should be a list Support kickstart installations on grub, and centos distro type Allow for a prefix with nfsrootfs Finalize: send the job status with the right level log: send the full exception untouched beaglebone-black: update load addresses for larger multiplatform kernels Take into account, device_path that is unset. Fix YAML formatting of wait string log change the result logging format Add sample nexus9 device dictionary. LAVA-701 - Support vendor flashing using fastboot. utils/messages.py: fix out of index error Add support for fixup dictionary and patterns Ensure guest command is available in multinode Stop V2 test shells needing an ACK from the dispatcher logging: add datetime and a better structure Upgrade the failure test case for lavabot First batch of VExpress changes Handle ValueError while waiting

To enable jessie-backports, simply copy your existing apt source for jessie and change jessie to jessie-backports, then run apt update.

Installations from backports are not automatic, you'll need to tell apt to select jessie-backports for django1.8, as outlined in previous mails to this list:

$ sudo apt install -t jessie-backports python-django python-django-common python-django-tables2

Once 2016.8 migrates into Stretch and is then backported to jessie-backports itself, apt will be able to handle the extra dependencies.

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/lava-server

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/lava-dispatcher

https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=pkg-linaro-lava-devel%40lists.alio...

The production repo also has this release. https://validation.linaro.org/static/docs/v2/installing_on_debian.html#lava-... https://validation.linaro.org/static/docs/v1/installing_on_debian.html#lava-...