Draft: Use a standard reference platform called VFX Reference platform

  • Status: draft
  • Deciders: V-Sekai,fire,
  • Tags: V-Sekai,

Context and Problem Statement

[A standard reference platform’s purpose is to] minimize incompatibilities between different software packages, ease the support burden for Linux-based pipelines and encourage further adoption of Linux by software vendors.

Here are some problems:

  • We want to keep a consistent server configuration setup.
  • We want creators to have a consistent work environment.

Describe the proposed option and how it helps to overcome the problem or limitation

The VFX Reference #platform is a set of tool and library versions to be used as a common target #platform for building software for the VFX industry. Its purpose is to minimize incompatibilities between different software packages, ease the support burden for Linux-based pipelines and encourage further adoption of Linux by software vendors. The Reference #platform is updated annually by a group of software vendors in collaboration with the Visual Effects Society Technology Committee.

Describe how your proposal will work, with code, pseudo-code, mock-ups, or diagrams

  1. Find candidate centos-like platforms.
  2. A candidate is Rocky Linux.

Positive Consequences

  • The problems with #platform are informed by decisions of others in the industry.

Negative Consequences

  • Going outside the #platform is risky.

Option graveyard:

  • Option: Use Rocky Linux directly

  • Rejection Reason: No collaboration

  • Option: Use Fedora 35 directly

  • Rejection Reason: Unclear support lifetime.

If this enhancement will not be used often, can it be worked around with a few lines of script?

This is a devops proposal, not a coding proposal.

Is there a reason why this should be core and done by us?

We do have to choose a reference #platform even if we don’t think about it to upload to docker.

References

  • https://vfxplatform.com/
  • https://hub.docker.com/u/aswf
  • https://hub.docker.com/r/aswf/ci-base
  • https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/aswf-docker/tree/master/ci-base

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