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| author | Elliot Rushton <erushton@gitlab.com> | 2019-07-23 00:29:26 +0000 |
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| committer | Evan Read <eread@gitlab.com> | 2019-07-23 00:29:26 +0000 |
| commit | dcf009db2a61b8fe49f9261111f199ceb2b5fe51 (patch) | |
| tree | 3ef06ffde18ce386f7c23334e14b03c3c89191f4 | |
| parent | Merge branch 'track-windows-test-failures' into 'master' (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-runner-dcf009db2a61b8fe49f9261111f199ceb2b5fe51.tar.gz | |
Add requirements for contributing new hardware architectures
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 097e11d1..0b0becf0 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -47,6 +47,23 @@ With GitLab 12.1, we introduced the [custom executor](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/issues/2885), which will provide a way to create an executor of choice. +### Contributing new hardware architectures + +We're currently exploring how we can add builds for new and different hardware +architectures. Adding and supporting new architectures brings added levels of +complexity and may require hardware that GitLab Inc. doesn't have access to. + +At the current time, new hardware architectures will only be considered if the +following criteria are met: + +1. GitLab Inc. must be able to build and test for the new architecture on our Shared Runners on GitLab.com +1. If adding support for the new architecture in the helper image, Docker must also support the architecture upstream + +As we explore adding more architectures other requirements may come up. + +We are currently discussing the ability of providing builds for architectures that we +don't have the ability to support and [we welcome contributions to that discussion](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/issues/4229). + ## Workflow labels We have some additional labels plus those defined in [gitlab-ce workflow labels](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/development/contributing/issue_workflow.html) |