how to change auto-generated image types for csc board

[Torte]

I would like to change the image types at https://www.armbian.com/mks-klipad50/ so that Debian Server images ("full-cli-stable-debian") for current and edge kernels are built for this board. Optimal would be, if the "Desktop" and "Minimal/IOT" were omitted, so that only the Server images appear.

 

Something similar is done for "aml-s9xx-box" here: https://github.com/armbian/os/blob/main/userpatches/targets-release-community-maintained.template#L57

So my approach for enabling Server images would be https://github.com/armbian/os/compare/main...torte71:armbian-os:main as PR.

 

But I am not sure

a) if adding boards directly to the "items:" property is intended at all (or if it is e.g. just an unwanted workaround)

b) if my changes work at all: I don't see a way to test it first

c) how to disable generation of Desktop and Minimal/IOT images (but that point is optional, esp. if the changes would become too big)

 

Could someone please give me some tipps for that?

[Igor]

3 hours ago, Torte said:

so that only the Server images appear.

 

Please check updated documentation: https://github.com/armbian/documentation/pull/620 if this answers your questions clearly enough.

Rendered:
https://github.armbian.com/documentation/620/Process_CI/

 

[Torte]

Using "HAS_VIDEO_OUTPUT = no" will enable "full-cli-stable-ubuntu" (Ubuntu Server) and "minimal-cli-stable-debian" (Debian Minimal), but I was hoping for "full-cli-stable-debian" (Debian Server) instead.

 

But maybe I should drop my expectation and just go with Ubuntu-Server, I guess it won't behave much differently.

[Igor]

4 hours ago, Torte said:

I was hoping for "full-cli-stable-debian" (Debian Server) instead.

 

I set most used combination as we have to set some limits. Currently we are at 500 weekly images, which is already a rape for (limited) CI infrastructure  After we manage to move desktops to runtime (https://github.com/armbian/configng), we will be able to remove many desktop images and provide more CLI combinations.

 

4 hours ago, Torte said:

I guess it won't behave much differently.

Exactly, I think its not worth going manual exceptions way. HAS_VIDEO_OUTPUT should suffice.

Server builds is heavier and comes with Network Manager, while minimal comes with systemd-networkd and less tooling. Debian based or Ubuntu, depends on what is your use case further. A very few native application suites won't work on one, while it will work on another. The rest are IHMO personal preferences and stereotypes. Ubuntu server is cleaned from Canonical things and its pretty much Debianized.

 

9 hours ago, Torte said:

Something similar is done for "aml-s9xx-box"

Exceptions can be covered that way. This build target is common for many different TV boxes, so I assume the user-base is also bigger, so is the need I guess.