Disable ARM64 releases as ARM on Travis is very unreliable

nhooyr · nhooyr · commit 745d8b46f659 · 2020-05-06T20:26:48.000-04:00
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,13 +12,17 @@ jobs:
       if: tag IS present
       script: ./ci/steps/linux-release.sh
       install: null
-    - name: Linux Release
-      if: tag IS present
-      arch: arm64
-      script: |
-        sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jq || exit 1
-        ./ci/steps/linux-release.sh
-      install: null
+    # Unfortunately ARM on travis is very unreliable.
+    # We see random build failures, logging output being truncated, build being killed
+    # due to no output even though we use travis_wait etc.
+    # So we've disabled it for now.
+    #    - name: Linux Release
+    #      if: tag IS present
+    #      arch: arm64
+    #      script: |
+    #        sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jq || exit 1
+    #        travis_wait 60./ci/steps/linux-release.sh
+    #      install: null
     - name: MacOS Release
       if: tag IS present
       os: osx
diff --git a/ci/steps/linux-release.sh b/ci/steps/linux-release.sh
@@ -5,19 +5,6 @@ main() {
   cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.."
   source ./ci/lib.sh
 
-  if [[ $(arch) == arm64 ]]; then
-    # This, strangely enough, fixes the arm build being terminated for not having
-    # output on Travis. It's as if output is buffered and only displayed once a
-    # certain amount is collected. Five seconds didn't work but one second seems
-    # to generate enough output to make it work.
-    while true; do
-      echo 'Still running...'
-      sleep 1
-    done &
-    trap "exit" INT TERM
-    trap "kill 0" EXIT
-  fi
-
   ./ci/container/exec.sh ./ci/steps/static-release.sh
   ./ci/container/exec.sh yarn pkg
   ./ci/release-container/push.sh
