[Ci] Simplify the workflow syntax by using containers

[frostming]

WIP PR

It is the first step toward unifying the workflow jobs on multiple os(at least I hope so).

Remaining Work

• Workspace root permission issue
• Use setup-conda action to replace the conda in container
• Potential GUI display issue

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[frostming]

The repository will be downloaded using the GitHub REST API
To create a local Git repository instead, add Git 2.18 or higher to the PATH

The git version on ubuntu 18.0.4 seems too old to make github actions work correctly. @qiao-bo @rexwangcc is it possible to upgrade to the ubuntu 20.04 image? Is there any other concern that I missed?

[qiao-bo]

The repository will be downloaded using the GitHub REST API
To create a local Git repository instead, add Git 2.18 or higher to the PATH

The git version on ubuntu 18.0.4 seems too old to make github actions work correctly. @qiao-bo @rexwangcc is it possible to upgrade to the ubuntu 20.04 image? Is there any other concern that I missed?

Which Ubuntu 18.04 are you referring to? CI runs-on ubuntu-latest which is 20.04 i think. Only our docker image is built with Ubuntu 18.04

[frostming]

The repository will be downloaded using the GitHub REST API
To create a local Git repository instead, add Git 2.18 or higher to the PATH

The git version on ubuntu 18.0.4 seems too old to make github actions work correctly. @qiao-bo @rexwangcc is it possible to upgrade to the ubuntu 20.04 image? Is there any other concern that I missed?

Which Ubuntu 18.04 are you referring to? CI runs-on ubuntu-latest which is 20.04 i think. Only our docker image is built with Ubuntu 18.04

Yes, this PR changes those running inside a docker container, which is ubuntu 18.04.

[qiao-bo]

The repository will be downloaded using the GitHub REST API
To create a local Git repository instead, add Git 2.18 or higher to the PATH

The git version on ubuntu 18.0.4 seems too old to make github actions work correctly. @qiao-bo @rexwangcc is it possible to upgrade to the ubuntu 20.04 image? Is there any other concern that I missed?

Which Ubuntu 18.04 are you referring to? CI runs-on ubuntu-latest which is 20.04 i think. Only our docker image is built with Ubuntu 18.04

Yes, this PR changes those running inside a docker container, which is ubuntu 18.04.

The reason was that using Ubuntu 20.04 will introduce some dependencies that do not work on Ubuntu 18.04,, such as Glibc 2.29 and such. Therefore, we currently build, test, and release using 18.04. ;/

[frostming]

The repository will be downloaded using the GitHub REST API
To create a local Git repository instead, add Git 2.18 or higher to the PATH

The git version on ubuntu 18.0.4 seems too old to make github actions work correctly. @qiao-bo @rexwangcc is it possible to upgrade to the ubuntu 20.04 image? Is there any other concern that I missed?

Which Ubuntu 18.04 are you referring to? CI runs-on ubuntu-latest which is 20.04 i think. Only our docker image is built with Ubuntu 18.04

Yes, this PR changes those running inside a docker container, which is ubuntu 18.04.

The reason was that using Ubuntu 20.04 will introduce some dependencies that do not work on Ubuntu 18.04,, such as Glibc 2.29 and such. Therefore, we currently build, test, and release using 18.04. ;/

Understood, it makes sense.

[frostming]

@qiao-bo So I updated the dockerfile to install newer git version, do you know how can I build these images? Thanks

[qiao-bo]

@qiao-bo So I updated the dockerfile to install newer git version, do you know how can I build these images? Thanks

It can be built locally with nvidia-docker using nvidia-docker build -t name:tag . BTW, can you open a separate PR for updating the Dockerfile with git?

[qiao-bo]

Here is an old PR #3226 when I was playing with Dockerfiles. Some instructions may be outdated. Not sure if it helps.

[frostming]

@qiao-bo So I updated the dockerfile to install newer git version, do you know how can I build these images? Thanks

It can be built locally with nvidia-docker using nvidia-docker build -t name:tag . BTW, can you open a separate PR for updating the Dockerfile with git?

Thanks, I have stripped out the Dockerfile changes into #4785.

[feisuzhu]

Closing since these changes does not apply anymore.