Makefile,.travis.yml: Remove docker image builds for s390x architecture

.travis.yml

@@ -178,12 +178,12 @@ jobs:
         - make image-push-ansible
 
     # Build and deploy s390x ansible-operator docker image
-    - <<: *deploy
-      name: Docker image for ansible-operator (s390x)
-      arch: s390x
-      script:
-        - make image-build-ansible
-        - make image-push-ansible
+    #- <<: *deploy
+    #  name: Docker image for ansible-operator (s390x)
+    #  arch: s390x
+    #  script:
+    #    - make image-build-ansible
+    #    - make image-push-ansible
 
     # Build and deploy arm64 helm-operator docker image
     - <<: *deploy
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ jobs:
         - make image-push-helm
 
     # Build and deploy s390x helm-operator docker image
-    - <<: *deploy
-      name: Docker image for helm-operator (s390x)
-      arch: s390x
-      script:
-        - make image-build-helm
-        - make image-push-helm
+    #- <<: *deploy
+    #  name: Docker image for helm-operator (s390x)
+    #  arch: s390x
+    #  script:
+    #    - make image-build-helm
+    #    - make image-push-helm
 
     # Build and deploy arm64 scorecard-test docker image
     - <<: *deploy
@@ -242,12 +242,12 @@ jobs:
         - make image-push-scorecard-test
 
     # Build and deploy s390x scorecard-test docker image
-    - <<: *deploy
-      name: Docker image for scorecard-test (s390x)
-      arch: s390x
-      script:
-        - make image-build-scorecard-test
-        - make image-push-scorecard-test
+    #- <<: *deploy
+    #  name: Docker image for scorecard-test (s390x)
+    #  arch: s390x
+    #  script:
+    #    - make image-build-scorecard-test
+    #    - make image-push-scorecard-test
 
     # Build and deploy amd64 scorecard-test-kuttl docker image
     - <<: *deploy

Makefile

@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ HELM_IMAGE ?= $(HELM_BASE_IMAGE)
 SCORECARD_TEST_IMAGE ?= $(SCORECARD_TEST_BASE_IMAGE)
 SCORECARD_TEST_KUTTL_IMAGE ?= $(SCORECARD_TEST_KUTTL_BASE_IMAGE)
 
-ANSIBLE_ARCHES:="amd64" "ppc64le" "s390x" "arm64"
-HELM_ARCHES:="amd64" "ppc64le" "s390x" "arm64"
-SCORECARD_TEST_ARCHES:="amd64" "ppc64le" "s390x" "arm64"
-SCORECARD_TEST_KUTTL_ARCHES:="amd64" "ppc64le" "s390x" "arm64"
+ANSIBLE_ARCHES:="amd64" "ppc64le" "arm64"
+HELM_ARCHES:="amd64" "ppc64le" "arm64"
+SCORECARD_TEST_ARCHES:="amd64" "ppc64le" "arm64"
+SCORECARD_TEST_KUTTL_ARCHES:="amd64" "ppc64le" "arm64"
 
 export CGO_ENABLED:=0
 .DEFAULT_GOAL:=help

changelog/fragments/rm-s390x-builds.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+entries:
+  - description: >
+      Docker images for s390x architecture are removed due to issues
+      with s390x machines failing to be scheduled and run in Travis CI.
+    kind: removal
+    breaking: true
+
+    migration:
+      header: Docker images for `s390x` are no longer created automatically
+      body: >
+        If you require an `s390x` image for a particular release, please
+        open an issue in the operator-sdk GitHub project, and the maintainers
+        will manually build and push an s390x image for supported versions

website/content/en/docs/contribution-guidelines/release.md

@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ As the Operator SDK interacts directly with the Kubernetes API, certain API feat
 
 ### Operating systems and architectures
 
-Release binaries will be built for the `x86_64` architecture for MacOS Darwin platform and for the following GNU Linux architectures: `x86_64`, `ppc64le`, `s390x`.
+Release binaries will be built for the `x86_64` architecture for MacOS Darwin platform and for the following GNU Linux architectures: `x86_64`, `ppc64le`, `arm64`, and `s390x`.
 
-Base images for ansible-operator, helm-operator, and scorecard-test will be built for the following GNU Linux architectures: `x86_64`, `ppc64le`, `s390x`.
+Base images for ansible-operator, helm-operator, and scorecard-test will be built for the following GNU Linux architectures: `x86_64`, `ppc64le`, and `arm64`.
 
 Support for the Windows platform is not on the roadmap at this time.