Proposal to Skip Frontend Integration Tests on ppc64le architecture due to Limited Requirements and Unsupported Dependencies

[valen-mascarenhas14]

Hello everyone,

We wanted to propose skipping the frontend integration tests on ppc64le arch for the following reasons:

Limited Requirement for Frontend Testing on ppc64le:
The majority of the testing needs for ppc64le architecture are backend-focused. As of now, frontend integration testing hasn't been a critical part of the CI for this architecture. Given that the emphasis is mostly on backend components, skipping these tests might not significantly impact the quality of testing on ppc64le.

Unsupported Selenium Image:
One of the dependencies for frontend integration testing, the selenium-standalone-chrome-gcloud-nodejs image, is not available for ppc64le architecture. As a result, we've been facing issues getting the tests to run, and a workaround would require considerable effort & time.

Considering these points, I would like to ask the community if it's acceptable to skip the frontend integration tests on ppc64le.

Here's another discussion thread for reference :
#11143

cc : @rimolive @chensun @zijianjoy