[MESOS-9978] Nvml isolator cannot be disabled which makes it impossible to exclude non-free code

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.10.0
• Component/s: build
• Labels: autotools cmake
• Sprint: Foundations: RI-19 56, Foundations: RI-19 57, Foundations: RI-20 58, Foundations: RI-20 59, Studio 4: RI-21 60, Studio 4: RI-21 61, Studio 4: RI-22 62, Studio 4: RI-22 63
• Story Points: 1
• Assignee: Benjamin Bannier
• Reporter: Benjamin Bannier
• Shepherd: Kevin Klues
• Created: 24/Sep/19 18:29
• Updated: 13/Jan/20 12:41
• Resolved: 13/Jan/20 12:41

Description

We currently do not allow disabling of the link against libnvml which is probably not under a free license. This makes it hard to include Mesos at all in distributions requiring only free licenses, see e.g., https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1749383.

We should add a configuration time flag to disable this feature completely until we can provide a free replacement.