[19.4] Bump gitlab-omnibus-builder version to 5.68.0
What does this MR do and why?
Bumps BUILDER_IMAGE_REVISION from 5.67.0 to 5.68.0 in gitlab-ci-config/variables.yml on 19-4-stable, updating the gitlab-omnibus-builder image version used for CI builds.
Why
Debian 11 (bullseye) is EOL. Its apt repositories have moved to archive.debian.org and the bullseye-security repository is no longer available. As a result, the Debian 11 builder images (debian_11 and debian_11_arm64) fail to build, which blocks Debian 11 package builds for 19.4 patch releases.
This was fixed in gitlab-omnibus-builder by gitlab-omnibus-builder!508 (merged), which:
- Switches the apt sources to
archive.debian.org - Drops the
bullseye-securityrepository - Pins/downgrades packages that are no longer available in the archive
- Moves the
distribution_ci_toolsandruby_kanikoimages to Debian Bookworm
Why bump to 5.68.0 instead of backporting to a 5-67-stable branch
5.68.0 (gitlab-omnibus-builder@d807b13b) is exactly 5.67.0 (gitlab-omnibus-builder@1961e83c) plus the single fix from gitlab-omnibus-builder!508 (merged). There are no other changes between the two tags, so bumping directly is functionally identical to a stable-branch backport with no additional risk, and avoids creating a new 5-67-stable branch for a one-commit delta.
Related backports (older stable branches)
The same fix is being backported to the builder stable branches used by older GitLab versions:
- gitlab-omnibus-builder!513 (merged) (
5-65-stable, GitLab 19.3) - gitlab-omnibus-builder!514 (merged) (
5-63-stable, GitLab 19.2) - gitlab-omnibus-builder!515 (merged) (
5-60-stable, GitLab 19.0 and 19.1) - gitlab-omnibus-builder!516 (merged) (
5-52-stable, GitLab 18.11)
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