Those extra builds could be labeled as "experimental" in the action definition which would not cause the whole build to fail if they fail.
Gary On Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 08:18 Elliotte Rusty Harold <[email protected]> wrote: > Suppose a PR fails on one of these new CIs and rerunning doesn't fix > it. Who's going to be willing and able to debug and fix it? And will > they or their replacements still be around in 5 years after the next > rounds of layoffs and reorgs? > > Right now we have a real problem finding developers who can fix issues > that only show up on *Windows*. I'm not sure it's wise to block good > code for the 99.9% of platforms and users while we wait for > potentially years for someone who can investigate an issue on very > uncommon platforms. > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM Maarten Mulders <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Personally, I don't use AIX, s390x or ppc64. But others do, and that's > > exactly why I think it would be very valuable if we could run jobs on > > such platforms. It would allow us to avoid users being our first test, > > so that's an easy +1 for me. > > > > > > Thank you Sudip for reaching out with this offer! > > > > > > Maarten > > > > On 10/12/2025 20:23, Benjamin Marwell wrote: > > > Hi Sudip! > > > > > > At least I do use Linux on s390x at work, as well as AIX on ppc64 > > > hardware, but for now, Linux on ppc64(le) is probably as good for now. > > > However, AIX support would have a great advantage: AIX does not have > all > > > the utilities various *BSD and Linux other unix-like distros (like > > > MacOS) ship with, so AIX might be an interesting asset in the future to > > > test for that. > > > > > > > > > Anyway, I would love to see both platforms available for Apache Maven > > > for these reasons. > > > I am also on the OpenJ9 slack, and if you are interested, you can also > > > join the Apache Slack instance as guests if you are interested. But > > > important decisions must be discussed on the public mailing list. > > > > > > > > > So, here is my +1. What do the others think about this? > > > > > > > > > - Ben > > > > > > On 10/12/2025 14:03, Sudip Roy via dev wrote: > > >> Hello Team, > > >> We are interested in adding s390x and ppc64le support to Apache Maven > > >> GitHub Actions. Previously s390x was part of Apache Maven Jenkins CI, > > >> but was dropped when CI was moved to GitHub Actions as it did not have > > >> native support for s390x. We now have hosted GHA actions runners > > >> available for IBM Z and ppc64le and gradually onboarding open source > > >> communities to utilize it as we work on expanding the capacity. > > >> I'll be happy to engage with Apache Maven community to see if this > > >> solution helps with the enablement. > > >> An onboarding document(https://github.com/IBM/actionspz/blob/main/ > > >> docs/FAQ.md) is available. If community agrees, we are glad to provide > > >> necessary support. > > >> Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks! > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> Sudip Roy > > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > -- > Elliotte Rusty Harold > [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
