+Stefan/Daniel On 5/20/21 10:02 AM, Thomas Huth wrote: > On 19/05/2021 20.45, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: >> If a runner has ccache installed, use it and display statistics >> at the end of the build. >> >> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4...@amsat.org> >> --- >> .gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml | 5 +++++ >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml >> b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml >> index f284d7a0eec..a625c697d3b 100644 >> --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml >> +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml >> @@ -6,13 +6,18 @@ >> then >> JOBS=$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu) >> MAKE=gmake >> + PATH=/usr/local/libexec/ccache:$PATH >> ; >> else >> JOBS=$(expr $(nproc) + 1) >> MAKE=make >> + PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:/usr/lib64/ccache:$PATH > > That does not make sense for the shared runners yet. We first need > something to enable the caching there - see my series "Use ccache in the > gitlab-CI" from April (which is currently stalled unfortunately).
TL;DR: I don't think we should restrict our templates to shared runners. I don't think mainstream interest for shared runners use should limit forks... This is a great improvement for contributors having to use private/custom runner, see this example: https://gitlab.com/philmd/qemu/-/jobs/1255197705 cache hit (direct) 1529 cache hit (preprocessed) 736 cache miss 855 cache hit rate 72.60 % Having been caught 2 times for testing as hard as crypto miner, I can not rely on shared runners for my workflow. Beside, the recent announcement: https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2021/05/17/prevent-crypto-mining-abuse/ "starting May 17, 2021, GitLab will require new free users to provide a valid credit or debit card number in order to use shared runners on GitLab.com." On this report only 17/142 countries are listed as having more than 50% of their population with a credit card: https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/people_with_credit_cards/ and 60 with a debit card: https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/people_with_debit_cards/ We have some contributors in countries with low percentage. I don't think we should start a poll to verify, but I do think relying on shared runners without proposing free alternative is discriminatory to a part of our community. I am very open to alternatives to improve the CI/testing situation. Regards, Phil.