On August 26, 2025 9:30:28 PM CDT, Kwankyu Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
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>- Sometimes PRs introduce reproducible build errors on a small subset of
>systems ... then after some time disable the failing system
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>I think we should not drop support of a system (platform) failing because
>of bugs introduced by PRs. Similarly
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>"Sometimes a PR introduces a bug that breaks existing features. Then after
>some time remove the features."
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>would be a horrible idea.
Not always - e.g. we regularly have to update OS versions, as they get to EOL,
stop being supported by GitHub Actions, etc.
Testing on systems/configurations nobody uses any more is mostly a waste of
time and effort (if one not only runs tests, but tries to fix issues only
appearing on such an obsolete system).
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