[PATCH] gnu: ci: Cross-build for fewer platforms.

[PATCH] gnu: ci: Cross-build for fewer platforms.

[Efraim Flashner]

* gnu/ci.scm (%dead-platform-triplets): New variable.
(cross-jobs): Also don't build for systems listed in
%dead-platform-triplets.

Change-Id: Ic31ae6d307f2d243c098ec050bdb9d09060466ac
---
 gnu/ci.scm | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/ci.scm b/gnu/ci.scm
index 95c63067a8d..b9d7459bea2 100644
--- a/gnu/ci.scm
+++ b/gnu/ci.scm
@@ -177,6 +177,13 @@ (define %bare-platform-triplets
     "or1k-elf"
     "xtensa-ath9k-elf"))
 
+(define %dead-platform-triplets
+  ;; These systems are kept around for nostalgia or for tinkering, but regular
+  ;; CI is disabled for them to reduce the load on CI infrastructure.
+  '("mips64el-linux-gnu"
+    "powerpc-linux-gnu"
+    "powerpc64-linux-gnu"))
+
 (define (cross-jobs store system)
   "Return a list of cross-compilation jobs for SYSTEM."
   (define (from-32-to-64? target)
@@ -200,6 +207,7 @@ (define (cross-jobs store system)
   (define (pointless? target)
     ;; Return #t if it makes no sense to cross-build to TARGET from SYSTEM.
     (or (member target %bare-platform-triplets)
+        (member target %dead-platform-triplets)
         (match system
           ((or "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux")
            (if (string-contains target "mingw")

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[bug#71876] [PATCH] gnu: ci: Cross-build for fewer platforms.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:

> * gnu/ci.scm (%dead-platform-triplets): New variable.
> (cross-jobs): Also don't build for systems listed in
> %dead-platform-triplets.
>
> Change-Id: Ic31ae6d307f2d243c098ec050bdb9d09060466ac

[...]

> +(define %dead-platform-triplets
> +  ;; These systems are kept around for nostalgia or for tinkering, but regular
> +  ;; CI is disabled for them to reduce the load on CI infrastructure.
> +  '("mips64el-linux-gnu"
> +    "powerpc-linux-gnu"
> +    "powerpc64-linux-gnu"))

I’d change “dead” to “unsupported” but apart from that I think it’s a
good idea.  (And it’s good to cater to the needs of the nostalgic among
us too :-))

Ludo’.