[libvirt] [PATCH v5] tests: perform cross compiler builds on GitLab CI

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 09:53:14AM +0200, Peter Krempa wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 18:39:53 +0100, Daniel Berrange wrote:
> > GitLab CI provides some shared build runners that use Docker containers.
> > This resource can usefully run cross-compiled builds since all other CI
> > build testing is currently x86 only, and Travis CI is already very busy
> > testing native builds.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>
> > ---
> > 
> > Changed in v4:
> > 
> >  - Fix env name
> >  - Rename jobs to match image name
> 
> [...]
> 
> > +debian-9-cross-aarch64:
> > +debian-9-cross-armv6l:
> > +debian-9-cross-armv7l:
> > +debian-9-cross-mips64el:
> > +debian-9-cross-mips:
> > +debian-9-cross-mipsel:
> > +debian-9-cross-ppc64le:
> > +debian-9-cross-s390x:
> 
> > +debian-sid-cross-aarch64:
> > +debian-sid-cross-armv6l:
> > +debian-sid-cross-armv7l:
> > +debian-sid-cross-i686:
> > +debian-sid-cross-mips64el:
> > +debian-sid-cross-mips:
> > +debian-sid-cross-mipsel:
> > +debian-sid-cross-ppc64le:
> > +debian-sid-cross-s390x:
> 
> Doing all of this twice seems like an awful waste of electricity. Given
> that our "testing" is builds and testsuite runs it does not seem that
> much useful either.

Debian sid vs debian 9 are very different vintages of software, so IMHO
it is reasonable to cover both distros.


Regards,
Daniel
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