Re: [PATCH] .gitlab-ci.d/windows: Do not run the qtests in the msys2-32bit job

[Thomas Huth]

On 05/01/2023 22.42, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 5/1/23 21:48, Thomas Huth wrote:
> > The qtests are not stable in the msys2-32bit job yet - especially
> > the test-hmp and the qom-test are failing randomly. Until this is
> > fixed,
>
> Who is gonna look after this?

It certainly has to be someone who's got a proper Windows installation. I've 
now tried to debug the failures for two days via the gitlab-CI jobs, and 
that just does not work. The turnaround times are way to long, and I really 
cannot waste all my limited CI minutes for such problems.

> I'm not against this patch, but I'm afraid this config starts to
> bitrot more.

It's not really a big step backward - the qtests have just been enabled 
there 3 weeks ago (see commit a35e2ee929741fd), so this is just restoring 
the state from the time before the qtests have been enabled for Windows.

> That said, maybe it is time to deprecate the 32-bit
> hosts?

Certainly fine for me, but that's up to the Windows folks to decide. Maybe 
you could just suggest a patch to start the discussion?

 Thomas