Re: [PATCH 06/10] gitlab-ci: remove the "linux-old" job

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 3, 2025, 19:12 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq34hzr9sr.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20250103-b4-pks-ci-fixes-v1-6-a9bb95dff833@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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> The "linux-old" job was historically testing against the oldest
> supported LTS release of Ubuntu. But with c85bcb5de1 (gitlab-ci: switch
> from Ubuntu 16.04 to 20.04, 2024-10-31) it has been converted to test
> against Ubuntu 20.04, which already gets exercised in a couple of other
> CI jobs. It's thus not adding any significant test coverage.
>
> Drop the job.

Dropping and reducing is always welcomed ;-)

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