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Re: [PATCH 2/3] ci: remove clause for Ubuntu 16.04

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 1, 2024, 00:34 UTC
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"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
> We're no longer testing this version and it's well beyond regular LTS
> support now, so remove the stanza for it from the case statement in our
> CI code.

Something like "we replaced it with 20.04 which does not need the corresponding special casing" would be necessary to explain why this is a good change, as opposed to an equally plausible-looking patch that replaces 16.04 with 20.04 and otherwise keeps the "stanza".

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> Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
> ---
>  ci/install-dependencies.sh | 5 -----
>  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/ci/install-dependencies.sh b/ci/install-dependencies.sh
> index 126e570eb4..d30ae53a18 100755
> --- a/ci/install-dependencies.sh
> +++ b/ci/install-dependencies.sh
> @@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ ubuntu-*|ubuntu32-*)
>  		${CC_PACKAGE:-${CC:-gcc}} $PYTHON_PACKAGE
>  
>  	case "$distro" in
> -	ubuntu-16.04)
> -		# Does not support JGit, but we also don't really care about
> -		# the others. We rather care whether Git still compiles and
> -		# runs fine overall.
> -		;;
>  	ubuntu-*)
>  		mkdir --parents "$CUSTOM_PATH"
>  
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Message 5 of 8 in “Improve CI testing of older systems”
  1. 0/3 Improve CI testing of older systemsbrian m. carlson, Oct 31, 2024
  2. 1/3 gitlab-ci: switch from Ubuntu 16.04 to 20.04brian m. carlson, Oct 31, 2024
  3. 3/3 Add additional CI jobs to avoid accidental breakagebrian m. carlson, Oct 31, 2024
  4. 2/3 ci: remove clause for Ubuntu 16.04brian m. carlson, Oct 31, 2024
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 1, 2024
  6. brian m. carlsonNov 1, 2024
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 1, 2024
  8. Patrick SteinhardtNov 4, 2024

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