[6/7] .gitlab-ci.d/windows.yml: Unify the prerequisite packages

From: Bin Meng <bin.meng@windriver.com>

At present the prerequisite packages for 64-bit and 32-bit builds
are slightly different. Let's use the same packages for both.

Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bin.meng@windriver.com>
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 .gitlab-ci.d/windows.yml | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

On 08/09/2022 15.28, Bin Meng wrote:
> From: Bin Meng <bin.meng@windriver.com>
> 
> At present the prerequisite packages for 64-bit and 32-bit builds
> are slightly different. Let's use the same packages for both.

Not sure whether that's a good idea ... I did that on purpose to save some 
few time during compilation (since the Windows jobs are running very long 
already) ... did you check whether it makes a difference in the run time now?

  Thomas

On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 12:32 AM Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On 08/09/2022 15.28, Bin Meng wrote:
> > From: Bin Meng <bin.meng@windriver.com>
> >
> > At present the prerequisite packages for 64-bit and 32-bit builds
> > are slightly different. Let's use the same packages for both.
>
> Not sure whether that's a good idea ... I did that on purpose to save some
> few time during compilation (since the Windows jobs are running very long
> already) ... did you check whether it makes a difference in the run time now?
>

Not much difference on the build time. Actually I found after we
switched to single thread build the time did not increase too.

One side note regarding the gitlab shared runner:

It seems the shared runner Windows VM is quite slow. Is it possible to
get a faster VM externally?

Regards,
Bin

How about using github actions, I tried before and it's running fast, there
is no resource restriction.
Just don't know how to trigger it through gitlab, if that's possible, then
it's would be good

On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 8:33 AM Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 12:32 AM Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 08/09/2022 15.28, Bin Meng wrote:
> > > From: Bin Meng <bin.meng@windriver.com>
> > >
> > > At present the prerequisite packages for 64-bit and 32-bit builds
> > > are slightly different. Let's use the same packages for both.
> >
> > Not sure whether that's a good idea ... I did that on purpose to save
some
> > few time during compilation (since the Windows jobs are running very
long
> > already) ... did you check whether it makes a difference in the run
time now?
> >
>
> Not much difference on the build time. Actually I found after we
> switched to single thread build the time did not increase too.
>
> One side note regarding the gitlab shared runner:
>
> It seems the shared runner Windows VM is quite slow. Is it possible to
> get a faster VM externally?
>
> Regards,
> Bin
>


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Hi Thomas,

On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 8:32 AM Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 12:32 AM Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 08/09/2022 15.28, Bin Meng wrote:
> > > From: Bin Meng <bin.meng@windriver.com>
> > >
> > > At present the prerequisite packages for 64-bit and 32-bit builds
> > > are slightly different. Let's use the same packages for both.
> >
> > Not sure whether that's a good idea ... I did that on purpose to save some
> > few time during compilation (since the Windows jobs are running very long
> > already) ... did you check whether it makes a difference in the run time now?
> >
>
> Not much difference on the build time. Actually I found after we
> switched to single thread build the time did not increase too.
>
> One side note regarding the gitlab shared runner:
>
> It seems the shared runner Windows VM is quite slow. Is it possible to
> get a faster VM externally?

Any further comment for this patch?

Regards,
Bin

Hi Thomas,

On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 5:20 PM Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 8:32 AM Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 12:32 AM Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 08/09/2022 15.28, Bin Meng wrote:
> > > > From: Bin Meng <bin.meng@windriver.com>
> > > >
> > > > At present the prerequisite packages for 64-bit and 32-bit builds
> > > > are slightly different. Let's use the same packages for both.
> > >
> > > Not sure whether that's a good idea ... I did that on purpose to save some
> > > few time during compilation (since the Windows jobs are running very long
> > > already) ... did you check whether it makes a difference in the run time now?
> > >
> >
> > Not much difference on the build time. Actually I found after we
> > switched to single thread build the time did not increase too.
> >
> > One side note regarding the gitlab shared runner:
> >
> > It seems the shared runner Windows VM is quite slow. Is it possible to
> > get a faster VM externally?
>
> Any further comment for this patch?
>

Ping?

Regards,
Bin

On 29/10/2022 15.06, Bin Meng wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 5:20 PM Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Thomas,
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 8:32 AM Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 12:32 AM Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 08/09/2022 15.28, Bin Meng wrote:
>>>>> From: Bin Meng <bin.meng@windriver.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> At present the prerequisite packages for 64-bit and 32-bit builds
>>>>> are slightly different. Let's use the same packages for both.
>>>>
>>>> Not sure whether that's a good idea ... I did that on purpose to save some
>>>> few time during compilation (since the Windows jobs are running very long
>>>> already) ... did you check whether it makes a difference in the run time now?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not much difference on the build time. Actually I found after we
>>> switched to single thread build the time did not increase too.
>>>
>>> One side note regarding the gitlab shared runner:
>>>
>>> It seems the shared runner Windows VM is quite slow. Is it possible to
>>> get a faster VM externally?
>>
>> Any further comment for this patch?
>>
> 
> Ping?

As long as the Windows CI runners are still that slow, I'm still not 
convinced that it is a good idea to add more stuff here. Maybe to the 32-bit 
build, since it runs a bit faster, but I think we really should avoid to 
extend the 64-bit build.

  Thomas