curl/.github
Viktor Szakats 0914d8aadd
GHA: add three old (gcc 6, 7, 9) mingw-w64 jobs
Re-implement old mingw-w64 jobs in GHA. This allows to use the latest
Windows runners, replacing Windows Server 2012 R2 (gcc 6) and Windows
Server 2016 (gcc 7, 9) with Windows Server 2022.

GHA runners are also significantly faster, and allow running tests in
parallel (`-j14`). It also offloads 3 more long-running jobs from
AppVeyor CI.

These jobs download (then cache) the mingw-w64 packages from their
original location, which allows flexibility in choosing which versions
and flavours (win32/POSIX, SEH/DWARF, 64/32-bit) we want to test in CI.
The new jobs use these distros:
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/ (for gcc 7, same as on AppVeyor)
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/ (for gcc 6, same as on AppVeyor)
- https://winlibs.com/ (for gcc 9)

I matched existing AppVeyor job configs, with these differences:
- gcc 6.4.0 instead of 6.3.0.
  (same distro as on AppVeyor, but the latest bugfix release)
- gcc 9.5.0 instead of 9.1.0 and a different (but compatible) binary distro.
  (in AppVeyor this relies on an old MSYS2 pre-installed on the runner)
- using win32 builds instead of posix for gcc 6.4.0 and 7.3.0.
- websockets enabled.
- always build examples.
- always build tests (this wasn't done for 6.4.0 with AppVeyor CI).

I did not replicate existing test exclusions, and oddly enough the few
failures (so far) were different from MSYS2 jobs and also from their
AppVeyor CI counterparts.

Also:
- delete redundant (default) `-u` option from `cygpath` calls.
- allow matrix options to override default ones in CMake.
- detect and use Windows-supplied curl for `TFLAGS` `-ac` option.
  (it's available in modern runners.)
- delete the 3 AppVeyor CI jobs now replicated in GHA.
- appveyor: prefer `SYSTEMROOT` over `WINDIR`.
- tidy-up quotes.

Job performance:
```
                                                                 AppVeyor  GHA
                                                                           w/examples
                                                                           w/tests
                                                                 --------  ----------
CMake, mingw-w64, gcc 6, Debug, x86, Schannel, Static, no-unity   1m25s     8m50s
CMake, mingw-w64, gcc 7, Debug, x64, Schannel, Static, Unicode   31m45s     9m39s
CMake, mingw-w64, gcc 9, Debug, x64, Schannel, Static            28m25s    13m38s
```
Based on these runs:
https://ci.appveyor.com/project/curlorg/curl/builds/49880799
https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/9218292508

Notice that building examples and tests is time consuming.

We can tweak any build parameter as necessary to make them more useful
and/or without clogging the job queue or introducing flakiness.

Closes #13759
2024-05-27 12:15:41 +02:00
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ISSUE_TEMPLATE github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE: tweak the commericual support text 2024-04-18 17:00:57 +02:00
scripts pytest: fixes for recent python, add FTP tests 2024-05-17 16:53:17 +02:00
workflows GHA: add three old (gcc 6, 7, 9) mingw-w64 jobs 2024-05-27 12:15:41 +02:00
CODEOWNERS CODEOWNERS: remove the peeps mentioned as CI owners 2023-02-02 08:42:29 +01:00
CONTRIBUTING.md copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges 2023-01-03 09:19:21 +01:00
dependabot.yml reuse: add copyright + license info to individual docs/*.md files 2024-03-31 12:01:18 +02:00
FUNDING.yml copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges 2023-01-03 09:19:21 +01:00
labeler.yml GHA: add MSYS, mingw-w64, Cygwin jobs 2024-05-18 00:30:36 +02:00
lock.yml copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges 2023-01-03 09:19:21 +01:00
stale.yml copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges 2023-01-03 09:19:21 +01:00