Re: [PULL v2 00/82] pci,pc,virtio: features, tests, fixes, cleanups

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 11:49:21AM -0400, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> gitlab-runner can run locally with minimal setup:
> https://bagong.gitlab.io/posts/run-gitlab-ci-locally/
> 
> I haven't tried it yet, but that seems like the most reliable (and
> easiest) way to reproduce the CI environment.

IMHO that is total overkill.

Just running the containers directly is what I'd recommend for any
attempt to reproduce problems. There isn't actually anything gitlab
specific in our CI environment, gitlab merely provides the harness
for invoking jobs. This is good as it means we can move our CI to
another systems if we find Gitlab no longer meets our needs, and
our actual build env won't change, as it'll be the same containers
still.

I wouldn't recommend QEMU contributors to tie their local workflow
into the use of gitlab-runner, when they can avoid that dependency.


With regards,
Daniel
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