On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 11:49:31PM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote: > In many cases, we're not testing some of the older Linux distributions > that we support. However, we _are_ testing some old Linux distributions > that we _don't_ support. That means that it's presently difficult for > us to make sure our code works on all the systems we want it to and that > we're not accidentally requiring newer versions of dependencies than we > claim to support. > > The first patch removes Ubuntu 16.04, which is out of regular LTS > support. The second removes the clause in the CI job for that OS. The > third adds several new CI jobs to make sure we're adequately supporting > older Debian and RHEL-compatible distros, and documents the dates at > which they lose support (so it's easy to know if we need to update > them). The GitLab CI-related changes all look good to me, thanks! The GitHub ones do, too, but I feel less qualified to comment on them. Patrick
