NixOS / NixOS/ofborg

Run unsupported platforms anyways, to hopefully improve platform coverage

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Rust
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Description

When a build doesn't eval due to unsupported platform, ofborg could run the build anyways, to see if it would succeed, if this were an allowed platform. In the reporting comment, it should then mention that:

Successfully built on darwin, even though it's not in meta.platforms

or

Failed to build on darwin, in accordance with this platform not being in meta.platforms

(or something along those lines)

This could improve the platform coverage situation.

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Research direction

Start by tracing where ofborg evaluates an unsupported platform and where it builds the reporting comment. Determine how an opt-in build should be scheduled and how success or failure should be distinguished from normal supported-platform results, then verify the behavior with the relevant existing tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
build-system, ci-cd
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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