libp2p / libp2p/test-plans

multidim interop: Allow impl repos to test against only the latest version

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Python
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Description

As a way to speed up CI tests and mitigate a bit of #229 , one idea would be to support only building and loading the latest version of other implementations when run from an implementation's repo. For example, js-libp2p would only build and test against the latest JS, Go, and Rust.

This should help use less space, and could speed things up a bit.

In the test-plans repo we would still test against older versions. This means that when a new implementation version is released, it'll still benefit from testing against older versions, just not with the same per-PR fidelity. I think that's an okay tradeoff to make since the alternative of not even building because we are past the GH actions limit isn't viable.

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Research direction

Start by tracing how implementation repositories select versions to build and load, then compare that flow with the test-plans repository's matrix. The change is complete when implementation repositories test only the latest versions of other implementations while test-plans continues covering older versions.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions, go, javascript, python, rust
Domain
ci-cd, testing-qa
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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