Extend action to support Ubuntu runner?
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Description
It might sound strange, but the msys packages work nice for cross builds (targetting 32 or 64 bit Windows) on Debian / Ubuntu hosts, too. Typically a cross build on Linux is much faster than a build on Windows. While Debian and Debian based Linux distributions provide compiler packages for the cross build, they lack the required library packages. msys comes with a large collection of packages which can fill the gap. Therefore it would be great if the GitHub action could be used with the Ubuntu 22.04 runner, too.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing how the action detects and configures its current runner platform, then inspect the existing GitHub Actions workflows for platform-specific assumptions. Verify the action can run on an Ubuntu 22.04 runner and support the described MSYS package use case without breaking Windows support.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- github-actions, ubuntu
- Domain
- ci-cd, devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100