RFR: 8256747: GitHub Actions: decouple the hotspot build-only jobs from Linux x64 testing [v2]

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 10:09:08 GMT, Robin Westberg <rwestberg at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Yeah, bike-shedding aside, "Linux additional" is probably fine. So if we accept #1379, then it would also add "Windows additional"?
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> Ah yeah, just saw that one. I guess just one additional column will still make the table too wide.. Perhaps all the cross builds should just share a single column. :)
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> Going forward, I do think that the table should perhaps be removed though, and the information should instead be moved down to the "checks" box (just as GitHub actions show them natively - but perhaps condense them a bit just as the current table). The constant updating of the table is probably the major source of the "edit war" you have noticed can occur if you want to edit the PR body yourself while any GitHub actions are still in progress.

@rwestberg That sounds very good indeed! I did not think it was possible for Skara to access the Checks area, but if it does, it's really where this belong.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1350