RFR: 8268860: Windows-Aarch64 build is failing in GitHub actions

Tue Jul 6 00:32:52 UTC 2021

On Mon, 5 Jul 2021 13:10:36 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <ihse at openjdk.org> wrote:

> GHA for Windows/aarch64 was disabled in [JDK-8268861](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8268861). The problem with GHA for windows/aarch64 was due to using Visual Studio 14.28. (Why this suddenly *started* failing is a mystery for another time. Perhaps GitHub, or Microsoft, changed something...)
> 
> Upgrading to 14.29 (which is the default on the GitHub actions machines) solves the problem.
> 
> This patch contains a revert of JDK-8268861, followed by an upgrade to 14.29.

Thanks for the review!

I agree that the GHA situation is far from ideal. (But we've been through this discussion before...)

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4681