Integrated: 8341861: GHA: Use only retention mechanism to remove bundles

[Doug Simon]

On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:42:54 GMT, Doug Simon <dnsimon at openjdk.org> wrote:

> There have been numerous problems in the past with the logic for removing bundles:
> 
> * [JDK-8340418](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8340418)
> * [JDK-8336928](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8336928)
> * [JDK-8338402](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8338402)
> 
> These problems can be avoided by relying on the [built-in GHA mechanism for specifying a retention limit](https://docs.github.com/en/organizations/managing-organization-settings/configuring-the-retention-period-for-github-actions-artifacts-and-logs-in-your-organization) for these bundles. This PR deletes the code that eagerly removes the bundles prior to the retention limit.
> 
> An additional benefit to preserving the artifacts longer is that it increases the window for being able to download them for extra testing under different configurations than those tested by GHA (e.g. same test, different GC flags).

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 29ae2651
Author:    Doug Simon <dnsimon at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/29ae26517f9c1fd5e641b3a560aa93e370920506
Stats:     45 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 45 del; 0 mod

8341861: GHA: Use only retention mechanism to remove bundles

Reviewed-by: shade, ihse, erikj

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21801