RFR: 8337265: Test static-libs build in GitHub Actions

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 06:37:26 GMT, Doug Simon <dnsimon at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This PR modifies the GitHub Actions product build on Linux to include building of the static-libs bundle.
> This is a minimal smoke test to ensure these builds don't break.

The code looks fine.

However, the problem with GHA is that it is easy to add a test of your own special case which everyone else will run for all foreseeable future. But if everyone added their favorite platform/test, GHA would be unusable due to being too slow.

So my general attitude when someone wants to slow down GHA is:

Explain to me -- and others -- why this use case is so important that everyone's GHA runs should spend cycles on it.

I'm not saying this won't be accepted, but I am saying that you need to provide a solid rationale.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20803#issuecomment-2324440161