[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8318039: GHA: Bump macOS and Xcode versions

[Andrew John Hughes]

On Fri, 5 Jul 2024 15:02:53 GMT, George Adams <gdams at openjdk.org> wrote:

>>> > @gdams do you plan to reopen this? Now the MacOS 11 runner is gone, adding this to have some MacOS build which we can then fix with follow-up backports would be better than no build at all.
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>>> yeah it would be good to get this backported. I think the issue was the complexity of the other xcode-related backports that needed to go in first so if people wanted to pick them up I'd encourage them to take a look
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>> Thanks. I'll have a look at #2663 but I think this may need to go in first now, because the Mac OS 11 runner is gone (https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/9255#issuecomment-2080437770) and this is why the Mac tasks on that PR are still spinning.
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> @gnu-andrew I'll kick off the approval request now if you're happy to approve it so we can get the ball rolling

> > > > @gdams do you plan to reopen this? Now the MacOS 11 runner is gone, adding this to have some MacOS build which we can then fix with follow-up backports would be better than no build at all.
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> > > yeah it would be good to get this backported. I think the issue was the complexity of the other xcode-related backports that needed to go in first so if people wanted to pick them up I'd encourage them to take a look
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> > Thanks. I'll have a look at #2663 but I think this may need to go in first now, because the Mac OS 11 runner is gone ([actions/runner-images#9255 (comment)](https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/9255#issuecomment-2080437770)) and this is why the Mac tasks on that PR are still spinning.
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> I'd like to get #2661 and #2663 merged first and then I'll propose that we merge this one (with failing builds)

Ok, both approved now. I don't mind the order if these are imminent (and thanks for doing them so quickly). When I looked yesterday, it looked like these fixes might take longer.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2206#issuecomment-2211331965