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Viktor Szakats 0455d8772a
GHA: minimize installed packages in http3-linux and Windows cross-builds
In the last couple of months some jobs started taking a lot of time and
often timing out due to slow `apt install` from the Azure Ubuntu mirror.

The jobs affected were those that installed large packages:
GHA/http3-linux and the 3 cross-build jobs in GHA/windows.

This patch reduces the installed packaged to the minimum required
to complete the jobs. Saving a minute+ for each http3-linux job (a total
of 20+ minutes for the workflow.) Also saving bandwidth and reducing
the chance for long downloads or timeouts with slow Azure repos.

Details:
- http3: delete redundant packages from the `build-cache` job.
- http3: install gnutls dependencies for gnutls jobs only.
- http3: do not install test dependencies in jobs not running tests.
- http3: drop redundant packages from the curl jobs.
- Windows-cross: replace `mingw-w64` with `gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64-win32`
  for the 3 Windows cross-build job. Dropping C++, 32-bit, and 64-bit
  POSIX-threaded parts. Saving time and significant bandwidth for each
  of the 3 jobs:
  Download size: 277 MB -> 65 MB (installed: 1300 MB -> 400 MB)
- Windows-cross: restore previous job time limit of 15m (from 45m)
  Follow-up to ff5140a25f #18163

Before:
https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/17611514207 (http3)
https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/17611514185/job/50034354923 (Windows cross)

After:
https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/17628406362?pr=18509 (http3)
https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/17627562551/job/50088055529?pr=18509 (Windows cross)

http3 job           |    Bef. |    Aft. |
:------------------ | ------: | ------: |
Build caches (hot)  |     10s |     12s |
AM awslc            |  3m  0s |  1m 54s |
CM awslc            |  4m 32s |  3m  4s |
AM boringssl        |  3m  9s |  1m 48s |
CM boringssl        |  3m 43s |  3m  2s |
AM gnutls           |  3m  9s |  2m 18s |
CM gnutls           |  4m 19s |  2m 55s |
AM libressl         |  2m 14s |  1m 24s |
CM libressl         |  5m 30s |  2m 57s |
AM openssl          |  5m 16s |  4m 17s |
CM openssl          |  1m 50s |  1m 47s |
AM openssl-quic     |  2m 58s |  1m  7s |
CM openssl-quic     |  4m 16s |  2m 43s |
AM quiche           |  2m 54s |  1m 34s |
CM quiche           |  5m  0s |  3m 15s |
AM quictls          |  2m 34s |  1m 13s |
CM quictls          |  4m 20s |  3m 17s |
AM wolfssl          |  2m 48s |  1m 30s |
CM wolfssl          |  4m 49s |  3m 22s |
Total:              | 66m 21s | 43m 27s |
Gain:               |         | 22m 54s |

Out of curiousity, build times as seen in the http3 build-cache job:
- TLS backends:
  - openssl: 2m25s
  - libressl: 27s
  - aws-lc: 41s
  - boringssl: 1m8s
  - quictls: 1m46s
  - gnutls: 6m30s
  - wolfssl: 51s
  - quiche + boringssl: 1m9s
- ng* libs (not yet optimized for build speed):
  - nghttp3: 13s
  - ngtcp2: 52s (with 6 backends, 3 runs)
  - ngtcp2: 19s (boringssl)
  - nghttp2: 21s
Ref: https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/17626120054/job/50083344805

A similar effort in curl-for-win, affecting 2 GHA/curl-for-win Windows
jobs (though they use the default Debian repo, with no issues):
- with llvm/clang:
  Download size: 648 MB -> 430 MB (installed: 3344 MB -> 2333 MB)
- with gcc:
  Download size: 550 MB -> 328 MB (installed: 2815 MB -> 1804 MB)
Ref: e19665d948
Ref: 6b14c3946a

Bug: https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/18502#issuecomment-3270259744

Closes #18509
2025-09-11 03:07:19 +02:00
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CMake tidy-up: drop stray "unused" comments 2025-09-03 16:31:16 +02:00
docs VERSIONS: update past versions 2025-09-10 07:43:09 +02:00
include RELEASE-NOTES: synced 2025-09-10 12:54:59 +02:00
lib curl_mem_undef.h: limit to CURLDEBUG for non-memalloc overrides 2025-09-10 13:08:54 +02:00
LICENSES copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges 2023-01-03 09:19:21 +01:00
m4 build: support LibreSSL native crypto lib with ngtcp2 1.15.0+ 2025-08-23 15:45:36 +02:00
packages spacecheck: warn for 3+ empty lines in a row, fix fallouts 2025-09-04 20:37:51 +02:00
plan9 copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges 2023-01-03 09:19:21 +01:00
projects projects: fix Windows project 'clean' function 2025-09-02 10:34:48 -04:00
scripts docs: put <> within backticks in titles 2025-09-08 22:42:53 +02:00
src lib: introduce CURL_ACCEPT() 2025-09-09 15:17:34 +02:00
tests pytest: bind to localhost 2025-09-10 00:55:07 +02:00
winbuild spacecheck: warn for 3+ empty lines in a row, fix fallouts 2025-09-04 20:37:51 +02:00
.dir-locals.el copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges 2023-01-03 09:19:21 +01:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig: add 2025-09-02 08:36:40 +02:00
.git-blame-ignore-revs copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges 2023-01-03 09:19:21 +01:00
.gitattributes winbuild: MS-DOS batch tidy-ups 2024-07-02 19:26:15 +02:00
.gitignore tidy-up: .gitignore lines mostly 2025-01-27 20:59:46 +01:00
.mailmap mailmap: unify on James 2025-09-08 09:26:22 +02:00
acinclude.m4 acinclude: --with-ca-fallback only works with OpenSSL 2025-08-22 23:54:14 +02:00
appveyor.sh appveyor: drop testing with OpenSSL 1.1.0 2025-08-21 18:30:40 +02:00
appveyor.yml appveyor: drop testing with OpenSSL 1.1.0 2025-08-21 18:30:40 +02:00
buildconf copyright: update all copyright lines and remove year ranges 2023-01-03 09:19:21 +01:00
CHANGES.md CHANGES: rename to CHANGES.md, no longer generated 2024-08-01 13:37:12 +02:00
CMakeLists.txt clang-tidy: disable clang-analyzer-security.ArrayBound 2025-08-29 03:07:42 +02:00
configure.ac autotools: make curl-config executable 2025-09-01 09:41:30 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: bump copyright year range to 1996 - 2025 2025-01-01 21:12:12 +01:00
curl-config.in curl-config: remove X prefix use 2025-08-04 10:01:07 +02:00
Dockerfile Dockerfile: update debian:bookworm-slim Docker digest to df52e55 2025-09-09 15:28:00 +02:00
GIT-INFO.md build: drop tool_hugehelp.c.cvs, tidy up macros, drop buildconf.bat 2025-01-26 14:22:49 +01:00
libcurl.pc.in configure: do not echo most inherited LDFLAGS to config files 2024-11-14 09:55:45 +01:00
Makefile.am .editorconfig: add 2025-09-02 08:36:40 +02:00
README docs: minor grammar fixes 2022-09-29 10:44:12 +02:00
README.md spacecheck.pl: drop more exceptions 2025-05-13 16:01:07 +02:00
RELEASE-NOTES RELEASE-NOTES: synced 2025-09-10 12:54:59 +02:00
renovate.json ci: fix ldap install location and add renovate rule for openldap 2025-07-15 14:54:44 +01:00
REUSE.toml checksrc: reduce exceptions, apply again to curlx 2025-06-27 17:33:35 +02:00
SECURITY.md docs: Clarify OpenSSF Best Practices vs Scorecard 2024-08-22 11:50:20 +02:00

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