adjust blocking jobs

Author: strtgbb

.github/workflows/release_builds.yml

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build_amd_debug:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, altinity-on-demand, altinity-builder]
-    needs: [config_workflow, dockers_build_amd, dockers_build_arm, build_amd_release, build_amd_binary, build_arm_release, build_arm_binary]
+    needs: [config_workflow, dockers_build_amd, dockers_build_arm, build_amd_binary, build_arm_binary]
     name: "Build (amd_debug)"
     outputs:
       data: ${{ steps.run.outputs.DATA }}
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build_amd_asan:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, altinity-on-demand, altinity-builder]
-    needs: [config_workflow, dockers_build_amd, dockers_build_arm, build_amd_release, build_amd_binary, build_arm_release, build_arm_binary]
+    needs: [config_workflow, dockers_build_amd, dockers_build_arm, build_amd_binary, build_arm_binary]
     name: "Build (amd_asan)"
     outputs:
       data: ${{ steps.run.outputs.DATA }}
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build_amd_tsan:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, altinity-on-demand, altinity-builder]
-    needs: [config_workflow, dockers_build_amd, dockers_build_arm, build_amd_release, build_amd_binary, build_arm_release, build_arm_binary]
+    needs: [config_workflow, dockers_build_amd, dockers_build_arm, build_amd_binary, build_arm_binary]
     name: "Build (amd_tsan)"
     outputs:
       data: ${{ steps.run.outputs.DATA }}
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build_amd_msan:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, altinity-on-demand, altinity-builder]
-    needs: [config_workflow, dockers_build_amd, dockers_build_arm, build_amd_release, build_amd_binary, build_arm_release, build_arm_binary]
+    needs: [config_workflow, dockers_build_amd, dockers_build_arm, build_amd_binary, build_arm_binary]
     name: "Build (amd_msan)"
     outputs:
       data: ${{ steps.run.outputs.DATA }}
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build_amd_ubsan:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, altinity-on-demand, altinity-builder]
-    needs: [config_workflow, dockers_build_amd, dockers_build_arm, build_amd_release, build_amd_binary, build_arm_release, build_arm_binary]
+    needs: [config_workflow, dockers_build_amd, dockers_build_arm, build_amd_binary, build_arm_binary]
     name: "Build (amd_ubsan)"
     outputs:
       data: ${{ steps.run.outputs.DATA }}

ci/workflows/release_builds.py

@@ -10,16 +10,12 @@
     if "coverage" not in job.name
 ]
 
-PRIORITY_BUILD_JOBS = [
+# Make sure that builds that get tested are built first
+# Note that the release build job should not block or be blocked, it is long and it's dependencies are fast.
+BLOCKING_BUILD_JOBS = [
     job.name
     for job in JobConfigs.build_jobs
-    if any(
-        substr in job.name
-        for substr in (
-            "binary",
-            "release",
-        )
-    )
+    if any(substr in job.name for substr in ["binary"])
 ]
 
 workflow = Workflow.Config(
@@ -28,7 +24,9 @@
     jobs=[
         *[
             job.set_dependency(
-                PRIORITY_BUILD_JOBS if job.name not in PRIORITY_BUILD_JOBS else []
+                BLOCKING_BUILD_JOBS
+                if job.name not in BLOCKING_BUILD_JOBS and "release" not in job.name
+                else []
             )
             for job in builds_for_release_branch
         ],