Remove mips/mipsel targets from CI (#413)

Author: zanieb

.github/workflows/linux.yml

@@ -244,88 +244,6 @@ jobs:
             py: 'cpython-3.12'
             options: 'lto'
 
-          # Cross-compiles can't do PGO and require Python 3.9.
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.9'
-            options: 'debug'
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.9'
-            options: 'noopt'
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.9'
-            options: 'lto'
-
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.10'
-            options: 'debug'
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.10'
-            options: 'noopt'
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.10'
-            options: 'lto'
-
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.11'
-            options: 'debug'
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.11'
-            options: 'noopt'
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.11'
-            options: 'lto'
-
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.12'
-            options: 'debug'
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.12'
-            options: 'noopt'
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.12'
-            options: 'lto'
-
-          # Cross-compiles can't do PGO and require Python 3.9.
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.9'
-            options: 'debug'
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.9'
-            options: 'noopt'
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.9'
-            options: 'lto'
-
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.10'
-            options: 'debug'
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.10'
-            options: 'noopt'
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.10'
-            options: 'lto'
-
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.11'
-            options: 'debug'
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.11'
-            options: 'noopt'
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.11'
-            options: 'lto'
-
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.12'
-            options: 'debug'
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.12'
-            options: 'noopt'
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.12'
-            options: 'lto'
-
           # Cross-compiles can't do PGO and require Python 3.9.
           - target_triple: 's390x-unknown-linux-gnu'
             py: 'cpython-3.9'
@@ -936,44 +854,6 @@ jobs:
             py: 'cpython-3.13'
             options: 'freethreaded+lto'
 
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.13'
-            options: 'debug'
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.13'
-            options: 'noopt'
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.13'
-            options: 'lto'
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.13'
-            options: 'freethreaded+debug'
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.13'
-            options: 'freethreaded+noopt'
-          - target_triple: 'mips-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.13'
-            options: 'freethreaded+lto'
-
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.13'
-            options: 'debug'
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.13'
-            options: 'noopt'
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.13'
-            options: 'lto'
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.13'
-            options: 'freethreaded+debug'
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.13'
-            options: 'freethreaded+noopt'
-          - target_triple: 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu'
-            py: 'cpython-3.13'
-            options: 'freethreaded+lto'
-
           - target_triple: 's390x-unknown-linux-gnu'
             py: 'cpython-3.13'
             options: 'debug'

src/validation.rs

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ const RECOGNIZED_TRIPLES: &[&str] = &[
     "arm64-apple-tvos",
     "i686-pc-windows-msvc",
     "i686-unknown-linux-gnu",
+    // Note there's build support for mips* targets but they are not tested
+    // See https://github.com/indygreg/python-build-standalone/issues/412
     "mips-unknown-linux-gnu",
     "mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu",
     "mips64el-unknown-linux-gnuabi64",