Re: Time sensitive request for input

On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM Greg Wallace <gwallace@netactuate.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> We have an opportunity to get our GitHub Actions request some visibility within GitHub.
> I have referred to https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/385 and taken a stab at outlining what we want, but I REALLY need this group's expert eyes and input.
> Can you please use Suggesting mode (click the pencil in the top right and select "Suggesting") and edit/correct/add/delete sections in this document?
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W9_epRjhVDcGyDoLEK2KzvGdWdVsDeq3LeAeCentqyo/edit?usp=sharing

Hello Greg :-)

I have been following that thread since 2020 and nothing changed for
~5 years :-(

I have no comment access to the document, but my remark on running
FreeBSD as VM on macOS is xtremely expensive too as macOS is 10x more
expensive than Linux runners [1]. In other project macOS was our main
problem of hitting quota real quick.. turns out it was cheaper to buy
local MacStudio.

Blocking FreeBSD runners by GitHub / Microsoft puts us into a black
hole because no automation is possible like Pull Request commits
testing on FreeBSD, creating packages, images, etc. This is not
Open-Source support but exploitation.

External runners may be the solution but how to make it one hour and
ready to go? Maybe a well documented port that is easy to use and
setup? Maybe a dedicated installer image / category?

Thanks :-)
Tomek

[1] https://docs.github.com/en/billing/managing-billing-for-your-products/managing-billing-for-github-actions/about-billing-for-github-actions

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