The Azure CI macOS nodes on x86 have a version of Python later than 3.1
installed where the assertRegexpMatches function has been deprecated (and
replaced) in favour of assertRegex.
Ideally, this API would be replaced with the newer version. However, some
nodes on the OMR CI farm have older versions of Python installed that need to
be upgraded first.
Until that happens, since x86 macOS is the only platform affected, the
JitBuilder API tests will be disabled on that platform only. There should be
adequate test coverage on the other x86 platforms.
Other alternatives considered were to sprinkle Python version checks throughout
the code to guard each API usage (which is messy), or downgrading the Python
version on the Azure builds. However, I believe the right path forward is to
ensure all our build nodes have a consistent, modern version of Python
installed. Once the build nodes are upgraded then this test will be modified
to use the new API and it will be reenabled on all platforms that support it.
0xdaryl
commented
1 month ago
The Azure CI macOS nodes on x86 have a version of Python later than 3.1 installed where the
assertRegexpMatchesfunction has been deprecated (and replaced) in favour ofassertRegex.Ideally, this API would be replaced with the newer version. However, some nodes on the OMR CI farm have older versions of Python installed that need to be upgraded first.
Until that happens, since x86 macOS is the only platform affected, the JitBuilder API tests will be disabled on that platform only. There should be adequate test coverage on the other x86 platforms.
Other alternatives considered were to sprinkle Python version checks throughout the code to guard each API usage (which is messy), or downgrading the Python version on the Azure builds. However, I believe the right path forward is to ensure all our build nodes have a consistent, modern version of Python installed. Once the build nodes are upgraded then this test will be modified to use the new API and it will be reenabled on all platforms that support it.