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Use Arm64 Windows runners for aarch64-msvc CI jobs #875

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Proposal

GitHub is now offering free Arm64 Windows runners (with tooling preinstalled): https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/155713

Rust's CI should add new aarch64-msvc jobs (mirroring the existing x86_64-msvc jobs) using these new runners AND switch the existing dist-aarch64-msvc job to also use the new runners.

I've verified that these jobs will work and already merged the necessary fixes.

The final piece of this is to add the aarch64-msvc jobs themselves, and switch dist-aarch64-msvc: rust-lang/rust#140136

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major-changeA proposal to make a major change to rustc
on May 20, 2025
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rustbot commented on May 20, 2025

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This issue is not meant to be used for technical discussion. There is a Zulip stream for that.
Use this issue to leave procedural comments, such as volunteering to review, indicating that you second the proposal (or third, etc), or raising a concern that you would like to be addressed.

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Noratrieb

Noratrieb commented on May 21, 2025

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As mentioned on Zulip, an MCP like this is the wrong avenue for this.
Switching runners is purely an infra concern and just needs an r+, adding more CI tests means promoting the target to tier 1 and needs an RFC referencing the target tier policy.

Therefore, I'm gonna close this.

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          Use Arm64 Windows runners for aarch64-msvc CI jobs · Issue #875 · rust-lang/compiler-team