Request: More target platforms for precompiled CodeQL binaries

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github-actions, linux, raspberry-pi
Domain
build-system, devops, release

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the existing CodeQL CLI platform matrix and the workflow or release process that publishes precompiled binaries; then assess the requested ARM Linux, ARM Windows, and BSD targets. Done means the supported targets are implemented and their binaries are published through the existing process.

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Description

The current set of target platforms is reasonably wide for basic GitHub Actions workflows. However, there are additional platforms that would benefit from the publication of precompiled binaries. For example, Raspberry Pi users would enjoy ARM(64) ports.

  • ARM(64) ports for Linux
  • ARM(64) ports for Windows
  • (Free)BSD ports

Technically, users may attempt to recompile the CodeQL CLI utility for these platforms. But the same convenience afforded to classical amd64 Linux environments, can reasonably be extended to other common environments.

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