job request: CI testing for GYP3

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I would like to have a job that does CI testing for GYP3 on the Node.js cluster.

Currently testing in done only on Windows, Ubuntu, and macOS (all on Intel X64). This is only a subset of the platforms supported by node-core. As a result bugs and regressions can only be discovered at the earliest at integration time (e.g. nodejs/node#26620), which significantly slows down the development cycle.

Although GYP/GYP3 are not OpenJSF projects, they are is still very important for the development on node-core, and are paramount for the Node.js ecosystem via node-gyp.

[rvagg]

You have my ⚔️ for this. It's been discussed on and off for years but nobody has done it. I'd love to see a node-gyp job in ci and I encourage you to have a go at building it! Just be conscious of security and the risks of running arbitrary code on machines that aren't isolated between runs.

[richardlau]

You have my ⚔️ for this. It's been discussed on and off for years but nobody has done it. I'd love to see a node-gyp job in ci and I encourage you to have a go at building it! Just be conscious of security and the risks of running arbitrary code on machines that aren't isolated between runs.

Gyp != node-gyp. We already have node-gyp testing in https://ci.nodejs.org/view/All/job/nodegyp-test-pull-request/ (which IMO we should extend to cover more platforms).

+1 for adding gyp3 testing in the CI.

[rvagg]

Oh well, it just shows how tuned in I am I guess! Well you have my +1 anyway.

[cclauss]

What help is needed?

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