ci: workaround for downloading artifacts in CentOS 7

[derevnjuk]

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[derevnjuk]

We are in troubles as actions/upload-artifact@v3 and actions/download-artifact@v3 will be deprecated by the end of November (https://github.blog/changelog/2024-04-16-deprecation-notice-v3-of-the-artifact-actions/). The new versions require Nodejs 20, which depends on glibc 2.25+, not available in CentOS 7.

Also, Nodejs 16 will also be removed from runner images in a few days (actions/runner-images#10896), breaking workflows that use actions/checkout@v3. This will also make workarounds like ACTIONS_RUNNER_FORCE_ACTIONS_NODE_VERSION unusable.

There doesn’t seem to be a quick or easy workaround. We might drop support for RHEL7, but it is still in Extended Life Support (ELS) until 2028 🤯 (https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux/rhel-7-end-of-maintenance?cicd=32h281b)

So, seems our workflows will die on November 18

@orubin @bararchy fyi

[orubin]

We are in troubles as actions/upload-artifact@v3 and actions/download-artifact@v3 will be deprecated by the end of November (https://github.blog/changelog/2024-04-16-deprecation-notice-v3-of-the-artifact-actions/). The new versions require Nodejs 20, which depends on glibc 2.25+, not available in CentOS 7.

Also, Nodejs 16 will also be removed from runner images in a few days (actions/runner-images#10896), breaking workflows that use actions/checkout@v3. This will also make workarounds like ACTIONS_RUNNER_FORCE_ACTIONS_NODE_VERSION unusable.

There doesn’t seem to be a quick or easy workaround. We might drop support for RHEL7, but it is still in Extended Life Support (ELS) until 2028 🤯 (https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux/rhel-7-end-of-maintenance?cicd=32h281b)

So, seems our workflows will die on November 18

@orubin @bararchy fyi

Thanks @derevnjuk - accordinfg to the the github changlog:
"Starting December 5, 2024, GitHub Actions customers will no longer be able to use v3 of actions/upload-artifact or actions/download-artifact."

So we have until 05.12.2024?
FYI @adirdidi

[bramkor]

@derevnjuk According to Adir the customers using RHEL 7 can use v12 repeater/cli.
The v13 repeater -coming out soon - will not support CentOS7/RHEL7.
Does it mean we can move forward with this PR or are there other things that need to be done?