Uncertain future

[Meziu]

After rust3ds/ctru-rs#171, the future of test-runner seems dim. Download links for Citra are unreachable and the emulator is officially dead.

@ian-h-chamberlain With the current state of things, and the fact we already planned on merging this repo back into ctru-rs, what are the remaining components that we can salvage from test-runner? Glancing over the project, it seems that anything more than just building the tests needs to be taken down.

[ian-h-chamberlain]

I think the plan I mentioned in #5 (comment) probably still applies, whether we decide to continue with Citra or not. Basically

• Move test-runner crate into ctru-rs, since the GDB / socket / console runners will probably still be useful, even on real hardware
• Keep this repo as a GitHub Actions repo, with at least the setup action still for devkitPro + rust toolchain containers
• Either keep the run-tests action as-is, change it to use a different emulator, or delete it, depending on the outcome of discussion on Citra development has concluded ctru-rs#171

Does that make sense?

[Meziu]

Let’s try to hook the emulated tests to a different source of Citra, and everything that isn’t a github action can be merged into ctru-rs.

[AzureMarker]

I think continuing with a different source of Citra is a good option for now, and it will probably be just fine for a long time. Investigating other options can happen in parallel.