Use macOS vz VM type and virtiofs mounts
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Now that the action dropped support for macOS < 13, it makes sense to rely on macOS native virtualization, hoping to boost performance during tests. This update also gets rid of the QEMU requirement, which has been historically difficult to be maintained properly.
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@GlassOfWhiskey this looks super promising, thanks! Can you add a changelog entry, please? The changelog file contains a few examples already.
I just did it. As you can see, I fully removed QEMU. If you prefer, I can leave it as a backup option. However, this will mean that two different virtualization technologies should be maintained. |
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@GlassOfWhiskey I think we are fine completely getting rid of QEMU. We can merge this now and let it cook for a while -- you can use the action directly from the |
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@douglascamata I agree. I also have another PR regarding volume mounts to submit, so if this is merged I can easily start working on the other one. With a bit of luck, they could be released together with a single release process :) |
Now that the action dropped support for macOS < 13, it makes sense to rely on macOS native virtualization, hoping to boost performance during tests.