MAINT: Stop testing on ppc64le.

charris · charris · commit a8afc1d6ae93 · 2023-08-21T20:44:00.000-06:00
The machine is usually missing, so tests are often reporting a
failure. I'm tired of seeing tests without a green checkmark
just because of that.
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,16 +26,18 @@ cache:
 
 jobs:
   include:
-    - python: "3.9"
-      os: linux
-      arch: ppc64le
-      env:
-       # use OpenBLAS build, not system ATLAS
-       - DOWNLOAD_OPENBLAS=1
-       # - NPY_USE_BLAS_ILP64=1   # the openblas build fails
-       - ATLAS=None
-       # VSX4 still not supported by ubuntu/gcc-11
-       - EXPECT_CPU_FEATURES="VSX VSX2 VSX3"
+# The ppc64le for these tests is usually missing, resulting in
+# test failure most of the time. Let's not do that.
+#    - python: "3.9"
+#      os: linux
+#      arch: ppc64le
+#      env:
+#       # use OpenBLAS build, not system ATLAS
+#       - DOWNLOAD_OPENBLAS=1
+#       # - NPY_USE_BLAS_ILP64=1   # the openblas build fails
+#       - ATLAS=None
+#       # VSX4 still not supported by ubuntu/gcc-11
+#       - EXPECT_CPU_FEATURES="VSX VSX2 VSX3"
 
     - python: "3.9"
       os: linux
