Actions: monitor ubuntu-latest upcoming breaking changes

[jeherve]

Something to keep an eye on, since most of our workflows rely on ubuntu-latest: GitHub is about to update ubuntu-latest from version 22.04 to version 24.04. With it, some dependencies are getting updated. For example it will ship with PHP 8.3 instead of PHP 8.1. Here is a full list of the dependencies that will change:

actions/runner-images#10636

It may be worth trying to update voluntarily to see what happens?

Reference

We will migrate the ubuntu-latest label to ubuntu 24 starting on December 5, 2024 and ending on January 17, 2025. The ubuntu 24 image has a different set of tools and packages than %ubuntu 22. We have made cuts to the list of packages so that we can maintain our SLA for free disk space. This may break your workflows if you depend on certain packages that have been removed. Please review this list to see if you are using any affected packages.
-- https://github.blog/changelog/2024-11-05-notice-of-breaking-changes-for-github-actions/

[anomiex]

Of note is that we were fine when they started rolling this out back in September and October before reverting due to complaints from other people.