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Interesting idea but likely in violation of the GitHub Actions ToS [0].

> Actions should not be used for:

[...]

> any other activity unrelated to the production, testing, deployment, or publication of the software project associated with the repository where GitHub Actions are used.

At the very least, I recommend you highlight the Actions ToS to your users lest they miss this restriction.

[0]: https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-additio...

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Many thanks - my bad for not reading the ToS closely enough. I've highlighted the relevant section at the top of the README now.

I think (AFAICT) it's still OK for what I use it for, which is building and testing conda packages interactively, as long as I copy the fastmac files into the same repo as the conda packages I'm building. I'm sure there's plenty of other folks who would find similar things helpful.

Bit risky with a company org if they decide it violates TOS does that just impact the offending repo, or the entire org?

Better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

Not the case with things like Google accounts. Probably not worth the risk for GitHub accounts either.

Unless you dick around in someone elses org and get them booted.

There are a lot of things where that adage doesn't work.

Risking losing an important account due to TOS violations is one.

Also, you don't see a lot of people in jail saying that.

The people not in jail are the ones who asked for forgiveness.

One could peruse CircleCI, which has the ssh feature built-in, and also the widest support of macOS versions x Xcode combinations.

All others CI providers are content with Y and Y-1 versions (at best) and seem squarely focused on build-for-iOS CI (Including Travis is hopelessly slow, when it’s not outright broken)

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