Exactly!

I think if no file at nuttx/Documentation/ was modified we don't need to
compile it.

BR,

Alan

On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 1:25 PM Matteo Golin <matteo.go...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I also think we can use the "paths" filter to only rebuild docs when the
> documentation files are changed, similar to how it is done in the
> Docker-Linux workflow.
>
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 12:20 PM Matteo Golin <matteo.go...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > It may not be ideal, but would it be possible to change the documentation
> > builds to only occur periodically?
> >
> > I noticed that the doc builds take roughly ~13 minutes, and if they run
> on
> > each PR merge that will add up quickly.
> > GitHub actions appears to allow scheduled actions:
> >
> https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-when-your-workflow-runs/events-that-trigger-workflows#schedule
> >
> > We could trigger documentation build maybe once a week? I'm not sure what
> > the typical number of merged PRs are per week,
> > but if it were around 50, that's 650 minutes per week down to only 13.
> >
> > The downsides to this would be:
> > a) A delay in the documentation being published
> > b) Documentation changes that break the build are not caught early
> >
> > From my minimal experience with Sphinx I think it might be possible to
> > circumvent issue b) by performing a less time
> > intensive doc check for syntax issues in the RST files. Then once a week
> > perform the actual build and deployment?
> >
> > I think this would be an easy start to implement, although I acknowledge
> > this particular workflow is not the main source
> > of time consumption (the Build workflow is much larger).
> >
> > Matteo
> >
>

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