[$] The costs of continuous integration

By most accounts, the freedesktop.org (fd.o) GitLab instance has beena roaring success; lots of projects are using it, including Mesa, Linux kernelgraphics drivers, NetworkManager, PipeWire, and many others. Inaddition, a great deal ofcontinuous-integration (CI) testing is being done on a variety of projectsunder the fd.o umbrella. That success has come at a price, however. Arecent message from the X.Org Foundation, which mergedwith fd.o in 2019, has made it clear that the current situation is untenable from a financialperspective. Given its current resources, X.Org cannot continue coveringthose costs beyond another few months.