From 7ecbb8025860542d7236b3eceb96a6b84e9bba2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Roger A. Light" <roger@atchoo.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:10:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Run full build variants with tests on a weekly schedule

---
 .github/workflows/linux-build-variants.yml | 9 ++++++++-
 buildtest.py                               | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-build-variants.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-build-variants.yml
index e8ee330f..abb96db5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-build-variants.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-build-variants.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ on:
       - develop
       - fixes
       - release/*
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 2 * * 2"
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -55,8 +57,13 @@ jobs:
       with:
         submodules: 'true'
 
-    - name: build
+    - name: build on push and pull_request
+      if: ${{ github.event_name != 'scheduled' }}
       run: ./buildtest.py
 
+    - name: build and test on schedule
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'scheduled' }}
+      run: ./buildtest.py --tests
+
     - name: Report ccache stats
       run: ccache -s
diff --git a/buildtest.py b/buildtest.py
index 4c73171d..04d7460b 100755
--- a/buildtest.py
+++ b/buildtest.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import os
 import random
 import shutil
 import subprocess
+import sys
 import time
 
 class Duration():
@@ -124,6 +125,9 @@ def random_tests(count, run_tests):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    run_tests = False
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == "--tests":
+        run_tests = True
+    else:
+        run_tests = False
     simple_tests(run_tests)
     #random_tests(2, run_tests)