Temporary disabling of Stable extension builds in preparation for Slicer 5.8 Release & Visual Studio update

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As discussed in the 2025-01-25 Weekly Meeting, the builds of Slicer Stable extensions will be temporarily disabled this evening.

This step is necessary to facilitate updating the version of Visual Studio installed on the Windows factory (bluestreak). Once the Slicer 5.8 release is completed, this update will ensure that both Stable and Preview extensions are built using the same compiler, improving consistency across builds.

Next Steps:

  1. Pause the build of Stable extensions (happening this evening).
  2. Update Visual Studio on the Windows factory.
  3. Wait for the January 21st preview build to complete.
  4. Begin the release process for Slicer 5.8 on January 22nd.

We appreciate your patience and support during this process :pray:

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@jcfr, thanks for informing. This is an important update.

Have there been any changes in the Linux build factory lately? I observe that the extension catalog is empty for the Linux preview since r33182 (https://extensions.slicer.org/catalog/All/33182/)

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I think there was about a week where there was no Linux build (and extension). It should be working now:

https://extensions.slicer.org/catalog/All/33198/linux

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Thanks @muratmaga. You are right, this was only for a short window of time. Now it is working.