Enable FF_FASTZIP for GitLab pipeline
What does this MR do?
Enables FF_USE_FASTZIP for GitLab project pipelines
Performance improvement
This was done comparing https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/pipelines/294977706/builds to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/pipelines/295136162. Not all jobs were picked up by Private Runners which switched to n2d-standard-2 last month.
| Job Name | Master build duration | MR build duration | Difference |
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compile-production-assets |
0:35 | 0:16 | 19 seconds or 54% faster |
compile-test-assets |
0:17 | 0:07 | 8 seconds or 47% faster |
setup-test-env |
0:19 prm using n2d-standard-2 | 0:14 srm using old n1-standard-2 machine time | 5 seconds or 26% |
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Related to #287603 (closed)
Edited by Kyle Wiebers