update test skip, clean up, clean tasks

.cirrus.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test_task:
   auto_cancellation: "false" # We set this to false to prevent nightly builds from affecting this
   only_if: $CIRRUS_BUILD_SOURCE != "api" && ($CIRRUS_BRANCH == "main" || $CIRRUS_PR != "")
   timeout_in: "15m"
-  skip: "!changesInclude('.cargo/**', '.cirrus.yml', 'sample_configs/**', 'src/**', 'tests/**', 'build.rs', 'Cargo.lock', 'Cargo.toml', 'clippy.toml', 'rustfmt.toml')"
+  skip: "!changesInclude('.cargo/**', 'sample_configs/**', 'scripts/cirrus/**', 'src/**', 'tests/**', '.cirrus.yml', 'build.rs', 'Cargo.lock', 'Cargo.toml', 'clippy.toml', 'rustfmt.toml')"
   matrix:
     - name: "FreeBSD 14 Test"
       freebsd_instance:

.gitignore

@@ -43,4 +43,7 @@ supply-chain/
 # samply profiling
 profile.json
 
-**/venv/
+**/venv/
+
+# Sometimes used for scripts
+.ruff_cache

scripts/cirrus/release.py

@@ -222,13 +222,15 @@ def main():
 
             if tasks and mutation_id:
                 print("Killing previous tasks first...")
+
                 if stop_build_tasks(key, tasks, mutation_id):
-                    print("Previous tasks successfully stopped.")
+                    print("All previous tasks successfully stopped.")
                 else:
                     print(
-                        "Not all previous tasks stopped. This isn't a problem, but it does mean wasted resources."
+                        "Not all previous tasks stopped. This isn't a problem but it is a waste."
                     )
 
+            tasks = []
             mutation_id = "Cirrus CI Build {}-{}-{}".format(
                 build_type, branch, int(time())
             )
@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ def main():
                     print("There was an issue with creating a build job.")
                     continue
 
-                # First, sleep 4 minutes total, as it's unlikely it'll finish before then.
+                # First, sleep X minutes total, as it's unlikely it'll finish before then.
                 SLEEP_MINUTES = 4
                 print(f"Sleeping for {SLEEP_MINUTES} minutes.")
 
@@ -262,9 +264,7 @@ def main():
                 SLEEP_SEC = 30
                 TRIES = int(MINUTES * (60 / SLEEP_SEC))  # Works out to 20 tries.
 
-                print(
-                    f"Mandatory nap over. Starting to check for completion. Will check for {MINUTES} minutes."
-                )
+                print(f"Mandatory nap over. Checking for completion for {MINUTES} min.")
 
                 for attempt in range(TRIES):
                     print("Checking...")