Build ark for supported x86_64 linux platforms

[lionel-]

Needed for #1617

Related discussions in #1619 and #3854

See supported x86_64 platforms on https://dailies.rstudio.com

• Ubuntu 20
• Ubuntu 22
• Ubuntu 24
• RedHat 8
• RedHat 9
• SUSE 15+

We can take two approaches:

• Build ark on every platforms. With our current infrastructure (github actions) that would require many custom runners, not all of which might be possible.

• Build ark on a single platform and make sure it can load everywhere. The main hurdles here are incompatibilities with target glibc versions (Positron does not run on Ubuntu 20, Debian 11, or RedHat 8 (glibc incompatibility) #3854) and target openssl versions (Positron does not run on Ubuntu 20, Debian 11, or RedHat 8 (glibc incompatibility) #3854 (comment)).

[lionel-]

QA: I've already verified that ark now runs on these platforms by using it with jupyter-console:

fuzzbucket-client create ubuntu20-ide-prereqs-ci
fuzzbucket-client create ubuntu22-ide-prereqs
fuzzbucket-client create ubuntu24-ide-prereqs-ci
fuzzbucket-client create rhel8-ide-prereqs
fuzzbucket-client create rhel9-ide-prereqs
fuzzbucket-client create opensuse15.2
fuzzbucket-client create opensuse15.5-ide-prereqs-ci

See @dskard's notes for testing within Positron using a VNC connection: #1619 (comment)

[juliasilge]

QA Notes

Once we have verified this issue, can we work on evaluating if there is still any work to do for #3715? i.e. can we make the RPM build available again?

[jonvanausdeln]

We were able to verify that Ark seems to work with what we have available for Linux to test.

@juliasilge , I am hesitant to start pushing RPM build right now, as we haven't tested it very much yet.