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Job	Run time
test-path-length	10s
build (ubuntu-20.04, 3.9.9, minimal)	1m 2s
build (ubuntu-20.04, 3.9.9, maximal)	1m 2s
build (ubuntu-20.04, 3.10.6, minimal)	1m 2s
build (ubuntu-20.04, 3.10.6, maximal)	1m 5s
lint-files (maximal)	25s
test-api (maximal)	38s
test-python (ubuntu-20.04, 3.9.9, minimal)	24s
test-yaml (10, 0, minimal)	2m 14s
test-python (ubuntu-20.04, 3.9.9, maximal)	26m 53s
test-yaml (10, 0, maximal)	2m 53s
test-python (ubuntu-20.04, 3.10.6, minimal)	24m 9s
test-python (ubuntu-20.04, 3.10.6, maximal)	28m 30s
test-yaml (10, 1, minimal)	2m 53s
test-yaml (10, 1, maximal)	3m 0s
test-yaml (10, 2, minimal)	1m 54s
test-yaml (10, 2, maximal)	2m 0s
test-yaml (10, 3, minimal)	2m 30s
test-yaml (10, 3, maximal)	2m 43s
test-yaml (10, 4, minimal)	3m 15s
test-yaml (10, 4, maximal)	3m 36s
test-yaml (10, 5, minimal)	2m 14s
test-yaml (10, 5, maximal)	2m 9s
test-yaml (10, 6, minimal)	3m 19s
test-yaml (10, 6, maximal)	3m 49s
test-yaml (10, 7, minimal)	1m 53s
test-yaml (10, 7, maximal)	1m 51s
test-yaml (10, 8, minimal)	2m 36s
test-yaml (10, 8, maximal)	3m 6s
test-yaml (10, 9, minimal)	2m 39s
test-yaml (10, 9, maximal)	2m 54s
check-version-and-changelog	17s
build-conda	3m 2s
check-for-functional-changes	0s
deploy	0s
publish-to-conda	0s
test-on-windows	32m 59s
	2h 55m 6s

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