Cleanup example steps

Author: ethauvin

.github/workflows/bld.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 name: bld-ci
 
-on: [ push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch ]
+on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
   build-bld-project:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java-version: [ 17, 21, 25 ]
-        os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest ]
+        java-version: [17, 21, 25]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
@@ -23,26 +23,34 @@ jobs:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
 
-      - name: Download dependencies [example]
+      - name: Download example dependencies
         working-directory: example
         run: ./bld download
 
-      - name: Compile and run tests [example]
-        id: tests
+      - name: Compile example source code
         working-directory: example
-        run: ./bld compile test
+        run: ./bld compile
+
+      - name: Run example tests
+        continue-on-error: true
+        working-directory: example
+        run: ./bld test
 
-      - name: Run reporter [example]
+      - name: Run example reporter
         id: reporter
+        continue-on-error: true
         working-directory: example
         run: ./bld reporter --all
 
-      - name: Verify reporter failure [example]
-        if: ${{ steps.reporter.outcome != 'failure' }}
+      - name: Verify example reporter failure
+        if: always() && steps.reporter.outcome != 'failure'
         run: echo "The reporter step should have failed" && exit 1
 
       - name: Download dependencies
         run: ./bld download
 
+      - name: Compile source code
+        run: ./bld compile
+
       - name: Run tests
         run: ./bld compile test