To elaborate a little more, when the --docs option is selected, an ssh server (among other things) is started and a process is left running which keeps the docker image running and accessible. It would be great if that could be a separate build option.
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Robert Dale <robd...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been meaning to open a ticket to add some options to the build.sh or > pass options to docker. AFAICT, the docker build is hard coded with --rm > which removes the docker instance when complete. If that's removed then the > instance remains, can be attached to, and files extracted. I believe local > filesystems can be mounted as well and shared that way. I'm no docker > expert so perhaps there are alternatives already available. > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Stephen Mallette <spmalle...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> ah - good point. i don't know anything about that. i assume that is >> possible somehow? >> >> On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Jason Plurad <plur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > The question is whether the distribution zip files generated during the >> > build on docker image can be transferred onto your Windows filesystem >> for >> > local testing. >> > >> > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Stephen Mallette <spmalle...@gmail.com >> > >> > wrote: >> > >> > > We have this issue open: >> > > >> > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TINKERPOP-1179 >> > > >> > > which is about AppVeyor and running a windows build. It hasn't moved >> much >> > > recently and Apache Infra (i assume) has disabled the AppVeyor >> > integration >> > > (which in my book is fine b/c most of the time it ended with a red >> "X" on >> > > pull requests). So, the question is, do we care about AppVeyor and >> > > supporting a Windows build? >> > > >> > > For me, i'd say "no" on both (in which case i'd just close this >> ticket). >> > > Some reasons: >> > > >> > > 1. I think that there aren't enough core developers working on >> Windows to >> > > warrant the added effort of trying to maintain a Windows build. >> > > 2. The complexity of the build will increase with each GLV and it >> will be >> > > hard enough trying to keep that sane without Windows. >> > > 3. Doc generation system is bound to shell environments >> > > >> > > Couldn't Windows users fall back to docker for their builds? Seems >> like >> > it >> > > would be easier to maintain a docker/build.bat than it would to try to >> > make >> > > everything else we have work on windows? thoughts? >> > > >> > >> > > > > -- > Robert Dale > -- Robert Dale
