If parallel tests now work on Windows, could it be enabled by default? On 4 July 2016 at 12:48, Phyx <[email protected]> wrote:
> I can build and validate in about an hour myself using 9 jobs on a core > i7. If I revert the change in the testsuite preventing parallel runs for > Windows. > > Tamar > > On Mon, Jul 4, 2016, 12:26 Ben Gamari <[email protected]> wrote: > >> "Boespflug, Mathieu" <[email protected]> writes: >> >> > On 4 July 2016 at 12:36, Ben Gamari <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Simon Marlow <[email protected]> writes: >> >> >> >>> I will fix it, sorry about this. Unfortunately I can't really add a >> >>> Windows validate into my workflow because it would mean rebooting my >> laptop >> >>> into Windows and not doing anything else for several hours. We need >> some >> >>> CI support for Windows - Ben/Austin any thoughts on this? >> >>> >> >> I agree; this would be great. I have a Windows machine which I'd be >> >> happy setup as a builder although I'm afraid it's behind NAT, so >> >> integration with Harbormaster may require some tunneling. >> > >> > Just a suggestion - the easiest and most reliable would probably be to >> > simply use Appveyor for this. They offer a hosted and fully managed CI >> > service very similar to Travis CI - only difference being it runs >> > tests on Windows boxes. And just like Travis CI, it's free! >> > >> > The advantage of a hosted CI service is that no one except Appveyor >> > need to worry about keeping the build bot highly available. >> > >> > Only downside is their machines in the free tier can be a bit slow. >> > But that's a problem that can be iterated on as the need arises. >> > >> I've noticed that several of the core libraries rely on Appveyor with >> good results. However, I had assumed that GHC would exceed the maximum >> build time of their free tier since the build takes a few hours on my >> Windows box. It seems that Appveyor has a one-hour build duration limit, >> similar to Travis. >> >> Cheers, >> >> - Ben >> _______________________________________________ >> ghc-devs mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs >> >
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