Done (well, proposed) in https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/12215
On Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 1:26:55 PM UTC-7, Tony Kelman wrote: > > I don't see why not. I added a template to the Example.jl package that > could pretty easily be created automatically during Pkg.generate as well. > > > On Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 1:47:42 PM UTC-4, David Anthoff wrote: >> >> Maybe one thing that would help on the package ecosystem side is to add >> an appveyor.yml file in addition to a .travis.yml file to the template >> generated by Pkg.generate? >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Tony Kelman >> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 14, 2015 6:49 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [julia-users] Re: Azure: Which VM? >> >> >> >> If you're comfortable using Linux and have a choice in the matter, I >> would recommend avoiding using Julia on Windows if you can, especially for >> production purposes. Jameson, Isaiah, myself and others have put in a lot >> of effort to try to make things work, but there remains a lot of work to do >> across the package ecosystem (which was the point behind my JuliaCon talk), >> and there are a number of persistent bugs and usability issues that remain >> unsolved for a variety of reasons. >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 2:07:16 AM UTC-7, Eric Forgy wrote: >> >> I am about to do some experiments running Julia from an Azure VM. The >> first decision to make is "Which VM?" Azure has a "Quick Create" option for >> creating VM's and the options are: >> >> · Windows Server >> >> - Ubuntu Server >> >> · OpenLogic >> >> - Oracle Linux >> >> · CoreOS >> >> - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server >> >> I presume Azure has a good reason to shortlist these VM's (and shortlist >> them in that order) so unless there is a good reason to deviate, I'll >> probably choose one of the above. >> >> >> >> If I look at the Julia downloads <http://julialang.org/downloads/> page, >> I see the following selections: >> >> · Windows >> >> - Mac OS X >> >> · Ubuntu >> >> - Fedora/RHEL/CentOS/SL >> >> · Generic Linux >> >> I presume you guys have a good reason to shortlist these OSs (but not >> sure if the order is significant). I am agnostic about which OS to use, but >> I prefer to use one that has the best Julia support and will cause the >> least headaches, which presumably might be related to the OS most Julia >> developers are using. >> >> >> >> If I could, I would probably prefer to run Julia on a Windows VM, but I >> get the impression Windows has the fewest Julia developers working on it >> (see Stephen's comment here >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/julia-users/zgoqVYyPaIk/lfRmeROpI7YJ>) >> >> so I predict there to be some pain points. Is that impression misguided? >> Any thoughts? >> >> >> >> If not Windows, comparing the above two lists, I'd be inclined to >> consider using Ubuntu. >> >> >> >> My use case is ultimately going to be distributed computing in the cloud >> (Azure) driven by a web app (ASP.NET MVC) with communication via REST >> and/or ZMQ. >> >> >> >> In a nutshell: >> >> 1. I have a slight preference for a Windows VM, but could be >> dissuaded if there is some pain to be expected. Is there? >> >> 2. If not Windows, it seems Ubuntu VM is the next likely candidate >> with apparently solid support in the Julia community. Is that true? >> >> 3. Any other recommendation better than the above two? >> >> Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks! >> >>
