As Kevin mentioned, I tried to make WebKit build work on Travis with few hacks(using ccache). It seemed to be working, but not consistently all the time.
> How does AdoptJDK solve problems of long build times? Can we not adopt > their build chain/infrastructure? Looks like they host their own CI infra without relying on Travis/Appveyor. > On 25-Aug-2018, at 6:34 PM, Tom Schindl <tom.schi...@bestsolution.at> wrote: > > Hi, > > How does AdoptJDK solve problems of long build times? Can we not adopt > their build chain/infrastructure? > > Tom > > On 25.08.18 15:00, Kevin Rushforth wrote: >> Yes, this should be possible to do. Even without build changes, we could >> build just the SDK + WebKit (and maybe media, too, or maybe a separate >> job for that). The problem is that even building just WebKit takes >> longer than Travis / Appveyor will allow. See PR #121 [1]. Arun can >> comment further. >> >> Irrespective of the above, as long as a compatible SDK (meaning an SDK >> built from the current tip of jfx-dev/rt) is available for download, the >> build can point to it, and will use the jfxwebkit and media natives from >> that build. So if we had a nightly build available, most developers >> could use that (it wouldn't help anyone making native changes to WebKit, >> but would be fine for most developers who don't). >> >> -- Kevin >> >> [1] https://github.com/javafxports/openjdk-jfx/pull/121 >> >> >> On 8/25/2018 12:27 AM, Johan Vos wrote: >>> We currently don't build WebKit with Appveyor/Travis, as the combined >>> build >>> time would be too long. >>> >>> I'm wondering though if it would be possible to have separate build jobs >>> for webkit? Typically, when building a JavaFX SDK, the webkit part is >>> where >>> things go wrong (if they go wrong), and have that somehow automated would >>> be very helpful. >>> >>> - Johan >> > > -- > Tom Schindl, CTO > BestSolution.at EDV Systemhaus GmbH > Eduard-Bodem-Gasse 5-7. A-6020 Innsbruck > Reg. Nr. FN 222302s am Firmenbuchgericht Innsbruck