https://www.appveyor.com/docs/windows-images-software/
Also worth looking into. As for Azure, definitely something worth asking around about, especially if they have something useful for us! On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 at 14:13, Davyd McColl <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, I've already tried using mono for cross-compilation, but older > targets (and specifically client profile) make this option a bit of a > non-starter. I got it mostly working, but mostly isn't all the way. > > CircleCI provides a good build environment, which I'm probably going to try > to replicate in docker, though that would still require a windows host. > > -d > > > On April 27, 2020 21:07:50 Dominik Psenner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As apache folks, we have the benefit of sponsored msdn subscriptions and > > thus some sponsored computing time in azure. May that be an option? > > > > I dont know about the tasks involved. > > > > I can also think of cross compiling on ubuntu inside docker by leveraging > > dotnet-sdk and linking against the reference assemblies shipped with mono > > or other requirements that can be provided with Dockerfile's, github > > actions or other build infrastructure. This [1] is a reference project that > > works and may serve as a minimalistic sample that, to be honest, is pure > > net core/netstandard and therefore lacks mono. > > > > [1] https://github.com/dpsenner/event-sorcery > > -- > > Sent from my phone. Typos are a kind gift to anyone who happens to find > > them. > > > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 16:48 Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Looks like AppVeyor is another option. Is that comparable to CircleCI? > >> > >> (For context, I'm mostly familiar with Jenkins as I work on that > >> project at $dayjob) > >> > >> On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 at 09:36, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > Seems like I missed some other services: > >> https://infra.apache.org/services.html > >> > > >> > If nothing on there is appropriate, I think we need to create a Jira > >> > ticket in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA > >> > > >> > On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 at 01:28, Davyd McColl <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > What would need to be done to make other CI systems talk with Apache > >> Infra? > >> > > > >> > > I ask because I've spend around a day now trying to convince Travis CI > >> to build log4net successfully, without a lot of joy, particularly because > >> the Travis Windows build environment is quite out of date, having been > >> launched as a beta service in 2018, with tooling from 2015. I can get > >> vs2019 installed via chocolatey packages, which solves most of the > >> requirements, but haven't had joy in getting .net 3.5 to install on the > >> build machine yet, resulting in predictable build failures. In addition, > >> the installation of vs2019 tooling adds a few minutes to build. > >> > > > >> > > In contrast, build at CircleCI has been simple, quick, and, best of > >> all, works. I've also figured out artifact publishing, so, with the > >> addition of some scripting, one possible solution might be for an Apache > >> Jenkins build job to simply download the nuget package from CircleCI and > >> publish it -- meaning that Apache nuget keys don't have to leave secure > >> premises, which is a good thing (: For example, a parameterised build which > >> is given only a build number could be manually kicked off when a release > >> has been approved by all involved. This build could download the .nupkg > >> from CircleCI and publish to nuget.org. > >> > > > >> > > If this (or something similar) seems like a viable option, I may be in > >> a position to raise a PR (after cleaning up some git history -- I probably > >> have 50 or 100 commits which are only attempts at getting TravisCI to build > >> with varying approaches. > >> > > > >> > > -d > >> > > On 2020-04-25 22:15:36, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > The only external build systems that are set up for Apache right now > >> > > are Travis and some limited GitHub Action experiments. Other CI > >> > > systems may need to talk with Apache Infra. > >> > > > >> > > On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 at 14:47, Davyd McColl wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > Thanks for the reply (: > >> > > > > >> > > > Would external build systems like circleci be acceptable too? > >> > > > > >> > > > -d > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > On April 25, 2020 21:03:01 Matt Sicker wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > > Info about our existing infra is documented here: > >> > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INFRA/Jenkins > >> > > > > > >> > > > > On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 at 13:38, Davyd McColl wrote: > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> Hi > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> Quick question: what operating system does the available CI > >> server run? > >> > > > >> Even if docker is an option, the host system is matters. > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> Thanks > >> > > > >> -d > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > -- > >> > > > > Matt Sicker > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > Matt Sicker > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Matt Sicker <[email protected]> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Matt Sicker <[email protected]> > >> > > -- Matt Sicker <[email protected]>
