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 the Travis Windows build environment is quite out of date, having been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]>
>>
