"Boespflug, Mathieu" <m...@tweag.io> writes: > On 4 July 2016 at 12:36, Ben Gamari <b...@well-typed.com> wrote: >> Simon Marlow <marlo...@gmail.com> 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
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