Re: [Caml-list] Thoughts on targeting windows

[Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@recoil.org>]

On 9 Oct 2014, at 10:33, Jeremy Yallop <yallop@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 5 October 2014 23:14, Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@recoil.org> wrote:
>> At a recent compiler hacking session in Cambridge, Don Syme pointed out a great Travis-like service for running regular Windows builds called Appveyor(.com).  In order to get more familiar with the Windows toolchain, I ported some of Thomas Braibant's instructions for compiling OPAM on Windows using it here:
>> 
>> Cygwin scripts: https://github.com/ocaml/opam/blob/master/appveyor.yml
>> Build output:   https://ci.appveyor.com/project/avsm/opam/build/1.0.38
>> 
>> Appveyor can be used much like Travis and build every Git checkin on Windows, except that they unfortunately overwrite each other's status flags (the green tick or red cross against each commit), so they cannot be simultaneously used on one GitHub repository right now.  I contacted GitHub support and they indicated that they are adding support for multiple CI tools into the UI, but do not have a time estimate for when that would be ready.
> 
> I recently learnt of a solution to this issue: there's a third party
> application which makes it possible to display both Travis and
> AppVeyor build status flags on each commit:
> 
>   http://help.appveyor.com/discussions/kb/4-show-multiple-statuses-in-github-pull-requests

An update: GitHub now supports multiple status updates, so any projects
that wish to use Appveyor (Windows) and Travis (Linux/OSX) simultaneously
can now do so: 

https://github.com/blog/1935-see-results-from-all-pull-request-status-checks

-anil