On 2025-07-03 09:43, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin-apps wrote:
On Jul 2 18:01, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
I have often thought why are we not leveraging Sourceware Infrastructure
Services and/or SFC Services more?
Does Sourceware Infrastructure support any BuildBots with Windows builders
for other (GNU?) projects, or could we get Windows containers/VMs added, and
Scallywag running under those, getting off the GitHub and Appveyor servers?
If that's possible, great. I don't have any preferences and I have no
idea if github provides stuff which can't be provided by sware infra.
Might be worth a try to ask.
Hi folks,
We in the Cygwin project are wondering if you currently host any MS Windows
builders, for other projects which support builds or execution on MS Windows
hosts, or could do so, or if there are any blockers which would prevent such
hosting?
We previously ran Cygwin CI under Appveyor, and that is still supported, for
those who prefer not to have Github accounts.
Most developers and maintainers now use Cygwin CI under Github, and that has
also been integrated with deployment, and distribution through the mirrors.
Many developers and maintainers now use that, when clean builds can be achieved
with upstream tests.
When CI tests fail, we still fallback on SFTP uploads, from local builds where
tests may pass, to the Cygwin archives and main mirror for distribution.
So we are not totally reliant on any external CI, but would prefer to be more
so; also if the infrastructure could be based on more free and open software;
with providers more involved in those spaces, as we all are.
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher but when there is no more to cut
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