[Python-Dev] Appveyor builds fail on Windows for 3.6 backports.

[Terry Reedy]

On 6/23/2017 2:24 PM, Zachary Ware wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>> Example: appveyor passes for
>> https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/2335#discussion_r123724857
>>
>> Appveyor build fails for 3.6 backport
>> https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/2359
>> https://ci.appveyor.com/project/python/cpython/build/3.6.1+.3673
>> The compile and build errors have nothing to do with the patch.
>>
>> This failure is routine; turning off appveyor for 3.6, until fixed, would
>> reduce noise.
>>
>> I presume this is a workflow issue, but I don't know if Windows experts
>> would see it.
> 
> I had not seen that failure before, but it is troubling.  For
> AppVeyor, it looks like we might be able to get around it by using the
> `cache` feature (which we should probably do anyway), but if that
> failure happens routinely otherwise, we may have to completely rethink
> the approach I've taken in https://bugs.python.org/issue30450

If by 'cache', you mean keep a current build of the main x.y branch, and
only recompile what is needed, and skip compile for .py and .rst only 
patches, thereby speeding up CI testing, I would be all in favor.

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Terry Jan Reedy