Linux distro cross-test results

[jjYBdx4IL]

I have implemented simple tests that are checking whether the Libs generated on Debian Squeeze can be loaded on newer Ubuntu/Debian OSes. I'm also parsing and printing out the dynamic sections of the libraries there.

The log files (and results) have the format testlog.$project.$buildos.$testos.log and can be found there:

https://github.com/jjYBdx4IL/javacpp-presets

4 projects cannot be built because sources are not available or incomplete (flandmark depends on opencv, for example). These projects are listed in the allow_failure section of https://github.com/jjYBdx4IL/javacpp-presets/blob/develop/.travis.yml

Just FYI.

[saudet]

Thanks, that's great :) I would be more interested in first knowing if we can also get Android, Mac OS X, and Windows to build though.

[jjYBdx4IL]

There are cross-compilers for those systems, but in the end you will need your own Windows and Mac images to run the tests...... and better get every version of Windows and Mac release, or you likely end up with non-functioning stuff.

Another issue is with android: they have a good cross-compiler suite, but it is rather large and travis provides no caching.... lots of reason to choose the kvm way: one could provide scripts to install base images of Linux distros and for Windows and Mac one could specify manually created images (or maybe scripts too, if you have the installation media). The prepared images could then be cached somewhere locally so you don't have to initialize them for each build. Maybe I'll start a separate project for that, one that concentrates on the open stuff, but which should the provide easy hooks the insert the proprietary dependencies.

[saudet]

Sure, keep me updated on how that goes!

[saudet]

So, any news about KVM? Is it working well? Let me know! Thanks

[jjYBdx4IL]

It will definitely work for Windows and Linux guests. Mac OS is potentially a problem because of license issues, hardware dongles etc...... I just have to find some spare time. :-)

[saudet]

Linux, Windows, that's a good start! Let me know when you have a working system. Thanks!

[saudet]

Hi, any news?

[saudet]

BTW, Docker works great. I've used it for the latest release (version 1.1). I'm guessing it would work fine on Travis CI as well!

[saudet]

Thanks to @vb216 we now have the builds running on Travis CI and AppVeyor for Android, Linux, Mac, and Windows, so I'm considering this issue solved. Thanks for your interest though! We still need help maintaining the system, for example, getting the samples running as tests would be a good thing to have...