Update Appveyor and GHA CI build configurations

.appveyor.yml

@@ -3,17 +3,14 @@
 
 # This is YAML - indentation levels are crucial
 
-cache:
-  - C:\Users\appveyor\.tools
-
 #---------------------------------#
-#       additional packages       #
+#       build cache               #
 #---------------------------------#
+# The AppVeyor cache allowance is way too small (1GB per account across all
+# projects, branches and jobs) to be used for the dependency builds.
 
-install:
-# for the sequencer
-  - cinst re2c
-  - cmd: git submodule update --init --recursive
+cache:
+  - C:\Users\appveyor\.tools
 
 #---------------------------------#
 #       repository cloning        #
@@ -23,14 +20,11 @@ init:
   # Set autocrlf to make batch files work
   - git config --global core.autocrlf true
 
-clone_depth: 50
+clone_depth: 5
 
-# Skipping commits affecting only specific files
-skip_commits:
-  files:
-    - 'documentation/*'
-    - '**/*.md'
-    - '.github/**'
+#---------------------------------#
+#   build matrix configuration    #
+#---------------------------------#
 
 # Build Configurations: dll/static, regular/debug
 configuration:
@@ -43,6 +37,7 @@ configuration:
 environment:
   # common / default variables for all jobs
   SETUP_PATH: .ci-local:.ci
+  EPICS_TEST_IMPRECISE_TIMING: YES
 
   matrix:
   - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2019
@@ -66,8 +61,10 @@ platform:
 #     building & testing          #
 #---------------------------------#
 
-build_script:
+install:
   - cmd: python .ci/cue.py prepare
+
+build_script:
   - cmd: python .ci/cue.py build
 
 test_script:

.github/workflows/ci-scripts-build.yml

@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       BASE: ${{ matrix.base }}
       CMP: ${{ matrix.cmp }}
       BCFG: ${{ matrix.configuration }}
-      WINE: ${{ matrix.wine }}
-      RTEMS: ${{ matrix.rtems }}
+      CI_CROSS_TARGETS: ${{ matrix.cross }}
       EXTRA: ${{ matrix.extra }}
       TEST: ${{ matrix.test }}
     strategy:
@@ -40,21 +39,21 @@ jobs:
             cmp: gcc
             configuration: default
             base: "7.0"
-            wine: "64"
+            cross: "windows-x64-mingw"
             name: "7.0 Ub-20 gcc-9 + MinGW"
 
           - os: ubuntu-20.04
             cmp: gcc
             configuration: static
             base: "7.0"
-            wine: "64"
+            cross: "windows-x64-mingw"
             name: "7.0 Ub-20 gcc-9 + MinGW, static"
 
           - os: ubuntu-20.04
             cmp: gcc
             configuration: default
             base: "3.15"
-            wine: "64"
+            cross: "windows-x64-mingw"
             name: "3.15 Ub-20 gcc-9 + MinGW"
 
           - os: ubuntu-20.04
@@ -64,6 +63,12 @@ jobs:
             extra: "CMD_CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11"
             name: "7.0 Ub-20 gcc-9 C++11, static"
 
+          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+            cmp: clang
+            configuration: default
+            base: "7.0"
+            name: "7.0 Ub-20 clang-10"
+
           - os: ubuntu-20.04
             cmp: clang
             configuration: default
@@ -75,22 +80,16 @@ jobs:
             cmp: gcc
             configuration: default
             base: "7.0"
-            rtems: "4.10"
+            cross: "RTEMS-pc386-qemu@4.10"
             name: "7.0 Ub-20 gcc-9 + RT-4.10"
 
           - os: ubuntu-20.04
             cmp: gcc
             configuration: default
             base: "7.0"
-            rtems: "4.9"
+            cross: "RTEMS-pc386-qemu@4.9"
             name: "7.0 Ub-20 gcc-9 + RT-4.9"
 
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
-            cmp: clang
-            configuration: default
-            base: "7.0"
-            name: "7.0 Ub-20 clang-10"
-
           - os: macos-latest
             cmp: clang
             configuration: default
@@ -113,10 +112,10 @@ jobs:
             cmp: gcc
             configuration: static
             base: "7.0"
-            name: "7.0 Win2019 mingw, static"
+            name: "7.0 Win2019 MinGW, static"
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         submodules: true
     - name: "apt-get install"
@@ -131,11 +130,14 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run main module tests
       run: python .ci/cue.py test
     - name: Upload tapfiles Artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      if: ${{ always() }}
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: tapfiles ${{ matrix.name }}
         path: '**/O.*/*.tap'
+        if-no-files-found: ignore
     - name: Collect and show test results
+      if: ${{ always() }}
       run: python .ci/cue.py test-results
 
   docker:
@@ -148,22 +150,20 @@ jobs:
       BASE: ${{ matrix.base }}
       CMP: ${{ matrix.cmp }}
       BCFG: ${{ matrix.configuration }}
-      WINE: ${{ matrix.wine }}
-      RTEMS: ${{ matrix.rtems }}
       EXTRA: ${{ matrix.extra }}
       TEST: ${{ matrix.test }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         # Job names also name artifacts, character limitations apply
         include:
-          - name: Linux centos 7
-            image: centos:7
-            cmp: gcc
-            configuration: default
-            base: "7.0"
+          #- name: "CentOS-7"
+          #  image: centos:7
+          #  cmp: gcc
+          #  configuration: default
+          #  base: "7.0"
 
-          - name: Linux fedora latest
+          - name: Fedora-latest
             image: fedora:latest
             cmp: gcc
             configuration: default
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ jobs:
         # people would rather just break all existing scripts...
         [ -e /usr/bin/python ] || ln -sf /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
         python --version
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         submodules: true
     - name: Prepare and compile dependencies
@@ -206,9 +206,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run main module tests
       run: python .ci/cue.py test
     - name: Upload tapfiles Artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: tapfiles ${{ matrix.name }}
         path: '**/O.*/*.tap'
+        if-no-files-found: ignore
     - name: Collect and show test results
+      if: ${{ always() }}
       run: python .ci/cue.py test-results