Continuous integration

[jchodera]

We should cover continuous integration for testing of software and packaging.

We currently use

• travis-ci for linux and osx
• appveyor for win

We also use https://nightli.es/ for triggering nightly builds to make sure code doesn't go stale due to changes in upstream dependencies.

We try to make this easier by using a devtools/ boilerplate: https://github.com/omnia-md/devtools

[Lnaden]

• Setting up Travis
• Setting up appveyor
• Setting configuring all the ci
• What to test
• What is different between a CI environment and what the user will install/use

@jchodera We'll need the docs you already have on configuring travis and appveyor

Are there other CI platforms we recommend?

[jchodera]

@marscher has been exploring CircleCI as an alternative to travis, with some interesting features.

[Lnaden]

Interesting, I'll see if there is anything in there to bring into the writeup

[jchodera]

I think the support for retrieving build artifacts could be useful.