Testing on windows

[Gabriel Samfira]

On 19.03.2015 12:07, Michael Foord wrote:
>
> Do all tests pass (or skip) on Windows now? Do we have a CI job 
> running them?
There is a PR under review, and one other fix pending that will make all 
tests pass in juju core again. There is no job yet in the CI that blocks 
master if tests fail on Windows. We should be able to turn it on once: 
http://reviews.vapour.ws/r/1119/ merges and one other fix lands in 
github.com/juju/testing.

Until then, it is still useful to test on Windows before pushing, to 
limit the risk of breaking anything else. Its also good practice, as 
windows does offer some differences from Linux, and we need to be aware 
of them when writing code. We also need to get accustomed to writing new 
features with multiple platforms in mind. It would really be bad to 
create a bigger gap between the platforms then already exists (playing 
catch up is never a good thing).

A set of branches for CentOS support will soon be proposed, and soon 
after that Debian (Jessie), so testing on windows should be good 
practice for when that happens :).

Cheers,
Gabriel