AcademySoftwareFoundation / AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenShadingLanguage

Set up Windows build in our CI

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build / testing / port / CI Dev Days good first issue help wanted windows
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Description

Our CI doesn't actually build and test on Windows. This causes no end of despair.

How hard can it be? You don't really need to know anything about OSL internals or even C++ programming. It's mainly about wrangling builds and knowing how such things are done on Windows. Maybe it's even a good Dev Days project?

[OpenImageIO](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO)'s build and CI system is basically the same as OSL's, and it has Windows builds in its CI, so that should provide much of the template (and existence proof) for how this can be done. Probably the hardest part is that unlike OIIO, OSL will need LLVM installed as a dependency.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by comparing OpenImageIO's Windows CI configuration with OpenShadingLanguage's existing CI and build setup. Account for LLVM as an additional dependency; done means CI builds and tests OSL successfully on Windows.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
build-system, ci-cd, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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