add .appveyor.yml; use build_nim.sh and build_rocksdb.sh

.appveyor.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+version: '{build}'
+
+image: Visual Studio 2015
+
+cache:
+  - nimbus-deps.zip -> .appveyor.yml
+  - NimBinaries
+
+matrix:
+  # We always want 32 and 64-bit compilation
+  fast_finish: false
+
+platform:
+  - x86
+  - x64
+
+# when multiple CI builds are queued, the tested commit needs to be in the last X commits cloned with "--depth X"
+clone_depth: 10
+
+install:
+  - SET "ROCKSDB_URL=https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-deps/releases/download/nimbus-deps/nimbus-deps.zip"
+  - SET "ROCKSDB_ARCHIVE=nimbus-deps.zip"
+
+  # use the newest versions documented here: https://www.appveyor.com/docs/windows-images-software/#mingw-msys-cygwin
+  - IF "%PLATFORM%" == "x86" SET PATH=C:\mingw-w64\i686-6.3.0-posix-dwarf-rt_v5-rev1\mingw32\bin;%PATH%
+  - IF "%PLATFORM%" == "x64" SET PATH=C:\mingw-w64\x86_64-8.1.0-posix-seh-rt_v6-rev0\mingw64\bin;%PATH%
+
+  - MKDIR %CD%\bin
+  - SET PATH=%CD%\bin;%CD%\Nim\bin;%PATH%
+
+  # Unpack rocksdb
+  - IF not exist "%ROCKSDB_ARCHIVE%" appveyor DownloadFile "%ROCKSDB_URL%" -FileName "%ROCKSDB_ARCHIVE%"
+  - 7z x -y "%ROCKSDB_ARCHIVE%" > nul
+  - IF "%PLATFORM%" == "x64" ( copy %CD%\x64\librocksdb.dll %CD%\bin\librocksdb.dll ) ELSE ( copy %CD%\x86\librocksdb.dll %CD%\bin\librocksdb.dll )
+
+  # build nim from our own branch - this to avoid the day-to-day churn and
+  # regressions of the fast-paced Nim development while maintaining the
+  # flexibility to apply patches
+  - curl -O -L -s -S https://raw.githubusercontent.com/status-im/nimbus/devel/build_nim.sh
+  - env MAKE="mingw32-make -j2" ARCH_OVERRIDE=%PLATFORM% bash build_nim.sh Nim csources dist/nimble NimBinaries
+
+build_script:
+  - cd C:\projects\%APPVEYOR_PROJECT_SLUG%
+  - bash -c "nimble install -y"
+
+test_script:
+  - nimble test
+
+deploy: off
+

.travis.yml

@@ -1,63 +1,44 @@
 language: c
 
-cache: ccache
+# https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/caching/
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - NimBinaries
+    - rocksdbCache
+
+git:
+  # when multiple CI builds are queued, the tested commit needs to be in the last X commits cloned with "--depth X"
+  depth: 10
 
 matrix:
   include:
-    # Build and test against the master (stable) and devel branches of Nim
     # Build and test using both gcc and clang
     # For faster testing we don't test clang on linux, only on macOS
     - os: linux
-      env:
-        - CHANNEL=stable
-        # - CHANNEL=devel
       compiler: gcc
       sudo: required
-      services:
-        - docker
       before_install:
-        # RocksDB is packaged for Ubuntu 16.04+ or Debian Stretch only
+        - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib"
-        # Travis only supports 14.04 at the moment
-        - docker pull statusteam/nim-base
-
-    ## Travis OSX version is too old and does not have rocksdb
     - os: osx
-      env: CHANNEL=stable
       compiler: clang
-      addons:
+      before_install:
-        homebrew:
+        - launchctl setenv LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib # for RocksDB
-          packages:
-            - rocksdb
-
-  #allow_failures:
-    ## Ignore failures when building against the devel Nim branch
-    ## Also ignore OSX, due to very long build time for Travis
-    #- env: CHANNEL=devel
-    #- os: osx
-  fast_finish: true
 
 install:
-  - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME = osx ]; then
+  # build nim from our own branch - this to avoid the day-to-day churn and
-      export CHOOSENIM_NO_ANALYTICS=1;
+  # regressions of the fast-paced Nim development while maintaining the
-      curl https://nim-lang.org/choosenim/init.sh -sSf > init.sh;
+  # flexibility to apply patches
-      sh init.sh -y;
+  - curl -O -L -s -S https://raw.githubusercontent.com/status-im/nimbus/devel/build_nim.sh
-      export PATH=~/.nimble/bin:$PATH;
+  - env MAKE="make -j2" bash build_nim.sh Nim csources dist/nimble NimBinaries
-      echo "export PATH=~/.nimble/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.profile;
+  - export PATH=$PWD/Nim/bin:$PATH
-      choosenim $CHANNEL;
+
-    fi;
+  # build our own rocksdb to test with a fixed version that we think works
-  - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME = linux ]; then
+  - curl -O -L -s -S https://raw.githubusercontent.com/status-im/nimbus/devel/build_rocksdb.sh
-      docker run statusteam/nim-base nim --version;
+  - bash build_rocksdb.sh rocksdbCache
-    fi;
 
 script:
-    - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME = osx ]; then
+  - nimble install -y
-        nimble refresh;
+  - nimble test
-        nimble test;
-      fi;
-    - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME = linux ]; then
-        docker run -v "$(pwd):/project" -w /project statusteam/nim-base run "apt-get -qq update && apt-get install -y librocksdb-dev && nimble install -y && nimble test";
-      fi;
-
 
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