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How to optimize a project to reduce the running time

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Filipe

12 Dec, 2016 12:32 PM

Hi there,

I need some advice on how to optimize a project to get a few extra minutes so I can build it within the 1-hour limit.

As you can see 3 out of 6 are OK, and the remaining 3 are very close to completion:

https://ci.appveyor.com/project/conda-forge/qt-feedstock/build/1.0.5

This projects is building Qt for the conda package manager. it is a very important package with many other packages downstream depending on it. Any advice to achieve a successful build is welcomed! Thanks in advance! !

1. 1 Posted by Ilya Finkelshte... on 12 Dec, 2016 06:19 PM

   

   Hi Filipe,
   I see that you are downloading dependencies from internet during a build. Can you try to keep them in the build cache?

   Also can you please estimate specific amount of minutes you are above one hour?

   --ilya.

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2. 2 Posted by Filipe on 14 Dec, 2016 06:36 PM

   

   I'll take a look at caching but I am not sure it will work b/c we need up-to-date dependencies and the cache will probably go over the 100 MB limit.

   Regarding the amount of minutes, it is hard to say we have 6 items in that matrix and 3 ends below the 1 hours limit while the remaining 3 fail due to time. I would guess that maybe +15 minutes would do. Not sure... Locally, in my machine, that build takes > 3 hours!

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3. 3 Posted by Ilya Finkelshte... on 15 Dec, 2016 01:49 AM

   

   Hi Filipe,

   1. We changed your account time limit to 90 minutes, hope this helps.

   2. Build cache limit for free plan is 1GB, not 100Mb

   3. I see that successful jobs here are actually very quick, less than 2 minutes, so I suspect that they do not do all what you expect them to do. You probably need to re-examine your config.

   Thanks!
   Ilya.

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4. 4 Posted by Filipe Pires Al... on 15 Dec, 2016 12:51 PM

   

   Thanks for looking into this Ilya!

   That log is not the right one because I skipped the successful builds and
   test a single one.

   Here is the correct one:

   https://ci.appveyor.com/project/conda-forge/qt-feedstock/build/1.0.4

   I just removed all the skips and triggered a new build here"

   https://ci.appveyor.com/project/conda-forge/qt-feedstock/build/1.0.9

   However, all of our builds on AppVeyor are stuck for many days.

   See https://ci.appveyor.com/projects?p=34

   With the exception of the staged-recipes repository all others are stuck :-(

   PS: Not sure if you expanded the time limit in my account (ocefpaf) or in
   the conda-forge account.
   I personally don't need that. We only need it for the conda-forge qt
   account.
   But it does not hurt to get it for all of conda-forge repos ;-)

   Thanks again,

   -Filipe

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5. 5 Posted by Ilya Finkelshte... on 16 Dec, 2016 02:14 AM

   

   Hi Filipe,

   We fixed your queue. Please cancel your builds or start new one. Sorry.

   Longer build time is assigned to the conda-forge account.

   Also I just noticed that for your account build cache limit is actually 20Gb.

   Thanks!
   Ilya.

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6. 6 Posted by Filipe Pires Al... on 16 Dec, 2016 09:33 AM

   

   Thanks! Our builds are already starting!!

   Qt, and some other feedstocks, will benefit from the extra time!

   Thanks again in the name all of the conda-forge community and Windows conda
   users!

   Best,

   -Filipe

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7. Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2018 02:10 AM.