Merge pull request #4339 from mwichmann/maint/ci-tweaks

Drop coverage from CI for now

3 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index a8db5e9f9..f7e23f60f 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ install:
 # Leaving the Coverage build on VS2017 for build-time reasons (1hr time limit).
 # maybe move coverage to github in future to restore some flexibility?
 environment:
+  # set COVERAGE to 1 for any builder that should run it
   COVERAGE: 0
   SCONS_CACHE_MSVC_CONFIG: "true"
   matrix:
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ environment:
     - WINPYTHON: "Python38"
 
     - WINPYTHON: "Python36"
-      COVERAGE: 1
 
 # remove sets of build jobs based on criteria below
 # to fine tune the number and platforms tested
diff --git a/.github/workflows/experimental_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/experimental_tests.yml
index 8717b1448..c272d51e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/experimental_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/experimental_tests.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # note: in the 2nd half of 2022 the setup-mingw was often failing on
         # windows-latest. revisit someday (perhaps when there's an @v3)
+        #os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'windows-latest', 'macos-latest']
         os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'windows-2019', 'macos-latest']
 
     # The type of runner that the job will run on
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ jobs:
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+      # experiment: maybe don't need this?
+      # update: looks like we do: with this commented out, the build hung
       - name: Set up MinGW
         uses: egor-tensin/setup-mingw@v2
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-2019'
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f177d6f11..67a0385f3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ SCons.Tool.docbook = *.*
     sconsign.1
 
 [sdist]
-    dist_dir=build/dist
+dist_dir=build/dist
 
 [bdist_wheel]
     ; We're now py3 only