Fix appveyor builds (#207)

* double quotes

* different quotes

* escape quotes

* follow metpys example

* add pytest. improve comments

* remove install_python.ps1. add whatsnew note

* wrong issue number

Author: wholmgren

appveyor.yml

@@ -1,40 +1,41 @@
 # CI on Windows via appveyor
-# This file was based on pandas' and xarray's appveyor.yml
-# This file was based on Olivier Grisel's python-appveyor-demo
+# This file is based on MetPy's appveyor.yml
 
 environment:
 
+  CONDA_PATH: "C:\\Miniconda"
+
   matrix:
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python27-conda32"
-      PYTHON_VERSION: "2.7"
-      PYTHON_ARCH: "32"
+    - PYTHON_VERSION: "2.7"
+    - PYTHON_VERSION: "3.4"
+    #- PYTHON_VERSION: "3.5"
 
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python34-conda64"
-      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.4"
-      PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
+platform:
+    - x86
+    - x64
 
 install:
-    # Install miniconda Python
-    - "powershell ./ci/install_python.ps1"
-
-    # Prepend newly installed Python to the PATH of this build (this cannot be
-    # done from inside the powershell script as it would require to restart
-    # the parent CMD process).
-    - "SET PATH=%PYTHON%;%PYTHON%\\Scripts;%PATH%"
-
-    # Check that we have the expected version and architecture for Python
-    - "python --version"
-    - "python -c \"import struct; print(struct.calcsize('P') * 8)\""
+    # Use the pre-installed Miniconda for the desired arch
+    - ps: if($env:PYTHON_VERSION -eq '3.5')
+            { $env:CONDA_PATH="$($env:CONDA_PATH)35" }
+    - ps: if($env:TARGET_ARCH -eq 'x64')
+            { $env:CONDA_PATH="$($env:CONDA_PATH)-x64" }
+    - ps: $env:path="$($env:CONDA_PATH);$($env:CONDA_PATH)\Scripts;$($env:CONDA_PATH)\Library\bin;C:\cygwin\bin;$($env:PATH)"
+    - cmd: conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no
+    - cmd: conda update -q conda
+    # Useful for debugging any issues with conda
+    - cmd: conda info -a
 
     # install depenencies
-    - "conda create -n test_env --yes --quiet python=%PYTHON_VERSION% pip numpy scipy=0.16.0 pandas nose pytz ephem numba"
-    - "activate test_env"
-    - "conda list"
+    - cmd: conda create -n test_env --yes --quiet python=%PYTHON_VERSION% pip numpy scipy=0.16.0 pandas nose pytest pytz ephem numba
+    - cmd: activate test_env
+    - cmd: python --version
+    - cmd: conda list
 
     # install pvlib
-    - "python setup.py install"
+    - cmd: pip install -e .
 
 build: false
 
 test_script:
-    - "py.test -v pvlib"
+    - cmd: py.test -v pvlib

ci/install_python.ps1

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ Other
 ~~~~~
 
 * Switch to the py.test testing framework. (:issue:`204`)
+* Reconfigure Appveyor CI builds and resolve an issue in which the command
+  line length was too long. (:issue:`207`)
 
 
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