Orphis' buildbot site down

[beyondmeat]

please host dev builds on github as pre-releases.

[hrydgard]

hardware issue, orphis is on it

[brujo5]

@hrydgard
still the same, I have been wanting to install the latest dev version for days

[LunaMoo]

Even if you can't build it on your own, you could just download artifacts from github actions:
~https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/actions/workflows/build.yml

It's even set up to generate android apk, through requires manual trigger and I'm unsure if it's available for everyone or just contributors.

[brujo5]

android artifact does not appear

[LunaMoo]

Once it completes it should be here

[brujo5]

Thanks

[IrfanH495]

sorry, I want to update ppsspp, do I have to check all of these

[LunaMoo]

To make it a bit clearer for anyone new coming, I'm reformatting this a bit.

Android builds

Those are triggered manually, so not much happening, but will trigger new one when meaningful changes happen, remember PPSSPP is multiplatform and not every build is even relevant for you, often it's just a number change, anyway the list is here, from there choose the latest "Manual Generate Android APK".

Then just go to artifacts of the build that interests you and click "android-NormalOptimized build" (those are direct links to the last build I triggered while writing this, and before turning this post into more of an universal guide, you can just follow instructions instead of clicking them in case newer build will be triggered).

Here's a screenshot made from an Android phone to make it easier 🐮

Windows x64/ARM64/Ubuntu/MacOS builds

Standard workflow "build" is automatic and include merges(last merge is usually latest) and all pull requests(basically any work someone wants in, but it might not be based on latest version and might require changes before being accepted) includes Windows x64, Windows ARM64, macOS and ubuntu builds. Screenshot of those:

Just click on latest build from "master", which usually is last merge and on the bottom of the page that opens there will be 4 artifact builds.

Just click on the file name that's named after the platform you're interested in for example and likely most popular "Windows x64 build".

Other platforms

Other than Android APK we also have a setup for iOS IPA and UWP MSIX with manual triggers(limited to contributors or collaborators), the lists are empty for now as nobody requested builds from those platforms.

[IrfanH495]

Thanks @LunaMoo

[master1274]

аппаратная проблема, orphis занимается этим

What do we end up with? The server is still not available. Where can I get the latest preview builds?

[LunaMoo]

The way to get latest builds was always there since long time ago separate from Orphis buildbot, just look up into my post explaining how to download artifacts from github actions.

Also as can be seen - nothing significant affecting most user experience or compatibility was worked on any recent time, it's all minor changes, sometimes important to a very narrow number of users.

[hrydgard]

New buildbot is up, though doesn't have a lot of history yet:

https://www.ppsspp.org/devbuilds/

It only has Windows and Android so far, like Orphis', but more platforms may be added in the future.

Orphis' bot is still down though.

[beyondmeat]

Please consider using github 'prelease' release feature for dev builds, and host the other builds on github as well, this would be useful for scoop updater.

[hrydgard]

@beyondmeat if you know how to set that up, feel free to help out (PR or instructions).

I just spent a bunch of time setting up a new buildbot, so not inclined to dig more right now.

[beyondmeat]

I can create the needed github workflows/actions and do a PR