When will Travis-CI support ubuntu 14.04 as the build OS?

Question

To build C++ code there are various dependencies that aren't available in Ubuntu 12.04 but available in Ubuntu 14.04, for example g++-4.8, boost1.54, etc.

When will Travis-CI support 14.04? or does it already support and how to enable build on 14.04?

Answer 1

Travis' team recently announced that they are opening beta Ubuntu 14.04 LTS support.

To get started with 14.04 beta add the following two keys in your .travis.yml file:

sudo: required
dist: trusty

There is also a milestone category on Github with some remaining issues which need to be resolved before it goes to stable.

For further information you can read here.

Answer 2

There is an open issue on the Travis CI GitHub repository about getting Ubuntu 14.04 support, but there hasn't been much news on it for a long time. I suggest contacting the Travis CI team more directly, perhaps via that issue, if you want an update.