[Quantlib-dev] Docker Windows container

[Alix L. <ali...@gm...>]

Hi Luigi and QL-community,

I was wondering if someone has already experimented with the generation of
a QuantLib-Python wheel from a Docker Windows container.

At the moment, from the various work and contributions I found on the web,
I noticed most of the Docker Linux containers (from ubuntu, alpine, ...),
but none of them with Windows.

I think it could be very helpful to be able to automate the compilation of
QuantLib and QuantLib-SWIG/Python on Windows through command lines
exclusively, and with Docker. I can see several advantages :
- first, Docker would propose an isolated environment
- then, we don't necessarily need to install Visual C++ on our machine
- finally, if the installation relies purely on command lines, this could
make it as tractable as it is already on Linux

What do you think in terms of feasibility and has anyone already tried this
approach?

Thanks for your feedbacks,

Alix