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-environment:
-  msvs_toolset: 14
-  FASTBUILD: 1
-  matrix:
-    - platform: x64
-      configuration: Release
-
-os: Visual Studio 2015
-
-#shallow_clone: true
-# limit clone to latest 5 commits
-clone_depth: 5
-
-services:
-  - postgresql94 #if changing this, also change PATH below
-
-install:
-  - SET PGUSER=postgres
-  - SET PGPASSWORD=Password12!
-  - SET PATH=C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.4\bin\;%PATH%
-
-build_script:
-  - scripts\build-appveyor.bat
-
-after_build:
-  - 7z a visual-test-results.zip C:\tmp\mapnik-visual-images\visual-test-results
-
-artifacts:
-  - path: mapnik-gyp\msbuild-summary.txt
-    name: msbuild-summary.txt
-  - path: mapnik-gyp\msbuild-errors.txt
-    name: msbuild-errors.txt
-  - path: mapnik-gyp\msbuild-warnings.txt
-    name: msbuild-warnings.txt
-  - path: visual-test-results.zip
-    name: visual-test-results.zip
-
-test: off
-deploy: off