<div dir="ltr">VSTS is clearly not yet a stable continuous integration platform.  It needs to be made non-blocking, and AppVeyor and Travis need to be brought back!<div><br></div><div>Examples:</div><div> <a href="https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/6938#issuecomment-389908094">https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/6938#issuecomment-389908094</a></div><div>   Windows broke - <a href="https://python.visualstudio.com/cpython/_build?buildId=522">https://python.visualstudio.com/cpython/_build?buildId=522</a></div><div> <a href="https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/6939">https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/6939</a></div><div>   Linux broke - <a href="https://python.visualstudio.com/cpython/_build?buildId=523">https://python.visualstudio.com/cpython/_build?buildId=523</a></div><div><br></div><div>This was on a documentation-only change.</div><div><br></div><div>We cannot be changing to new PR-merge-blocking continuous integration services at this point during a release cycle.  This is preventing changes from making it in.</div><div><br></div><div>-gps</div></div>