ci: improve and update github actions

.github/workflows/build-darwin.yaml

@@ -12,19 +12,19 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-11
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python_version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
       - name: "Set up Python ${{ matrix.python_version }}"
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "${{ matrix.python_version }}"
       - name: pip cache
         id: pip-cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/setup.*') }}
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: install core_types plugin
         run: pip install -U git+https://github.com/DHARPA-project/kiara_plugin.core_types@develop
       - name: install tabular types plugin

.github/workflows/build-linux.yaml

@@ -125,10 +125,6 @@ jobs:
   build_python_package:
     name: build python package
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-      - test-linux
-      - mypy-linux
-      - linting-linux
     steps:
       - name: Set up Python 3.12
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -192,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: install kiara_plugin.develop
-        run: pip install kiara_plugin.develop
+        run: pip install -U git+https://github.com/DHARPA-project/kiara_plugin.core_types@develop
       - name: build conda package
         run: kiara build conda pkg --channel dharpa --channel conda-forge --patch-data ci/conda/conda-pkg-patch.yaml --output-folder build-dir .
       - name: upload artifacts
@@ -223,7 +219,7 @@ jobs:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-3.12
       - name: install kiara_plugin.develop
-        run: pip install kiara_plugin.develop
+        run: pip install -U git+https://github.com/DHARPA-project/kiara_plugin.core_types@develop
       - name: Retrieve build distributions
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:

.github/workflows/build-windows.yaml

@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python_version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
       - name: "Set up Python ${{ matrix.python_version }}"
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "${{ matrix.python_version }}"
       - name: pip cache
         id: pip-cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/setup.*') }}
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: install core_types plugin
         run: pip install -U git+https://github.com/DHARPA-project/kiara_plugin.core_types@develop
       - name: install tabular types plugin

ci/conda/conda-pkg-patch.yaml

@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ requirements:
   docstring-parser: docstring_parser
 
 channels:
-  - conda-forge
   - dharpa
+  - conda-forge
 
 entry_points:
   kiara: kiara.interfaces.cli:cli
 
 host_requirements:
   - pip
   - python
-  - setuptools<=63
+  - setuptools
   - setuptools_scm
   - setuptools_scm_git_archive