Upgrade build actions for release

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -18,34 +18,41 @@ jobs:
         include:
           # Use this condarc as default
           - condarc: .conda/condarc.yaml
+          - pyver: "3.7"
           # Use special condarc if macos
           - os: "macos-14"
             condarc: .conda_mac/condarc.yaml
+            pyver: "3.9"
     steps:
       # Setup
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Cache conda
         uses: actions/cache@v1
         env:
           # Increase this value to reset cache if environment_build.yml has not changed
-          CACHE_NUMBER: 0
+          CACHE_NUMBER: 1
         with:
           path: ~/conda_pkgs_dir
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-conda-${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}-${{ hashFiles('environment_build.yml', 'requirements.txt') }}
+
       - name: Setup Miniconda
-        # https://github.com/conda-incubator/setup-miniconda
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2.0.1
+        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3.0.3
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
-          use-only-tar-bz2: true # IMPORTANT: This needs to be set for caching to work properly!
-          environment-file: environment_build.yml
+          miniforge-version: latest
           condarc-file: ${{ matrix.condarc }}
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.pyver }}
+          environment-file: environment_build.yml
           activate-environment: sleap_ci
+          conda-solver: "libmamba"
+          # Increase the cache number if build dependencies change! Otherwise, the cache will not be invalidated.
+          use-only-tar-bz2: true # IMPORTANT: This needs to be set for caching to work properly!
+
       - name: Print environment info
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
           which python
           conda info
+          conda list
 
       # Build pip wheel (Ubuntu)
       - name: Build pip wheel (Ubuntu)
@@ -69,20 +76,23 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
           conda build .conda --output-folder build
+          echo "BUILD_PATH=$(pwd)/build" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-      # Build conda package (Windows)
+      # Build conda package (Windows) 
       - name: Build conda package (Windows)
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-2022'
         shell: powershell
         run: |
           conda build .conda --output-folder build
+          echo "BUILD_PATH=\$(pwd)\build" >> "$env:GITHUB_ENV"
 
       # Build conda package (Mac)
       - name: Build conda package (Mac)
         if: matrix.os == 'macos-14'
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
           conda build .conda_mac --output-folder build
+          echo "BUILD_PATH=$(pwd)/build" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
       # Test built conda package (Ubuntu and Windows)
       - name: Test built conda package (Ubuntu and Windows)
@@ -91,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Current build path: $BUILD_PATH"
           conda deactivate
-
+    
           echo "Python executable before activating environment:"
           which python
           echo "Python version before activating environment:"
@@ -113,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
           conda list
           echo "List of installed pip packages in the sleap_test environment:"
           pip list
-
+    
           echo "Testing sleap package installation..."
           sleap_version=$(python -c "import sleap; print(sleap.__version__)")
           echo "Test completed using sleap version: $sleap_version"
@@ -125,18 +135,18 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Current build path: $BUILD_PATH"
           conda deactivate
-
+    
           echo "Python executable before activating environment:"
           which python
           echo "Python version before activating environment:"
           python --version
           echo "Conda info before activating environment:"
           conda info
-
+    
           echo "Creating and testing conda environment with sleap package..."
           conda create -y -n sleap_test -c file://$BUILD_PATH -c conda-forge -c anaconda sleap
           conda activate sleap_test
-
+    
           echo "Python executable after activating sleap_test environment:"
           which python
           echo "Python version after activating sleap_test environment:"
@@ -147,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
           conda list
           echo "List of installed pip packages in the sleap_test environment:"
           pip list
-
+    
           echo "Testing sleap package installation..."
           sleap_version=$(python -c "import sleap; print(sleap.__version__)")
           echo "Test completed using sleap version: $sleap_version"

sleap/version.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 """
 
 
-__version__ = "1.4.0a0"
+__version__ = "1.4.1a0"
 
 
 def versions():