github actions: attempting to consolidate building all wheels using c…

…ibuildwheel

.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml

@@ -2,131 +2,46 @@ name: Build wheels
 
 on: [push, pull_request] 
 
-# Cannot use cibuildwheels because the current images used by cibuildwheels do not support C++17. 
-
 jobs:
-  build_wheels_windows:
-    name: ${{ matrix.os }} ${{ matrix.python-version }} ${{ matrix.arch }} wheels
+  build_wheels:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    env:
-      TEMP: C:\Temp
-      TMP: C:\Temp
-
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [windows-2022]
-        arch: [x86, x64]
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
-
-    steps:          
-      - name: Support longpaths
-        run: git config --system core.longpaths true
-
-      - name: Check LongPathsEnabled
-        run: |
-          (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem").LongPathsEnabled
-      
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          architecture: ${{ matrix.arch }}
-
-      - name: Install packages
-        run: |
-          pip install wheel
-          pip install setuptools
-          pip install build
-
-      - name: build
-        run: python -m build
-
-      - name: upload wheels
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          path: ./dist/*.whl
-
-  build_wheels_mac:
-    name: ${{ matrix.os }} ${{ matrix.python-version }} wheels
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # Trying to use cibuildwheels to build mac wheels fails because the version of XCode is not high enough.
-        # There is documentation here https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel/blob/main/docs/cpp_standards.md on how to
-        # set it but I could not get it to work while using the standard images provided by github actions does work.
-        os: [macos-latest, macos-13]
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
-    env:
-      SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT: 0
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        architecture: [x64, x86, arm64]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Setup Python for Windows (Only on Windows)
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          python-version: '3.x'
+          architecture: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
 
-      - name: Install packages
+      - name: Install cibuildwheel
         run: |
-          pip install wheel
-          pip install setuptools
-          pip install build
-
-      - name: build
-        run: python -m build
-
-      - name: upload wheels
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          path: ./dist/*.whl
-
-  build_wheels_manylinux_x86_64:
-    name: Build manylinux wheels
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-        # Need to use the image specified below to build manylinux wheels
-        # PyPi only accepts manylinux wheels, it does not accept wheels for specific versions/architectures
-        # Note that at least manylinux2014 is needed to get support for C++17
-      - name: Build manylinux Python wheels
-        uses: RalfG/python-wheels-manylinux-build@v0.7.1-manylinux2014_x86_64
-        with:
-          python-versions: 'cp37-cp37m cp38-cp38 cp39-cp39 cp310-cp310 cp311-cp311 cp312-cp312'
-          build-requirements: 'setuptools'
-
-      - name: upload wheels
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          path: ./dist/*-manylinux*.whl
-
-  build_wheels_manylinux_arm64:
-    name: Build manylinux wheels (arm64)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      # Register QEMU for cross-architecture emulation
-      - name: Set up QEMU for cross-compilation
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
-        with:
-          platforms: arm64
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install cibuildwheel
+
+      - name: Build wheels with cibuildwheel
+        env:
+          CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
+          CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
+          CIBW_ARCHS_WINDOWS: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
+          CIBW_SKIP: "cp36-* cp37-*"
+        run: |
+          cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
 
-      # Build manylinux Python wheels for arm64 architecture
-      - name: Build manylinux Python wheels (arm64)
-        uses: RalfG/python-wheels-manylinux-build@v0.7.1-manylinux2014_aarch64
-        with:
-          python-versions: 'cp37-cp37m cp38-cp38 cp39-cp39 cp310-cp310 cp311-cp311 cp312-cp312'
-          build-requirements: 'setuptools'
+      - name: List wheels
+        run: |
+          ls wheelhouse
 
-      - name: Upload arm64 wheels
+      - name: Upload wheels as artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          path: ./dist/*-manylinux*.whl
+          name: python-wheels
+          path: wheelhouse/*.whl