CI: Build Linux AArch64 wheels natively, and add Arm runners for testing (#788)

- Build Linux arm64 wheels natively
- Expand regular CI with Linux Arm runners
- Add Python 3.13 to the testing matrix
- Reduce testing matrix by not matrix'ing densely over Python versions

Author: agriyakhetarpal

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -27,38 +27,43 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   test_pywavelets_linux:
-    name: linux-cp${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.OPTIONS_NAME }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}-cp${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.OPTIONS_NAME }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
     strategy:
       # Ensure that a wheel builder finishes even if another fails
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        runs-on: [ubuntu-latest] # Arm runner tested separately, see below
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.13"]
         MINIMUM_REQUIREMENTS: [0]
         USE_SCIPY: [0]
         USE_SDIST: [0]
         REFGUIDE_CHECK: [1]
         PIP_FLAGS: [""]
         OPTIONS_NAME: ["default"]
         include:
-          - platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
+          # Linux arm64
+          - runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-arm
+            python-version: "3.13"
+          # Linux amd64
+          - runs-on: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: "3.10"
             MINIMUM_REQUIREMENTS: 1
             OPTIONS_NAME: "minimum-req"
-          - platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
+          - runs-on: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: "3.10"
             USE_SCIPY: 1
             OPTIONS_NAME: "with-scipy"
-          - platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
+          - runs-on: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: "3.10"
             USE_SDIST: 1
             OPTIONS_NAME: "install-from-sdist"
-          - platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            python-version: "3.12"
+          - runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+            python-version: "3.13"
             PIP_FLAGS: "--pre"
             OPTIONS_NAME: "pre-releases"
-          - platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            python-version: "3.12"
+          - runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+            python-version: "3.13"
             OPTIONS_NAME: "editable-install"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout PyWavelets
@@ -183,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
       # Ensure that a wheel builder finishes even if another fails
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.13"]
         MINIMUM_REQUIREMENTS: [0]
         USE_SCIPY: [0]
         USE_SDIST: [0]
@@ -194,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
           - python-version: "3.10"
             MINIMUM_REQUIREMENTS: 1
             OPTIONS_NAME: "osx-minimum-req"
-          - python-version: "3.12"
+          - python-version: "3.13"
             PIP_FLAGS: "--pre"
             OPTIONS_NAME: "pre-releases"
 

.github/workflows/wheel_tests_and_release.yml

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04-arm]
         cibw_python: ["cp310", "cp311", "cp312", "cp313"]
         cibw_arch: ["aarch64"]
     steps:
@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@ jobs:
         name: Install Python
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-        with:
-          platforms: arm64
 
       - name: Build the wheel
         uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@ee63bf16da6cddfb925f542f2c7b59ad50e93969 # v2.22.0