Workflows: Modify the runtest workflow file to pair an OS version with a python version. [skip appveyor]

Changes:
* Modify the matrix to pair OS version and PY version.
* Update CHANGES.txt and RELEASE.txt accordingly.

Author: jcbrill

.github/workflows/runtest.yml

@@ -20,39 +20,42 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: ['ubuntu-22.04', 'ubuntu-24.04']
+        cfg: [
+          {os: 'ubuntu-22.04', py: '3.7'},
+          {os: 'ubuntu-24.04', py: '3.13'},
+        ]
 
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.cfg.os }}
 
     steps:
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Install Ubuntu packages $${ matrix.os }}
+      - name: Install Ubuntu packages ${{ matrix.cfg.os }}
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install libtirpc-dev
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.12 ${{ matrix.os }}
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.cfg.py }} ${{ matrix.cfg.os }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.12'
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.cfg.py }}
           cache: 'pip'
 
-      - name: Install Python dependencies ${{ matrix.os }}
+      - name: Install Python ${{ matrix.cfg.py }} dependencies ${{ matrix.cfg.os }}
         run: |
           python -m pip install --progress-bar off --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install --progress-bar off -r requirements-dev.txt
           # sudo apt-get update
 
-      - name: runtest ${{ matrix.os }}
+      - name: runtest ${{ matrix.cfg.os }} ${{ matrix.cfg.py }}
         run: |
           python runtest.py --all --time --jobs=4
 
-      - name: Archive Failed tests ${{ matrix.os }}
+      - name: Archive Failed tests ${{ matrix.cfg.os }} ${{ matrix.cfg.py }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: failure()
         with:
-          name: ${{ matrix.os }}-failed-tests
+          name: ${{ matrix.cfg.os }}-${{ matrix.cfg.py }}-failed-tests
           path: |
             failed_tests.log

CHANGES.txt

@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ RELEASE  VERSION/DATE TO BE FILLED IN LATER
       * Upload the failed_tests.log artifact on failure in select workflow
         files. Prior to this change, the failed test log was uploaded only
         when none of the tests failed.
+      * Modify the runtest workflow file to pair an OS version with a python
+        version.
     - Ninja: Increase the number of generated source files in the ninja
       iterative speedup test from 200 to 250. Increasing the workload should
       reduce the likelihood that the ninja tests are slower.

RELEASE.txt

@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ DEVELOPMENT
 - GitHub: Upload the failed_tests.log artifact on failure in select
   workflow files.
 
+- GitHub: Change the runtest workflow to allow the python version to
+  be specified with the OS version.
+
 - Testing: Increase the default timeout from 20 seconds to 60 seconds
   in the testing framework wait_for method. The timeout was increased
   during isolated experiments of the interactive tests on windows.