Revisiting the GitHub Actions Release system (.flatpak + .deb)

.github/actions/setup/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: "Setup Processing"
+description: "Setup the required contents for Processing to build"
+inputs:
+  arch:
+    description: 'Architecture of the JDK to download'
+    required: false
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Install Java
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      with:
+        java-version: '17'
+        distribution: 'temurin'
+        architecture: ${{ inputs.arch }}
+
+    - name: Setup Gradle
+      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -1,77 +1,70 @@
-name: Branch Builds (Legacy)
-on: 
+name: Branch Builds
+on:
   push:
     paths-ignore:
       - '**/*.md'
       - '.all-contributorsrc'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+    branches:
+      - main
+
 
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: Run Tests
+    name: Test Processing
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          java-version: '17'
-          distribution: 'temurin'
-          architecture: x64
-      - name: Build
-        run: >
-          cd build;
-          ant -noinput build test;
-  build: 
-    name: Create Pre-release for ${{ matrix.os_prefix }} (${{ matrix.arch }})
-    needs: test
+
+      - name: Setup Processing
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew test
+  build:
+    name: (${{ matrix.os_prefix }}/${{ matrix.arch }}) Create Processing Build
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
+    needs: test
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          # compiling for arm32 needs a self-hosted runner on Raspi OS (32-bit)
-          - os: [self-hosted, linux, ARM]
+          - os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
             os_prefix: linux
-            arch: arm
+            arch: aarch64
+            binary: deb/processing*.deb
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             os_prefix: linux
             arch: x64
+            binary: deb/processing*.deb
           - os: windows-latest
             os_prefix: windows
             arch: x64
+            binary: msi/Processing-*.msi
           - os: macos-latest
             os_prefix: macos
             arch: x64
+            binary: dmg/Processing-*.dmg
           - os: macos-latest
             os_prefix: macos
             arch: aarch64
-          - os: macos-latest
-            os_prefix: linux
-            arch: aarch64
+            binary: dmg/Processing-*.dmg
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Checkout Examples Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: processing/processing-examples
-          path: processing-examples
-      - name: Install Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          java-version: '17'
-          distribution: 'temurin'
-          architecture: ${{ matrix.arch }}
-      - name: Setup Ant
-        uses: cedx/setup-ant@v3
-      - name: Build Release
-        run: ant -noinput -buildfile build/build.xml ${{ matrix.os_prefix }}-dist -Dversion="${{ github.sha }}"
+
+      - name: Setup Processing
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+
+      - name: Package Processing with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew packageDistributionForCurrentOS
+
       - name: Add artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: processing-${{ github.ref_name }}-${{github.sha}}-${{ matrix.os_prefix }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-ant
-          path:  ./build/${{ matrix.os_prefix }}/processing-${{github.sha}}-${{ matrix.os_prefix}}-*
+          name: processing-${{ matrix.os_prefix }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-br_${{ github.ref_name }}
           retention-days: 1
+          path: app/build/compose/binaries/main/${{ matrix.binary }}

.github/workflows/pull_request-gradle.yml → .github/workflows/pr.yml

@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: '17'
-          distribution: 'temurin'
-      - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Setup Processing
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
 
       - name: Build with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew test
@@ -34,11 +32,11 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
             os_prefix: linux
             arch: aarch64
-            binary: processing*.snap
+            binary: deb/processing*.deb
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             os_prefix: linux
             arch: x64
-            binary: processing*.snap
+            binary: deb/processing*.deb
           - os: windows-latest
             os_prefix: windows
             arch: x64
@@ -52,23 +50,11 @@ jobs:
             arch: aarch64
             binary: dmg/Processing-*.dmg
     steps:
-      - name: Install Snapcraft
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        uses: samuelmeuli/action-snapcraft@v3
-      - name: Install LXD
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        uses: canonical/setup-lxd@main
-
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          java-version: '17'
-          distribution: 'temurin'
-          architecture: ${{ matrix.arch }}
-      - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Processing
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
 
       - name: Build with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew packageDistributionForCurrentOS