fix(ci): green the matrix — importlib.metadata, manylinux_2_28, drop cp38 - #289
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…cp38 Three failures on an untouched master (#288), three causes: 1. macos-3.12: `import vpython` itself was broken on fresh 3.12+ environments — vpython/__init__.py imported pkg_resources, and Python 3.12 no longer ships setuptools into new environments. Replaced with stdlib importlib.metadata (3.8+), and python_requires bumped 3.7→3.8 to match. This is a real user-facing bug, not just a CI one: anyone on a clean 3.12 install hits it. 2. aarch64 cp311/cp312: cbor2 — a hard dependency via autobahn — ships only manylinux_2_28 aarch64 wheels for cp311+, so the manylinux2014 (glibc 2.17) container could not use them and fell back to building the C extension from source under QEMU, which fails. Container moved to quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_aarch64. 3. aarch64 cp38: Python 3.8 is EOL and the leg fails outright. Dropped. The windows 3.8/3.9 legs still pass and are left alone — retiring them is a support-policy decision, not a CI repair. Closes #288. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01G7y9rTA1r8r8EhEnPSQenR
The pkg_resources -> importlib.metadata change renamed the imports but missed the cleanup three lines below, which still did `del get_distribution` — so `import vpython` raised NameError on every platform, and the whole matrix went red on the previous push. Caught by that CI run. The local check that let it through was a syntax parse, which `del wrong_name` passes; the block is now verified by executing it, which is what should have happened the first time. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01G7y9rTA1r8r8EhEnPSQenR
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Fixes #288 — the matrix fails on an untouched
master. Three failures, three causes, smallest change for each:1.
import vpythonis broken on fresh Python 3.12+ — a user bug, not just CIvpython/__init__.pyline 1 importspkg_resources, and Python 3.12 stopped shipping setuptools into new environments — so on a clean 3.12/3.13 install,import vpythonraisesModuleNotFoundErrorimmediately. This is what killed the macos-3.12 leg, and it will be the first thing any new-Python user hits.Replaced with stdlib
importlib.metadata(3.8+), andpython_requiresbumped 3.7 → 3.8 to match (3.7 has been EOL since 2023).2. aarch64 cp311/cp312: the container is too old for cbor2's wheels
cbor2— a hard dependency viaautobahn— publishes onlymanylinux_2_28aarch64 wheels for cp311+. The workflow'smanylinux2014(glibc 2.17) container can't use them, so pip fell back to compiling the C extension from source under QEMU, which fails. Container moved toquay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_aarch64; pip then just downloads the wheel, which is also faster than the emulated build ever was.3. aarch64 cp38: EOL, fails outright — dropped
Left alone deliberately: the windows 3.8/3.9 legs still pass. Retiring EOL Pythons from the support matrix is a policy decision for the project, not a CI repair, so this PR doesn't make it.
Verification
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pull_requesttrigger runs the full matrix on this PR — that run is the verification. Locally: both Python files parse, the workflow YAML validates, and theimportlib.metadatapattern confirmed against a missing package.Context for the timing: there's Pyodide/packaging work heading toward this repo (the
pyodide-packagingbranch), and it needs a trustworthy matrix to land against.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
https://claude.ai/code/session_01G7y9rTA1r8r8EhEnPSQenR