Merge pull request #1079 from tahoe-lafs/3733.use-newer-netifaces

Simplify CI configuration by using the new netifaces release

Fixes ticket:3733

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -37,33 +37,10 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        if: ${{ matrix.os != 'windows-latest' }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-      # See note below about need for using 32-bit Python 2.7 on
-      # Windows.
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} [Windows x64]
-        if: ${{ ( matrix.os == 'windows-latest' ) && ( matrix.python-version != '2.7' ) }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          architecture: 'x64'
-
-      # We use netifaces, which does not ship a 64-bit wheel for the
-      # Python 2.7 + Windows combination, but it ships a 32-bit wheel.
-      # Since MS has removed vcpython27 compiler downloads from their
-      # usual download site, building a netifaces wheel locally is not
-      # an option anymore.  So let us just test with 32-bit Python on
-      # Windows.
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} [Windows x86]
-        if: ${{ ( matrix.os == 'windows-latest' ) && ( matrix.python-version == '2.7' ) }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          architecture: 'x86'
-
       # To use pip caching with GitHub Actions in an OS-independent
       # manner, we need `pip cache dir` command, which became
       # available since pip v20.1+.  At the time of writing this,
@@ -216,19 +193,10 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        if: ${{ matrix.os != 'windows-latest' }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-      # See this step under coverage job.
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} [Windows x86]
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          architecture: 'x86'
-
       - name: Get pip cache directory
         id: pip-cache
         run: |
@@ -285,19 +253,10 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        if: ${{ matrix.os != 'windows-latest' }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-      # See this step under coverage job.
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} [Windows x86]
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          architecture: 'x86'
-
       - name: Get pip cache directory
         id: pip-cache
         run: |

newsfragments/3681.installation

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Tahoe-LAFS CI now runs tests only on 32-bit Windows. Microsoft has
-removed vcpython27 compiler downloads from their site, and Tahoe-LAFS
-needs vcpython27 to build and install netifaces on 64-bit Windows.

newsfragments/3681.minor

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+(The below text is no longer valid: netifaces has released a 64-bit
+Python 2.7 wheel for Windows.  Ticket #3733 made the switch in CI.  We
+should be able to test and run Tahoe-LAFS without needing vcpython27
+now.)
+
+Tahoe-LAFS CI now runs tests only on 32-bit Windows. Microsoft has
+removed vcpython27 compiler downloads from their site, and Tahoe-LAFS
+needs vcpython27 to build and install netifaces on 64-bit Windows.

newsfragments/3733.installation

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use netifaces 0.11.0 wheel package from PyPI.org if you use 64-bit Python 2.7 on Windows.  VCPython27 downloads are no longer available at Microsoft's website, which has made building Python 2.7 wheel packages of Python libraries with C extensions (such as netifaces) on Windows difficult.