Replace Python eggs with a universal wheel

.github/actions/wheel/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name: Wheel
+description: Test running avocado from a universal wheel
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Test running avocado from a wheel
+      shell: sh
+      run: |
+       python3 -m pip install --user pip setuptools wheel
+       python3 -m pip wheel --no-deps -w /tmp .
+       WHL=$(ls /tmp/avocado_framework-*-py3-none-any.whl)
+       DEST=/tmp/avocado-wheel
+       python3 -c "import zipfile, sys; zipfile.ZipFile(sys.argv[1]).extractall(sys.argv[2])" "$WHL" "$DEST"
+       python3 -c "import sys; sys.path.insert(0, sys.argv[1]); from avocado.core.main import main; sys.exit(main())" "$DEST" run /bin/true

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -220,33 +220,6 @@ jobs:
         retention-days: 1
     - run: echo "🥑 This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
 
-  egg-build:
-    name: Build Egg for Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.10', 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14]
-      fail-fast: false
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v7
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install setuptools on Python >= 3.12
-      run: python3 -c 'import setuptools' || python3 -m pip install "setuptools<80"
-    - name: Build eggs
-      run: make -f Makefile.gh build-egg
-    - name: Save eggs as artifacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-      with:
-        name: eggs-${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        path: ${{github.workspace}}/EGG_UPLOAD/
-        retention-days: 1
-    - run: echo "🥑 This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
-
   vt-integration-check:
     name: Integration with most major VT plugin
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -414,20 +387,21 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - uses: ./.github/actions/version
 
-  podman_egg_task:
+  podman_wheel_task:
 
-    name: Podman Egg task
+    name: Podman wheel task
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
-      - name: Test running avocado from eggs under Podman spawner
+      - name: Test running avocado from a wheel under Podman spawner
         run: |
-         apt update && apt -y install python3 python3-setuptools
-         python3 setup.py bdist_egg
-         mv dist/avocado_framework-*egg /tmp/avocado_framework.egg
-         python3 setup.py clean --all
-         python3 -c 'import sys; sys.path.insert(0, "/tmp/avocado_framework.egg"); from avocado.core.main import main; sys.exit(main())' run --spawner=podman --spawner-podman-image=fedora:40 --spawner-podman-avocado-egg=file:///tmp/avocado_framework.egg -- /bin/true
+         sudo apt-get update
+         sudo apt-get install -y podman python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools
+         python3 -m pip wheel --no-deps -w /tmp .
+         WHL=$(ls /tmp/avocado_framework-*-py3-none-any.whl)
+         python3 -m pip install --user --no-deps "$WHL"
+         python3 -m avocado run --spawner=podman --spawner-podman-image=fedora:40 --spawner-podman-avocado-wheel="file://${WHL}" -- /bin/true
 
   podman_external_runner_task:
 
@@ -436,9 +410,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
-      - name: Test running avocado from released eggs under Podman spawner with 3rd party plugins
+      - name: Test running avocado from a wheel under Podman spawner with 3rd party plugins
         run: |
-         apt update && apt -y install python3 python3-setuptools
+         sudo apt-get update
+         sudo apt-get install -y podman python3 python3-setuptools
          python3 setup.py develop --user
          cd examples/plugins/tests/magic
          python3 setup.py develop --user

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -103,15 +103,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Publish avocado to PyPI
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
 
-  build-and-publish-eggs:
-    name: Build eggs and publish them
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+  publish-wheels-to-github:
+    name: Publish wheels to GitHub release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: release
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: [3.9, '3.10', 3.11, 3.12, 3.13]
-      fail-fast: false
-
     steps:
       - name: Generate token
         id: generate_token
@@ -120,26 +115,16 @@ jobs:
           app_id: ${{ secrets.MR_AVOCADO_ID }}
           installation_id: ${{ secrets.MR_AVOCADO_INSTALLATION_ID }}
           private_key: ${{ secrets.MR_AVOCADO_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
+      - name: Download wheels
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - name: Build eggs
-        run: |
-          if python -c 'import sys; exit(0) if sys.version_info.minor > 11 else exit(1)' ; then
-            pip install "setuptools<80"
-          fi
-          make -f Makefile.gh build-egg
-      - name: Upload binaries to release
+          name: wheel
+          path: dist/
+      - name: Upload wheels to the GitHub release
         uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
         with:
           repo_token: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
-          file: ${{ github.workspace }}/EGG_UPLOAD/avocado_framework*egg
+          file: dist/*.whl
           tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
           overwrite: true
           file_glob: true

Makefile.gh

@@ -70,17 +70,6 @@ check-wheel: build-wheel
 	$(PYTHON) -m pip install twine==6.1.0 packaging==24.2
 	twine check --strict ./PYPI_UPLOAD/*
 
-build-egg:
-	if test ! -d EGG_UPLOAD; then mkdir EGG_UPLOAD; fi
-	$(PYTHON) setup.py bdist_egg -d EGG_UPLOAD
-	for PLUGIN in $(AVOCADO_OPTIONAL_PLUGINS); do\
-		if test -f $$PLUGIN/setup.py; then\
-			cd $$PLUGIN;\
-			$(PYTHON) setup.py bdist_egg -d ../../EGG_UPLOAD;\
-			cd -;\
-		fi;\
-	done
-
 update-pypi:
 ifndef TWINE_USERNAME
 	$(error TWINE_USERNAME is undefined)