ci: faster wheel builds (#3146)

* ci: faster wheel builds

Signed-off-by: Henry Schreiner <henryschreineriii@gmail.com>

* Update packaging-test.yml

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Signed-off-by: Henry Schreiner <henryschreineriii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jim Pivarski <jpivarski@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   # Use from other workflows
   workflow_call:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/build-wheels.yml
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -91,10 +94,13 @@ jobs:
       with:
         submodules: true
 
-    - name: Python 3.11
+    - name: Python 3.12
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.11'
+        python-version: '3.12'
+
+    - name: Setup uv
+      uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v4
 
     - name: Prepare build files
       run: pipx run nox -s prepare
@@ -138,10 +144,13 @@ jobs:
       with:
         submodules: true
 
-    - name: Python 3.10
+    - name: Python 3.12
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.10'
+        python-version: '3.12'
+
+    - name: Setup uv
+      uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v4
 
     - name: Prepare build files
       run: pipx run nox -s prepare
@@ -182,11 +191,14 @@ jobs:
       with:
         submodules: true
 
+    - name: Setup uv
+      uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v4
+
     - name: Prepare build files
       run: pipx run nox -s prepare
 
     - name: Build distributions
-      run: pipx run build
+      run: pipx run build --installer uv
 
     - name: Check metadata
       run: pipx run twine check dist/*

.github/workflows/packaging-test.yml

@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ jobs:
       with:
         submodules: true
 
+    - name: Setup uv
+      uses: yezz123/setup-uv@v4
+
     - name: Prepare build files
       run: pipx run nox -s prepare
 

awkward-cpp/.gitignore

@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ include/awkward/kernels.h
 src/awkward_cpp/_kernel_signatures.py
 
 dist
+.venv

cibuildwheel.toml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [tool.cibuildwheel]
+build-frontend = "build[uv]"
 test-requires = ["pytest>=6", "."]
 test-command = """
 pytest {project}/tests \

noxfile.py

@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@
 
 ALL_PYTHONS = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
+nox.needs_version = ">=2024.3.2"
+nox.options.default_venv_backend = "uv|virtualenv"
 nox.options.sessions = ["lint", "tests"]
 
-
 requirements_dev = [
     "build",
     "numpy",