ci: enable setting python version for package build (#244)

* enable setting python version for package build
* chlog + test
* Description...

.github/workflows/check-package.yml

@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: ""
       build-matrix:
-        description: "what building configs in json format"
+        description: "what building configs in json format, expected keys are `os` and `python-version`"
         required: false
         type: string
         default: |
           {
             "os": ["ubuntu-latest"],
           }
       testing-matrix:
-        description: "what test configs to run in json format"
+        description: "what test configs to run in json format, expected keys are `os` and `python-version`"
         required: false
         type: string
         # default operating systems should be pinned to specific versions instead of "-latest" for stability
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python 🐍
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version || '3.x' }}
 
       - name: Pull reusable 🤖 actions️
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python 🐍 ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version || '3.x' }}
 
       - name: Pull reusable 🤖 actions️
         uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/ci-use-checks.yaml

@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ jobs:
       actions-ref: ${{ github.sha }} # use local version
       artifact-name: dist-packages-${{ github.sha }}
       import-name: "lightning_utilities"
+      build-matrix: |
+        {
+          "os": ["ubuntu-22.04"],
+          "python-version": ["3.10"]
+        }
       testing-matrix: |
         {
           "os": ["ubuntu-22.04", "macos-12", "windows-2022"],

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
--
+- CI: enable setting python version for package build ([#244](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/244))
 
 
 ### Deprecated