Problem: hatch envs needed manual manipulation for testing

Solution: Modify hatch configuration to have the environmnent properly set up using the virtual environment builtin module

https://hatch.pypa.io/1.3/plugins/environment/virtual/

TESTING.md

@@ -38,23 +38,6 @@ Create the testing virtual environment:
 hatch env create testing
 ```
 
-Obtain the path to the testing virtual environment. 
-```
-hatch run testing:which python
-```
-
-Locate the file named `pyvenv.cfg` in your virtual environment.
-Edit it to use system site packages:
-```
-vim /root/.local/share/hatch/env/virtual/aleph-vm/i5XWCcQ_/testing/pyvenv.cfg
-```
-
-Set `include-system-site-packages` to `true`.
-
-Remove the Python library `nftables` from the `hatch` virtual environment:
-```shell
-hatch run testing:pip uninstall nftables
-```
 
 ## 4. Run tests
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ config = "aleph-vm orchestrator config {args:--help}"
 check = "aleph-vm controller run {args:--help}"
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.testing]
+type = "virtual"
+system-packages = true
 dependencies = [
   "pytest==8.0.1",
   "pytest-cov==4.1.0",

tests/supervisor/test_execution.py

@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@ async def test_create_execution_online():
     assert vm.vm_id == 3
 
     await execution.start()
-    await execution.stop()
+    await execution.stop()