Github Actions: run tests on ubuntu-latest

.github/workflows/run-tests.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a single version of Python
-# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-python-with-github-actions
-
-name: Python application
+name: alot tests
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -16,25 +13,60 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Install notmuch
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-cache search notmuch
-        sudo apt-get -y install python-notmuch2
+
     - name: Set up Python 3.9
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
         python-version: 3.9
-    #- name: Install dependencies
-    #  run: |
-    #    python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-    #    pip install flake8 pytest
-    #    if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
-    #- name: Lint with flake8
-    #  run: |
-    #    # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
-    #    flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
-    #    # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
-    #    flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
-    - name: Test with pytest
+
+    # we compile notmuch and new-style bindings from git master because
+    # ubuntu-latest does not include the python3-notmuch2 package that alot needs.
+    #   sudo apt-get -y install python3-notmuch2
+    - name: Compile and install notmuch
+      run: |
+        # dependencies
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y libxapian-dev libgmime-3.0-dev libtalloc-dev zlib1g-dev 
+        sudo apt-get install -y swig libgpgme-dev dtach gpgsm python-cffi
+        set -e
+
+        # Clone the notmuch repository and move into it.
+        git clone git://notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch --depth 1
+        cd notmuch
+        # Make and install the library.  
+        ./configure \
+                    --without-bash-completion \
+                    --without-api-docs \
+                    --without-emacs \
+                    --without-desktop \
+                    --without-ruby \
+                    --without-zsh-completion
+        make -j3 -l2
+        sudo make install
+        # Move out of the notmuch dir again.
+        cd ../../..
+
+    - name: Install notmuch2 python bindings
       run: |
-        pytest
+        cd notmuch/bindings/python-cffi
+        pip install .
+        # Move out of the notmuch dir again.
+        cd ../../..
+
+        # test bindings
+        python -c "import notmuch2"
+
+    - name: Install alot's dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get install -y gnupg2
+
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+    
+    - name: Test with distutils
+      run: |
+        python setup.py test
+
+# TODO: test with different python versions
+# TODO: test docs generation
+# TODO: upload coverage