Added support for ZStandard. [skip ci]

.github/workflows/NightlyRelease.yml

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
       actions: write
-      attestations: write
+#      attestations: write
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ jobs:
           # The command 'git describe' (used for version) needs the history.
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: 🔧 Install zstd
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends zstd
+
       - name: 📑 Delete (old) Release Page
         id: deleteReleasePage
         run: |
@@ -100,8 +103,8 @@ jobs:
             echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_YELLOW}[NOT FOUND]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
           else
             echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[FAILED]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
-            echo "Couldn't delete release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}' -> Error: '${message}'."
-            echo "::error title=InternalError::Couldn't delete release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}'."
+            echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't delete release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}' -> Error: '${message}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+            echo "::error title=InternalError::Couldn't delete release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}' -> Error: '${message}'."
             exit 1
           fi
 
@@ -145,13 +148,13 @@ jobs:
           EOF
 
           echo "Creating release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}' ... "
-          gh release create "${{ inputs.nightly_name }}" --verify-tag $addDraft $addPreRelease $addLatest "${addTitle[@]}" "${addNotes[@]}"
+          message="$(gh release create "${{ inputs.nightly_name }}" --verify-tag $addDraft $addPreRelease $addLatest "${addTitle[@]}" "${addNotes[@]}" 2>&1)"
           if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
             echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
           else
             echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[FAILED]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
-            echo "Couldn't create release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}'."
-            echo "::error title=InternalError::Couldn't create release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}'."
+            echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't create release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}' -> Error: '${message}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+            echo "::error title=InternalError::Couldn't create release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}' -> Error: '${message}'."
             exit 1
           fi
 
@@ -210,7 +213,7 @@ jobs:
                 echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
               else
                 echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
-                echo "Couldn't download artifact '${artifact}'."
+                echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't download artifact '${artifact}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
                 echo "::error title=ArtifactNotFound::Couldn't download artifact '${artifact}'."
                 ERRORS=1
                 continue
@@ -220,37 +223,79 @@ jobs:
 
             # Check if artifact should be compressed (zip, tgz) or if asset was part of the downloaded artifact.
             echo -n "  checking asset '${artifact}/${asset}' ... "
-            if [[ "${asset}" == !*zip ]]; then
+            if [[ "${asset}" == !*.zip ]]; then
               echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[ZIP]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
               asset="${asset##*!}"
               echo "    Compressing artifact '${artifact}' to '${asset}' ..."
-              cd "${artifact}"
+              (
+                cd "${artifact}" && \
                 zip -r "../${asset}" *
-              cd -
+              )
               if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
                 echo -e "    Compression ${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
                 uploadFile="${asset}"
               else
                 echo -e "    Compression ${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
-                echo "Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to zip file '${asset}'."
-                echo "::error title=ZipError::Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to zip file '${asset}'."
+                echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to zip file '${asset}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                echo "::error title=CompressionError::Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to zip file '${asset}'."
                 ERRORS=1
                 continue
               fi
-            elif [[ "${asset}" == !*tgz ]]; then
+            elif [[ "${asset}" == !*.tgz || "${asset}" == !*.tar.gz || "${asset}" == \$*.tgz || "${asset}" == \$*.tar.gz ]]; then
               echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[TAR/GZ]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+
+              if [[ "${asset:0:1}" == "\$" ]]; then
+                asset="${asset##*$}"
+                dirName="${asset%.*}"
+                echo "    Compressing artifact '${artifact}' to '${asset}' ..."
+                tar -c --gzip --file="${asset}" --directory="${artifact}" --transform "s|^\.|${dirName%.tar}|" .
+                retCode=$?
+              else
                 asset="${asset##*!}"
                 echo "    Compressing artifact '${artifact}' to '${asset}' ..."
-              cd "${artifact}"
-              tar -czf "../${asset}" *
-              cd -
-              if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+                (
+                  cd "${artifact}" && \
+                  tar -c --gzip --file="../${asset}" *
+                )
+                retCode=$?
+              fi
+
+              if [[ $retCode -eq 0 ]]; then
                 echo -e "    Compression ${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
                 uploadFile="${asset}"
               else
                 echo -e "    Compression ${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
-                echo "Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to tgz file '${asset}'."
-                echo "::error title=ZipError::Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to tgz file '${asset}'."
+                echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to tgz file '${asset}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                echo "::error title=CompressionError::Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to tgz file '${asset}'."
+                ERRORS=1
+                continue
+              fi
+            elif [[ "${asset}" == !*.tzst || "${asset}" == !*.tar.zst || "${asset}" == \$*.tzst || "${asset}" == \$*.tar.zst ]]; then
+              echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[ZST]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+
+              if [[ "${asset:0:1}" == "\$" ]]; then
+                asset="${asset##*$}"
+                dirName="${asset%.*}"
+                echo "    Compressing artifact '${artifact}' to '${asset}' ..."
+                tar -c --zstd --file="${asset}" --directory="${artifact}" --transform "s|^\.|${dirName%.tar}|" .
+                retCode=$?
+              else
+                asset="${asset##*!}"
+                echo "    Compressing artifact '${artifact}' to '${asset}' ..."
+                (
+                  cd "${artifact}" && \
+                  tar -c --zstd --file="../${asset}" *
+                )
+                retCode=$?
+              fi
+
+              if [[ $retCode -eq 0 ]]; then
+                echo -e "    Compression ${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                uploadFile="${asset}"
+              else
+                echo -e "    Compression ${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to zst file '${asset}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                echo "::error title=CompressionError::Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to zst file '${asset}'."
                 ERRORS=1
                 continue
               fi
@@ -259,7 +304,7 @@ jobs:
               uploadFile="${artifact}/${asset}"
             else
               echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
-              echo "Couldn't find asset '${asset}' in artifact '${artifact}'."
+              echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't find asset '${asset}' in artifact '${artifact}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
               echo "::error title=FileNotFound::Couldn't find asset '${asset}' in artifact '${artifact}'."
               ERRORS=1
               continue
@@ -272,12 +317,12 @@ jobs:
               echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
             else
               echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
-              echo "Couldn't upload asset '${asset}' from '${uploadFile}' to release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}'."
+              echo -e "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't upload asset '${asset}' from '${uploadFile}' to release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
               echo "::error title=UploadError::Couldn't upload asset '${asset}' from '${uploadFile}' to release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}'."
               ERRORS=1
               continue
             fi
-          done <<<"${{ inputs.assets }}"
+          done <<<'${{ inputs.assets }}'
 
           echo "Inspecting downloaded artifacts ..."
           tree -L 3 .

.github/workflows/_Checking_NamespacePackage_Pipeline.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Verification of Pipeline Templates
+name: Verification of Pipeline Templates (Namespace Package)
 
 on:
   push:

.github/workflows/_Checking_Nightly.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+name: Verification of Nightly Releases
+
+on:
+  push:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  Build:
+    name: Build something
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: 🖉 Build 1
+        run: |
+          echo "Document 1 $(date --utc '+%d.%m.%Y - %H:%M:%S')"   > document1.txt
+          echo "Analysis log $(date --utc '+%d.%m.%Y - %H:%M:%S')" > analysis.log
+          echo "Build log $(date --utc '+%d.%m.%Y - %H:%M:%S')"    > build.log
+
+      - name: 📤 Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: document
+          path: |
+            document1.txt
+            *.log
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 1
+
+      - name: 🖉 Program
+        run: |
+          echo "Document other $(date --utc '+%d.%m.%Y - %H:%M:%S')" > document1.txt
+          echo "Program $(date --utc '+%d.%m.%Y - %H:%M:%S')"        > program.py
+
+      - name: 📤 Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: other
+          path: |
+            *.txt
+            *.py
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 1
+
+  NightlyPage:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/NightlyRelease.yml
+    needs:
+      - Build
+    secrets: inherit
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      actions: write
+#      attestations: write
+    with:
+      prerelease: true
+      nightly_title: "Nightly Release"
+      nightly_description: |
+        This *nightly* release contains all latest and important artifacts created by GHDL's CI pipeline.
+
+        # GHDL 5.0.0-dev
+
+        GHDL offers the simulator and synthesis tool for VHDL. GHDL can be build for various backends:
+        * `gcc` - using the GCC compiler framework
+        * `mcode` - in memory code generation
+        * `llvm` - using the LLVM compiler framework
+        * `llvm-jit` - using the LLVM compiler framework, but in memory
+
+        The following asset categories are provided for GHDL:
+        * macOS x64-64 builds as TAR/GZ file
+        * macOS aarch64 builds as TAR/GZ file
+        * Ubuntu 24.04 LTS builds as TAR/GZ file
+        * Windows builds for standalone usage (without MSYS2) as ZIP file
+        * MSYS2 packages as TAR/ZST file
+
+        # pyGHDL 5.0.0-dev
+
+        The Python package `pyGHDL` offers Python binding (`pyGHDL.libghdl`) to a `libghdl` shared library (`*.so`/`*.dll`).
+        In addition to the low-level binding layer, pyGHDL offers:
+        * a Language Server Protocol (LSP) instance for e.g. live code checking by editors
+        * a Code Document Object Model (CodeDOM) based on [pyVHDLModel](https://github.com/VHDL/pyVHDLModel)
+
+        The following asset categories are provided for pyGHDL:
+        * Platform specific Python wheel package for Ubuntu incl. `pyGHDL...so`
+        * Platform specific Python wheel package for Windows incl. `pyGHDL...dll`
+      assets: |
+        document: document1.txt:   Documentation
+        document: build.log:       Logfile
+        other:    document1.txt:   SBOM
+        other:    program.py:      Application
+        document:!archive1.zip:    Archive 1 - zip
+        document:!archive2.tgz:    Archive 2 - tgz
+        document:!archive3.tar.gz: Archive 3 - tar.gz
+        document:!archive4.tzst:   Archive 4 - tzst
+        document:!archive5.tar.zst:Archive 5 - tar.zst
+        document:$archive6.tgz:    Archive 6 - tgz + dir
+        document:$archive7.tar.gz: Archive 7 - tar.gz + dir
+        document:$archive8.tzst:   Archive 8 - tzst + dir
+        document:$archive9.tar.zst:Archive 9 - tar.zst + dir

.github/workflows/_Checking_SimplePackage_Pipeline.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Verification of Pipeline Templates
+name: Verification of Pipeline Templates (Simple Package)
 
 on:
   push: