v7.0.0

(cherry picked from commit 33b99a3b4e)

.github/workflows/ApplicationTesting.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ on:
       requirements:
         description: 'Python dependencies to be installed through pip.'
         required: false
-        default: '-r ./requirements.txt'
+        default: '-r tests/requirements.txt'
         type: string
       pacboy:
         description: 'MSYS2 dependencies to be installed through pacboy (pacman).'
@@ -94,39 +94,6 @@ jobs:
           name: ${{ inputs.wheel }}
           path: install
 
-      # TODO: extract step to an Action so package, so code can be shared with UnitTesting.yml
-      - name: Compute path to requirements file
-        id: requirements
-        shell: python
-        run: |
-          from os      import getenv
-          from pathlib import Path
-          from sys     import version
-
-          print(f"Python: {version}")
-
-          requirements = "${{ inputs.requirements }}"
-          if requirements.startswith("-r"):
-            requirements = requirements[2:].lstrip()
-            if requirements.startswith("./"):
-              requirementsFile = Path("${{ inputs.root_directory || '.' }}") / Path("${{ inputs.tests_directory || '.' }}") / Path("${{ inputs.apptest_directory || '.' }}") / Path(requirements[2:])
-            else:
-              requirementsFile = Path(requirements)
-
-            if not requirementsFile.exists():
-              print(f"::error title=FileNotFoundError::{requirementsFile}")
-              exit(1)
-
-            print(f"requirements file: {requirementsFile.as_posix()}")
-
-            # Write requirements path to special file
-            github_output = Path(getenv("GITHUB_OUTPUT"))
-            print(f"GITHUB_OUTPUT: {github_output}")
-            with github_output.open("a+") as f:
-              f.write(f"requirements=-r {requirementsFile.as_posix()}\n")
-          else:
-            print(f"requirements list: {requirements}")
-
       # TODO: extract step to an Action so package lists are shared with UnitTesting (and GHDL?)
       - name: Compute pacman/pacboy packages
         id: pacboy
@@ -155,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
 
             return requirements
 
-          requirements = "${{ steps.requirements.outputs.requirements }}"
+          requirements = "${{ inputs.requirements }}"
           if requirements.startswith("-r"):
             requirementsFile = Path(requirements[2:].lstrip())
             try:
@@ -167,19 +134,18 @@ jobs:
             dependencies = [req.strip() for req in requirements.split(" ")]
 
           packages = {
-            "aiohttp":             "python-aiohttp:p",
             "coverage":            "python-coverage:p",
-            "docstr_coverage":     "python-pyaml:p python-types-pyyaml:p",
+            "docstr_coverage":     "python-pyyaml:p python-types-pyyaml:p",
             "igraph":              "igraph:p",
             "jinja2":              "python-markupsafe:p",
             "lxml":                "python-lxml:p",
             "numpy":               "python-numpy:p",
             "markupsafe":          "python-markupsafe:p",
             "pip":                 "python-pip:p",
-            "pyyaml":              "python-pyaml:p python-types-pyyaml:p",
+            "pyyaml":              "python-pyyaml:p python-types-pyyaml:p",
             "ruamel.yaml":         "python-ruamel-yaml:p python-ruamel.yaml.clib:p",
             "sphinx":              "python-markupsafe:p",
-            "tomli":               "python-tomli:p",        # outdated, now part of Python as tomllib
+            "tomli":               "python-tomli:p",
             "wheel":               "python-wheel:p",
             "pyEDAA.ProjectModel": "python-ruamel-yaml:p python-ruamel.yaml.clib:p python-lxml:p",
             "pyEDAA.Reports":      "python-ruamel-yaml:p python-ruamel.yaml.clib:p python-lxml:p",
@@ -188,7 +154,6 @@ jobs:
           subPackages = {
             "pytooling": {
               "yaml":              "python-ruamel-yaml:p python-ruamel.yaml.clib:p",
-              "pypi":              "python-aiohttp:p",
             }
           }
 
@@ -224,8 +189,6 @@ jobs:
           with github_output.open("a+") as f:
             f.write(f"pacboy_packages={' '.join(pacboyPackages)}\n")
 
-# Python setup
-
       - name: '🟦 Setup MSYS2 for ${{ matrix.runtime }}'
         uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
         if: matrix.system == 'msys2'
@@ -242,13 +205,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
-# Python Dependency steps
-
       - name: 🔧 Install wheel and pip dependencies (native)
         if: matrix.system != 'msys2'
         run: |
           python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check -U wheel
-          python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check ${{ steps.requirements.outputs.requirements }}
+          python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check ${{ inputs.requirements }}
 
       - name: 🔧 Install pip dependencies (MSYS2)
         if: matrix.system == 'msys2'
@@ -259,8 +220,6 @@ jobs:
             python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check --break-system-packages ${{ inputs.requirements }}
           fi
 
-# TODO: Before scripts?
-
       - name: 🔧 Install wheel from artifact (Ubuntu/macOS)
         if: ( matrix.system != 'windows' && matrix.system != 'windows-arm' )
         run: |
@@ -271,8 +230,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install -v --disable-pip-version-check (Get-Item .\install\*.whl).FullName
 
-# Run pytests
-
       - name: ✅ Run application tests (Ubuntu/macOS)
         if: ( matrix.system != 'windows' && matrix.system != 'windows-arm' )
         run: |
@@ -303,8 +260,6 @@ jobs:
             python -m pytest -raP $PYTEST_ARGS --color=yes ${{ inputs.tests_directory || '.' }}/${{ inputs.apptest_directory }}
           }
 
-# Upload artifacts
-
       - name: 📤 Upload 'TestReportSummary.xml' artifact
         if: inputs.apptest_xml_artifact != ''
         uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v6

.github/workflows/ArtifactCleanUp.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #

.github/workflows/BuildTheDocs.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# ==================================================================================================================== #
+# Authors:                                                                                                             #
+#   Patrick Lehmann                                                                                                    #
+#   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+# ==================================================================================================================== #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at                                                                              #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                                                         #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software                                                  #
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,                                                    #
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.                                             #
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and                                                  #
+# limitations under the License.                                                                                       #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0                                                                                  #
+# ==================================================================================================================== #
+name: Documentation
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      artifact:
+        description: 'Name of the documentation artifact.'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  BuildTheDocs:
+    name: 📓 Run BuildTheDocs
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: ⚠️ Deprecation Warning
+        run: printf "::warning title=%s::%s\n" "Deprecated" "'BuildTheDocs.yml' template is deprecated. Please switch to 'SphinxDocumentation.yml'. See https://pytooling.github.io/Actions/JobTemplate/Documentation/SphinxDocumentation.html"
+
+      - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: 🛳️ Build documentation
+        uses: buildthedocs/btd@v0
+        with:
+          skip-deploy: true
+
+      - name: 📤 Upload 'documentation' artifacts
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v6
+        if: inputs.artifact != ''
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.artifact }}
+          working-directory: doc/_build/html
+          path: '*'
+          retention-days: 1
+
+      - name: '📓 Publish site to GitHub Pages'
+        if: inputs.artifact == '' && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        run: |
+          cp --recursive -T doc/_build/html public
+          cd public
+          touch .nojekyll
+          git init
+          cp ../.git/config ./.git/config
+          git add .
+          git config --local user.email "BuildTheDocs@GitHubActions"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Actions"
+          git commit -a -m "update ${{ github.sha }}"
+          git push -u origin +HEAD:gh-pages

.github/workflows/CheckCodeQuality.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   Patrick Lehmann                                                                                                    #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2025-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2025-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #

.github/workflows/CheckDocumentation.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   Patrick Lehmann                                                                                                    #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #

.github/workflows/CompletePipeline.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   Patrick Lehmann                                                                                                    #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   Prepare:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PrepareJob.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PrepareJob.yml@main
 
   ConfigParams:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/ExtractConfiguration.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/ExtractConfiguration.yml@main
 
   UnitTestingParams:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
     with:
       package_namespace:   ${{ inputs.package_namespace }}
       package_name:        ${{ inputs.package_name }}
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ jobs:
       disable_list:        ${{ inputs.unittest_disable_list }}
 
 #  AppTestingParams:
-#    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@dev
+#    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
 #    with:
 #      package_namespace:   ${{ inputs.package_namespace }}
 #      package_name:        ${{ inputs.package_name }}
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ jobs:
 #      disable_list:        ${{ inputs.apptest_disable_list }}
 
   InstallParams:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
     with:
       package_namespace:   ${{ inputs.package_namespace }}
       package_name:        ${{ inputs.package_name }}
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ jobs:
           """))
 
   UnitTesting:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/UnitTesting.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/UnitTesting.yml@main
     needs:
       - ConfigParams
       - UnitTestingParams
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ jobs:
       coverage_sqlite_artifact: ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).codecoverage_sqlite }}
 
   StaticTypeCheck:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/StaticTypeCheck.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/StaticTypeCheck.yml@main
     needs:
       - ConfigParams
       - UnitTestingParams
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ jobs:
       html_artifact:      ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).statictyping_html }}
 
   CodeQuality:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/CheckCodeQuality.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/CheckCodeQuality.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
     with:
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ jobs:
       artifact:          CodeQuality
 
   DocCoverage:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/CheckDocumentation.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/CheckDocumentation.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
     with:
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ jobs:
       directory:      ${{ needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.package_directory }}
 
   Package:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Package.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Package.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
     with:
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ jobs:
       artifact:       ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).package_all }}
 
   Install:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/InstallPackage.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/InstallPackage.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
       - InstallParams
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ jobs:
       package_name: ${{ needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.package_fullname }}
 
 #  AppTesting:
-#    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/ApplicationTesting.yml@dev
+#    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/ApplicationTesting.yml@main
 #    needs:
 #      - AppTestingParams
 #      - UnitTestingParams
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ jobs:
 #      apptest_xml_artifact: ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).apptesting_xml }}
 
   PublishCoverageResults:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishCoverageResults.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishCoverageResults.yml@main
     needs:
       - ConfigParams
       - UnitTestingParams
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ jobs:
       CODACY_TOKEN:  ${{ secrets.CODACY_TOKEN }}
 
   PublishTestResults:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishTestResults.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishTestResults.yml@main
     needs:
       - ConfigParams
       - UnitTestingParams
@@ -346,14 +346,14 @@ jobs:
       CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
 #  VerifyDocs:
-#    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/VerifyDocs.yml@dev
+#    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/VerifyDocs.yml@main
 #    needs:
 #      - UnitTestingParams
 #    with:
 #      python_version: ${{ needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.python_version }}
 
   Documentation:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/SphinxDocumentation.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/SphinxDocumentation.yml@main
     needs:
       - ConfigParams
       - UnitTestingParams
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ jobs:
       latex_artifact:         ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).documentation_latex }}
 
   IntermediateCleanUp:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/IntermediateCleanUp.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/IntermediateCleanUp.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
       - PublishCoverageResults
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ jobs:
       xml_unittest_artifacts_prefix:    ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).unittesting_xml }}-
 
   PDFDocumentation:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/LaTeXDocumentation.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/LaTeXDocumentation.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
       - Documentation
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ jobs:
       can-fail:       'true'
 
   PublishToGitHubPages:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishToGitHubPages.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishToGitHubPages.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
       - Documentation
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ jobs:
       typing:   ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).statictyping_html }}
 
   TriggerTaggedRelease:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/TagReleaseCommit.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/TagReleaseCommit.yml@main
     needs:
       - Prepare
       - UnitTesting
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   ReleasePage:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishReleaseNotes.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishReleaseNotes.yml@main
     needs:
       - Prepare
       - UnitTesting
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   PublishOnPyPI:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishOnPyPI.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishOnPyPI.yml@main
     needs:
       - Prepare
       - UnitTestingParams
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ jobs:
       PYPI_TOKEN:     ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
 
   ArtifactCleanUp:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/ArtifactCleanUp.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/ArtifactCleanUp.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
       - UnitTesting

.github/workflows/CoverageCollection.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+# ==================================================================================================================== #
+# Authors:                                                                                                             #
+#   Patrick Lehmann                                                                                                    #
+#   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+# ==================================================================================================================== #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at                                                                              #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                                                         #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software                                                  #
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,                                                    #
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.                                             #
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and                                                  #
+# limitations under the License.                                                                                       #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0                                                                                  #
+# ==================================================================================================================== #
+name: Coverage Collection
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      ubuntu_image_version:
+        description: 'Ubuntu image version.'
+        required: false
+        default: '24.04'
+        type: string
+      python_version:
+        description: 'Python version.'
+        required: false
+        default: '3.11'
+        type: string
+      requirements:
+        description: 'Python dependencies to be installed through pip.'
+        required: false
+        default: '-r tests/requirements.txt'
+        type: string
+      tests_directory:
+        description: 'Path to the directory containing tests (test working directory).'
+        required: false
+        default: 'tests'
+        type: string
+      unittest_directory:
+        description: 'Path to the directory containing unit tests (relative to tests_directory).'
+        required: false
+        default: 'unit'
+        type: string
+      coverage_config:
+        description: 'Path to the .coveragerc file. Use pyproject.toml by default.'
+        required: false
+        default: 'pyproject.toml'
+        type: string
+      artifact:
+        description: 'Name of the coverage artifact.'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+    secrets:
+      codacy_token:
+        description: 'Token to push result to codacy.'
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+
+  Coverage:
+    name: 📈 Collect Coverage Data using Python ${{ inputs.python_version }}
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-${{ inputs.ubuntu_image_version }}"
+
+    steps:
+      - name: ⚠️ Deprecation Warning
+        run: printf "::warning title=%s::%s\n" "Deprecated" "'CoverageCollection.yml' template is deprecated. Please switch to 'PublishReleaseNotes.yml'. See https://pytooling.github.io/Actions/JobTemplate/Testing/UnitTesting.html"
+
+      - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          lfs: true
+          submodules: true
+
+      - name: 🐍 Setup Python ${{ inputs.python_version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ inputs.python_version }}
+
+      - name: 🗂 Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check tomli
+          python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check ${{ inputs.requirements }}
+
+      - name: 🔁 Extract configurations from pyproject.toml
+        id: getVariables
+        shell: python
+        run: |
+          from os       import getenv
+          from pathlib  import Path
+          from tomli    import load as tomli_load
+          from textwrap import dedent
+
+          htmlDirectory = 'htmlcov'
+          xmlFile = './coverage.xml'
+          coverageRC = "${{ inputs.coverage_config }}".strip()
+
+          # Read output paths from 'pyproject.toml' file
+          if coverageRC == "pyproject.toml":
+            pyProjectFile =  Path("pyproject.toml")
+            if pyProjectFile.exists():
+              with pyProjectFile.open("rb") as file:
+                pyProjectSettings = tomli_load(file)
+
+              htmlDirectory = pyProjectSettings["tool"]["coverage"]["html"]["directory"]
+              xmlFile       = pyProjectSettings["tool"]["coverage"]["xml"]["output"]
+            else:
+              print(f"File '{pyProjectFile}' not found.")
+              print(f"::error title=FileNotFoundError::File '{pyProjectFile}' not found.")
+              exit(1)
+
+          # Read output paths from '.coveragerc' file
+          elif len(coverageRC) > 0:
+            coverageRCFile = Path(coverageRC)
+            if coverageRCFile.exists():
+              with coverageRCFile.open("rb") as file:
+                coverageRCSettings = tomli_load(file)
+
+              htmlDirectory = coverageRCSettings["html"]["directory"]
+              xmlFile       = coverageRCSettings["xml"]["output"]
+            else:
+              print(f"File '{coverageRCFile}' not found.")
+              print(f"::error title=FileNotFoundError::File '{coverageRCFile}' not found.")
+              exit(1)
+
+          # Write jobs to special file
+          github_output = Path(getenv("GITHUB_OUTPUT"))
+          print(f"GITHUB_OUTPUT: {github_output}")
+          with github_output.open("a+", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(dedent(f"""\
+              coverage_report_html_directory={htmlDirectory}
+              coverage_report_xml={xmlFile}
+            """))
+
+          print(f"DEBUG:\n  html={htmlDirectory}\n  xml={xmlFile}")
+
+      - name: Collect coverage
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          export ENVIRONMENT_NAME="Linux (x86-64)"
+          export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)
+          ABSDIR=$(pwd)
+          cd "${{ inputs.tests_directory || '.' }}"
+          [ -n '${{ inputs.coverage_config }}' ] && PYCOV_ARGS="--cov-config=${ABSDIR}/${{ inputs.coverage_config }}" || unset PYCOV_ARGS
+          printf "%s\n" "python -m pytest -rA --cov=${ABSDIR} ${PYCOV_ARGS} ${{ inputs.unittest_directory }} --color=yes"
+          python -m pytest -rA --cov=${ABSDIR} $PYCOV_ARGS ${{ inputs.unittest_directory }} --color=yes
+
+      - name: Convert to cobertura format
+        run: coverage xml --data-file=${{ inputs.tests_directory || '.' }}/.coverage
+
+      - name: Convert to HTML format
+        run: |
+          coverage html --data-file=${{ inputs.tests_directory || '.' }}/.coverage -d ${{ steps.getVariables.outputs.coverage_report_html_directory }}
+          rm ${{ steps.getVariables.outputs.coverage_report_html_directory }}/.gitignore
+
+      - name: 📤 Upload 'Coverage Report' artifact
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.artifact }}
+          working-directory: ${{ steps.getVariables.outputs.coverage_report_html_directory }}
+          path: '*'
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 1
+
+      - name: 📊 Publish coverage at CodeCov
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        with:
+          files: ${{ steps.getVariables.outputs.coverage_report_xml }}
+          flags: unittests
+          env_vars: PYTHON
+
+      - name: 📉 Publish coverage at Codacy
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: codacy/codacy-coverage-reporter-action@v1
+        with:
+          project-token: ${{ secrets.codacy_token }}
+          coverage-reports: ${{ steps.getVariables.outputs.coverage_report_xml }}

.github/workflows/ExtractConfiguration.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   Patrick Lehmann                                                                                                    #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ inputs.python_version }}
 
-      - name: 🔧 Install wheel and pip dependencies (native)
+      - name: 🔧 Install wheel,tomli and pip dependencies (native)
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check -U wheel
+          python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check -U wheel tomli
 
       - name: 🔁 Extract configurations from pyproject.toml
         id: getVariables
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
 
           print(f"Python: {version} (of default installation)")
 
-          from tomllib import load as toml_load
+          from tomli import load as tomli_load
 
           unittestXMLFile =       Path("./unittest.xml")
           coverageHTMLDirectory = Path("htmlcov")
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
             pyProjectFile =  Path("pyproject.toml")
             if pyProjectFile.exists():
               with pyProjectFile.open("rb") as file:
-                pyProjectSettings = toml_load(file)
+                pyProjectSettings = tomli_load(file)
 
               toolSection = pyProjectSettings["tool"]
               if "pytest" in toolSection:
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
             coverageRCFile = Path(coverageRC)
             if coverageRCFile.exists():
               with coverageRCFile.open("rb") as file:
-                coverageRCSettings = toml_load(file)
+                coverageRCSettings = tomli_load(file)
 
               coverageHTMLDirectory = Path(coverageRCSettings["html"]["directory"])
               coverageXMLFile =       Path(coverageRCSettings["xml"]["output"])

.github/workflows/InstallPackage.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   Patrick Lehmann                                                                                                    #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2025-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2025-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ jobs:
             python-markupsafe:p
             python-pyaml:p python-types-pyyaml:p
             python-ruamel-yaml:p python-ruamel.yaml.clib:p
+            python-tomli:p
 
       - name: 🐍 Setup Python ${{ matrix.python }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6

.github/workflows/IntermediateCleanUp.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   Patrick Lehmann                                                                                                    #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #

.github/workflows/LaTeXDocumentation.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   Patrick Lehmann                                                                                                    #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: 'xelatex'
         type: string
-      halt-on-error:
-        description: 'Halt on first error, otherwise continue as long as possible.'
-        required: false
-        default: 'true'
-        type: string
       pdf_artifact:
         description: 'Name of the PDF documentation artifact.'
         required: false
@@ -63,27 +58,29 @@ jobs:
     name: 📓 Converting LaTeX Documentation to PDF
     runs-on: "ubuntu-${{ inputs.ubuntu_image_version }}"
     continue-on-error: ${{ inputs.can-fail == 'true' }}
-    container:
-      image: pytooling/miktex:sphinx
-      volumes:
-        - ${{ github.workspace }}/latex:/latex
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.latex_artifact }}' from 'SphinxDocumentation' job
         uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.latex_artifact }}
           path: latex
-          investigate: 'true'
+
+#      - name: Debug
+#        run: |
+#          tree -pash .
 
       - name: Build LaTeX document using 'pytooling/miktex:sphinx'
+        uses: addnab/docker-run-action@v3
         if: inputs.pdf_artifact != ''
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ inputs.halt-on-error }}" == "true" ]]; then
-            HALT_ON_ERROR="--halt-on-error"
-          fi
+        with:
+          image: pytooling/miktex:sphinx
+          options: -v ${{ github.workspace }}/latex:/latex --workdir /latex
+          run: |
+            # which ${{ inputs.processor }}
+            # pwd
+            # ls -lAh
 
-          cd latex
-          latexmk --${{ inputs.processor }} --interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error -max-print-line=250 ${HALT_ON_ERROR} "${{ inputs.document }}.tex"
+            latexmk -${{ inputs.processor }} "${{ inputs.document }}.tex"
 
       - name: 📤 Upload 'PDF Documentation' artifact
         uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v6

.github/workflows/NightlyRelease.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,533 @@
+# ==================================================================================================================== #
+# Authors:                                                                                                             #
+#   Patrick Lehmann                                                                                                    #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+# ==================================================================================================================== #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at                                                                              #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                                                         #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software                                                  #
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,                                                    #
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.                                             #
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and                                                  #
+# limitations under the License.                                                                                       #
+#                                                                                                                      #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0                                                                                  #
+# ==================================================================================================================== #
+name: Nightly
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      ubuntu_image:
+        description: 'Name of the Ubuntu image.'
+        required: false
+        default: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+        type: string
+      nightly_name:
+        description: 'Name of the nightly release.'
+        required: false
+        default: 'nightly'
+        type: string
+      nightly_title:
+        description: 'Title of the nightly release.'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: string
+      nightly_description:
+        description: 'Description of the nightly release.'
+        required: false
+        default: 'Release of artifacts from latest CI pipeline.'
+        type: string
+      draft:
+        description: 'Specify if this is a draft.'
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+      prerelease:
+        description: 'Specify if this is a pre-release.'
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+      latest:
+        description: 'Specify if this is the latest release.'
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+      replacements:
+        description: 'Multi-line string containing search=replace patterns.'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: string
+      assets:
+        description: 'Multi-line string containing artifact:file:title asset descriptions.'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      inventory-json:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+      inventory-version:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+      inventory-categories:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+      tarball-name:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: '__pyTooling_upload_artifact__.tar'
+      can-fail:
+        type: boolean
+        required: false
+        default: false
+
+jobs:
+  Release:
+    name: 📝 Update 'Nightly Page' on GitHub
+    runs-on: ${{ inputs.ubuntu_image }}
+    continue-on-error: ${{ inputs.can-fail }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      actions:  write
+#      attestations: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: ⚠️ Deprecation Warning
+        run: printf "::warning title=%s::%s\n" "NightlyRelease" "'NightlyRelease.yml' template is deprecated. Please switch to 'PublishReleaseNotes.yml'. See https://pytooling.github.io/Actions/JobTemplate/Release/PublishReleaseNotes.html"
+
+      - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          # The command 'git describe' (used for version) needs the history.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: 🔧 Install zstd
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends zstd
+
+      - name: 📑 Delete (old) Release Page
+        id: deleteReleasePage
+        run: |
+          set +e
+
+          ANSI_LIGHT_RED=$'\x1b[91m'
+          ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN=$'\x1b[92m'
+          ANSI_LIGHT_YELLOW=$'\x1b[93m'
+          ANSI_NOCOLOR=$'\x1b[0m'
+
+          export GH_TOKEN=${{ github.token }}
+
+          printf "%s" "Deleting release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}' ... "
+          message="$(gh release delete ${{ inputs.nightly_name }} --yes 2>&1)"
+          if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+            printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+          elif [[ "${message}" == "release not found" ]]; then
+            printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_YELLOW}[NOT FOUND]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+          else
+            printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[FAILED]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+            printf "  %s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't delete release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}' -> Error: '${message}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+            printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "InternalError" "Couldn't delete release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}' -> Error: '${message}'."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: 📑 (Re)create (new) Release Page
+        id: createReleasePage
+        run: |
+          set +e
+
+          ANSI_LIGHT_RED=$'\x1b[91m'
+          ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN=$'\x1b[92m'
+          ANSI_NOCOLOR=$'\x1b[0m'
+
+          export GH_TOKEN=${{ github.token }}
+
+          addDraft="--draft"
+
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.prerelease }}" == "true" ]]; then
+            addPreRelease="--prerelease"
+          fi
+
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.latest }}" == "false" ]]; then
+            addLatest="--latest=false"
+          fi
+
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.nightly_title }}" != "" ]]; then
+            addTitle=("--title" "${{ inputs.nightly_title }}")
+          fi
+
+          cat <<'EOF' > __NoTeS__.md
+          ${{ inputs.nightly_description }}
+          EOF
+          if [[ -s __NoTeS__.md ]]; then
+            addNotes=("--notes-file" "__NoTeS__.md")
+          fi
+
+          # Apply replacements
+          while IFS=$'\r\n' read -r patternLine; do
+            # skip empty lines
+            [[ "$patternLine" == "" ]] && continue
+
+            pattern="${patternLine%%=*}"
+            replacement="${patternLine#*=}"
+            sed -i -e "s/%$pattern%/$replacement/g" "__NoTeS__.md"
+          done <<<'${{ inputs.replacements }}'
+
+          # Add footer line
+          cat <<EOF >> __NoTeS__.md
+
+          --------
+          Published from [${{ github.workflow }}](https://github.com/Paebbels/ghdl/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}) workflow triggered by @${{ github.actor }} on $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z').
+          EOF
+
+          printf "%s\n" "Creating release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}' ... "
+          message="$(gh release create "${{ inputs.nightly_name }}" --verify-tag $addDraft $addPreRelease $addLatest "${addTitle[@]}" "${addNotes[@]}" 2>&1)"
+          if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+            printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+          else
+            printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[FAILED]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+            printf "  %s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't create release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}' -> Error: '${message}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+            printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "InternalError" "Couldn't create release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}' -> Error: '${message}'."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: 📥 Download artifacts and upload as assets
+        id: uploadAssets
+        run: |
+          set +e
+
+          ANSI_LIGHT_RED=$'\x1b[91m'
+          ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN=$'\x1b[92m'
+          ANSI_LIGHT_YELLOW=$'\x1b[93m'
+          ANSI_LIGHT_BLUE=$'\x1b[94m'
+          ANSI_NOCOLOR=$'\x1b[0m'
+
+          export GH_TOKEN=${{ github.token }}
+
+          Replace() {
+            line="$1"
+            while IFS=$'\r\n' read -r patternLine; do
+              # skip empty lines
+              [[ "$patternLine" == "" ]] && continue
+
+              pattern="${patternLine%%=*}"
+              replacement="${patternLine#*=}"
+              line="${line//"%$pattern%"/"$replacement"}"
+            done <<<'${{ inputs.replacements }}'
+            printf "%s\n" "$line"
+          }
+
+          # Create JSON inventory
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.inventory-json }}" != "" ]]; then
+            VERSION="1.0"
+
+            # Split categories by ',' into a Bash array.
+            # See https://stackoverflow.com/a/45201229/3719459
+            if [[ "${{ inputs.inventory-categories }}" != "" ]]; then
+              readarray -td, inventoryCategories <<<"${{ inputs.inventory-categories }},"
+              unset 'inventoryCategories[-1]'
+              declare -p inventoryCategories
+            else
+              inventoryCategories=""
+            fi
+
+            jsonInventory=$(jq -c -n \
+              --arg version "${VERSION}" \
+              --arg date "$(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S%:z")" \
+              --argjson jsonMeta "$(jq -c -n \
+                --arg tag "${{ inputs.nightly_name }}" \
+                --arg version "${{ inputs.inventory-version }}" \
+                --arg hash "${{ github.sha }}" \
+                --arg repo "${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}" \
+                --arg release "${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/releases/download/${{ inputs.nightly_name }}" \
+                --argjson categories "$(jq -c -n \
+                  '$ARGS.positional' \
+                  --args "${inventoryCategories[@]}" \
+                )" \
+                '{"tag": $tag, "version": $version, "git-hash": $hash, "repository-url": $repo, "release-url": $release, "categories": $categories}' \
+              )" \
+              '{"version": 1.0, "timestamp": $date, "meta": $jsonMeta, "files": {}}'
+            )
+          fi
+
+          ERRORS=0
+          # A dictionary of 0/1 to avoid duplicate downloads
+          declare -A downloadedArtifacts
+          # A dictionary to check for duplicate asset files in release
+          declare -A assetFilenames
+          while IFS=$'\r\n' read -r assetLine; do
+            if [[ "${assetLine}" == "" || "${assetLine:0:1}" == "#" ]]; then
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            # split assetLine colon separated triple: artifact:asset:title
+            artifact="${assetLine%%:*}"
+            assetLine="${assetLine#*:}"
+            asset="${assetLine%%:*}"
+            assetLine="${assetLine#*:}"
+            if [[ "${{ inputs.inventory-json }}" == "" ]]; then
+              categories=""
+              title="${assetLine##*:}"
+            else
+              categories="${assetLine%%:*}"
+              title="${assetLine##*:}"
+            fi
+
+            # remove leading whitespace
+            asset="${asset#"${asset%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+            categories="${categories#"${categories%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+            title="${title#"${title%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+
+            # apply replacements
+            asset="$(Replace "${asset}")"
+            title="$(Replace "${title}")"
+
+            printf "%s\n" "Publish asset '${asset}' from artifact '${artifact}' with title '${title}'"
+            printf "  %s" "Checked asset for duplicates ... "
+            if [[ -n "${assetFilenames[$asset]}" ]]; then
+              printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+              printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "DuplicateAsset" "Asset '${asset}' from artifact '${artifact}' was already uploaded to release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}'."
+              ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+              continue
+            else
+              printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+              assetFilenames[$asset]=1
+            fi
+
+            # Download artifact by artifact name
+            if [[ -n "${downloadedArtifacts[$artifact]}" ]]; then
+              printf "  %s\n" "downloading '${artifact}' ... ${ANSI_LIGHT_YELLOW}[SKIPPED]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+            else
+              printf "  downloading '${artifact}' ...\n"
+              printf "    %s" "gh run download $GITHUB_RUN_ID --dir \"${artifact}\" --name \"${artifact}\" "
+              gh run download $GITHUB_RUN_ID --dir "${artifact}" --name "${artifact}"
+              if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+                printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+              else
+                printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                printf "      %s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't download artifact '${artifact}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "ArtifactNotFound" "Couldn't download artifact '${artifact}'."
+                ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+                continue
+              fi
+              downloadedArtifacts[$artifact]=1
+
+              printf "  %s" "Checking for embedded tarball ... "
+              if [[ -f "${artifact}/${{ inputs.tarball-name }}" ]]; then
+                printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[FOUND]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+
+                pushd "${artifact}" > /dev/null
+
+                printf "    %s" "Extracting embedded tarball ... "
+                tar -xf "${{ inputs.tarball-name }}"
+                if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+                  printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[FAILED]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                else
+                  printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                fi
+
+                printf "    %s" "Removing temporary tarball ... "
+                rm -f "${{ inputs.tarball-name }}"
+                if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+                  printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[FAILED]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                else
+                  printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                fi
+
+                popd > /dev/null
+              else
+                printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_YELLOW}[SKIPPED]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+              fi
+            fi
+
+            # Check if artifact should be compressed (zip, tgz) or if asset was part of the downloaded artifact.
+            printf "  %s" "checking asset '${artifact}/${asset}' ... "
+            if [[ "${asset}" == !*.zip ]]; then
+              printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[ZIP]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+              asset="${asset##*!}"
+              printf "::group::    %s\n" "Compressing artifact '${artifact}' to '${asset}' ..."
+              (
+                cd "${artifact}" && \
+                zip -r "../${asset}" *
+              )
+              retCode=$?
+              printf "::endgroup::\n"
+              if [[ $retCode -eq 0 ]]; then
+                printf "    %s\n" "Compression ${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                uploadFile="${asset}"
+              else
+                printf "    %s\n" "Compression ${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                printf "      %s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to zip file '${asset}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "CompressionError" "Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to zip file '${asset}'."
+                ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+                continue
+              fi
+            elif [[ "${asset}" == !*.tgz || "${asset}" == !*.tar.gz || "${asset}" == \$*.tgz || "${asset}" == \$*.tar.gz ]]; then
+              printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[TAR/GZ]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+
+              if [[ "${asset:0:1}" == "\$" ]]; then
+                asset="${asset##*$}"
+                dirName="${asset%.*}"
+                printf "    %s\n" "Compressing artifact '${artifact}' to '${asset}' ..."
+                tar -c --gzip --owner=0 --group=0 --file="${asset}" --directory="${artifact}" --transform "s|^\.|${dirName%.tar}|" .
+                retCode=$?
+              else
+                asset="${asset##*!}"
+                printf "    %s\n" "Compressing artifact '${artifact}' to '${asset}' ..."
+                (
+                  cd "${artifact}" && \
+                  tar -c --gzip --owner=0 --group=0 --file="../${asset}" *
+                )
+                retCode=$?
+              fi
+
+              if [[ $retCode -eq 0 ]]; then
+                printf "    %s\n" "Compression ${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                uploadFile="${asset}"
+              else
+                printf "    %s\n" "Compression ${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                printf "      %s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to tgz file '${asset}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "CompressionError" "Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to tgz file '${asset}'."
+                ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+                continue
+              fi
+            elif [[ "${asset}" == !*.tzst || "${asset}" == !*.tar.zst || "${asset}" == \$*.tzst || "${asset}" == \$*.tar.zst ]]; then
+              printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[ZST]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+
+              if [[ "${asset:0:1}" == "\$" ]]; then
+                asset="${asset##*$}"
+                dirName="${asset%.*}"
+                printf "    %s\n" "Compressing artifact '${artifact}' to '${asset}' ..."
+                tar -c --zstd --owner=0 --group=0 --file="${asset}" --directory="${artifact}" --transform "s|^\.|${dirName%.tar}|" .
+                retCode=$?
+              else
+                asset="${asset##*!}"
+                printf "    %s\n" "Compressing artifact '${artifact}' to '${asset}' ..."
+                (
+                  cd "${artifact}" && \
+                  tar -c --zstd --owner=0 --group=0 --file="../${asset}" *
+                )
+                retCode=$?
+              fi
+
+              if [[ $retCode -eq 0 ]]; then
+                printf "    %s\n" "Compression ${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                uploadFile="${asset}"
+              else
+                printf "    %s\n" "Compression ${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                printf "      %s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to zst file '${asset}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+                printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "CompressionError" "Couldn't compress '${artifact}' to zst file '${asset}'."
+                ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+                continue
+              fi
+            elif [[ -e "${artifact}/${asset}" ]]; then
+              printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+              uploadFile="${artifact}/${asset}"
+            else
+              printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+              printf "    %s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't find asset '${asset}' in artifact '${artifact}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+              printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "FileNotFound" "Couldn't find asset '${asset}' in artifact '${artifact}'."
+              ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            # Add asset to JSON inventory
+            if [[ "${{ inputs.inventory-json }}" != "" ]]; then
+              if [[ "${categories}" != "${title}" ]]; then
+                printf "  %s\n" "adding file '${uploadFile#*/}' with '${categories//;/ → }' to JSON inventory ..."
+                category=""
+                jsonEntry=$(jq -c -n \
+                  --arg title "${title}" \
+                  --arg file "${uploadFile#*/}" \
+                  '{"file": $file, "title": $title}' \
+                )
+
+                while [[ "${categories}" != "${category}" ]]; do
+                  category="${categories##*,}"
+                  categories="${categories%,*}"
+                  jsonEntry=$(jq -c -n --arg cat "${category}" --argjson value "${jsonEntry}" '{$cat: $value}')
+                done
+
+                jsonInventory=$(jq -c -n \
+                  --argjson inventory "${jsonInventory}" \
+                  --argjson file "${jsonEntry}" \
+                  '$inventory * {"files": $file}' \
+                )
+              else
+                printf "  %s\n" "adding file '${uploadFile#*/}' to JSON inventory ... ${ANSI_LIGHT_YELLOW}[SKIPPED]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+              fi
+            fi
+
+            # Upload asset to existing release page
+            printf "  %s" "uploading asset '${asset}' from '${uploadFile}' with title '${title}' ... "
+            gh release upload ${{ inputs.nightly_name }} "${uploadFile}#${title}" --clobber
+            if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+              printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+            else
+              printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+              printf "    %s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't upload asset '${asset}' from '${uploadFile}' to release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+              printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "UploadError" "Couldn't upload asset '${asset}' from '${uploadFile}' to release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}'."
+              ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+              continue
+            fi
+          done <<<'${{ inputs.assets }}'
+
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.inventory-json }}" != "" ]]; then
+            inventoryTitle="Release Inventory (JSON)"
+
+            printf "%s\n" "Publish asset '${{ inputs.inventory-json }}' with title '${inventoryTitle}'"
+            printf "::group::${ANSI_LIGHT_BLUE}%s${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n" "Writing JSON inventory to '${{ inputs.inventory-json }}' ...."
+            printf "%s\n" "$(jq -n --argjson inventory "${jsonInventory}" '$inventory')" > "${{ inputs.inventory-json }}"
+            cat "${{ inputs.inventory-json }}"
+            printf "::endgroup::\n"
+
+            # Upload inventory asset to existing release page
+            printf "  %s" "uploading asset '${{ inputs.inventory-json }}' title '${inventoryTitle}' ... "
+            gh release upload ${{ inputs.nightly_name }} "${{ inputs.inventory-json }}#${inventoryTitle}" --clobber
+            if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+              printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+            else
+              printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+              printf "    %s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't upload asset '${{ inputs.inventory-json }}' to release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+              printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "UploadError" "Couldn't upload asset '${{ inputs.inventory-json }}' to release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}'."
+              ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+              continue
+            fi
+          fi
+
+          printf "::group::${ANSI_LIGHT_BLUE}%s${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n" "Inspecting downloaded artifacts ..."
+          tree -pash -L 3 .
+          printf "::endgroup::\n"
+
+          if [[ $ERRORS -ne 0 ]]; then
+            printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}${ERRORS} errors detected in previous steps.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: 📑 Remove draft state from Release Page
+        if: ${{ ! inputs.draft }}
+        run: |
+          set +e
+
+          ANSI_LIGHT_RED=$'\x1b[91m'
+          ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN=$'\x1b[92m'
+          ANSI_NOCOLOR=$'\x1b[0m'
+
+          export GH_TOKEN=${{ github.token }}
+
+          # Remove draft-state from release page
+          printf "%s" "Remove draft-state from release '${title}' ... "
+          gh release edit --draft=false "${{ inputs.nightly_name }}"
+          if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+            printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+          else
+            printf "%s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+            printf "  %s\n" "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't remove draft-state from release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}"
+            printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "ReleasePage" "Couldn't remove draft-state from release '${{ inputs.nightly_name }}'."
+          fi

.github/workflows/Package.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #

.github/workflows/Parameters.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ jobs:
           exclude_list =   "${{ inputs.exclude_list }}".strip()
           disable_list =   "${{ inputs.disable_list }}".strip()
 
-          currentMSYS2Version = "3.13"
+          currentMSYS2Version = "3.12"
           currentAlphaVersion = "3.15"
-          currentAlphaRelease = "3.15.0-a.4"
+          currentAlphaRelease = "3.15.0-a.1"
 
           if systems == "":
             print("::error title=Parameters::system_list is empty.")

.github/workflows/PrepareJob.yml

@@ -1,24 +1,3 @@
-# ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Authors:                                                                                                             #
-#   Patrick Lehmann                                                                                                    #
-#                                                                                                                      #
-# ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2025-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
-#                                                                                                                      #
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at                                                                              #
-#                                                                                                                      #
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                                                         #
-#                                                                                                                      #
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software                                                  #
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,                                                    #
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.                                             #
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and                                                  #
-# limitations under the License.                                                                                       #
-#                                                                                                                      #
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0                                                                                  #
-# ==================================================================================================================== #
 name: Prepare Variables
 
 on:

.github/workflows/PublishCoverageResults.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   Patrick Lehmann                                                                                                    #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           tree -pash artifacts
 
-      - name: 🔧 Install coverage
+      - name: 🔧 Install coverage and tomli
         run: |
-          python -m pip install -U --disable-pip-version-check --break-system-packages coverage[toml]
+          python -m pip install -U --disable-pip-version-check --break-system-packages coverage[toml] tomli
 
       - name: Rename .coverage files and move them all into 'coverage/'
         run: |
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-          report_type: "coverage"
           disable_search: true
           files: ${{ fromJson(inputs.coverage_report_xml).fullpath }}
           flags: unittests

.github/workflows/PublishOnPyPI.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #

.github/workflows/PublishReleaseNotes.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   Patrick Lehmann                                                                                                    #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -880,11 +880,11 @@ jobs:
 
           export GH_TOKEN=${{ github.token }}
 
-          if [[ -s __NOTES__.md ]]; then
-            addNotes=("--notes-file" "__NOTES__.md")
+          if [[ -s __ASSETS__.md ]]; then
+            addNotes=("--notes-file" "__ASSETS__.md")
           else
-            printf "  ${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}File '%s' not found.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n" "__NOTES__.md"
-            printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "InternalError" "File '__NOTES__.md' not found."
+            printf "  ${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}File '%s' not found.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n" "__ASSETS__.md"
+            printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "InternalError" "File '__ASSETS__.md' not found."
             exit 1
           fi
 

.github/workflows/PublishTestResults.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -144,13 +144,12 @@ jobs:
           reporter: java-junit
 
       - name: 📊 Publish unittest results at CodeCov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        uses: codecov/test-results-action@v1
         id: codecov
         if: inputs.codecov == 'true'
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-          report_type: "test_results"
           disable_search: true
           files: ${{ inputs.merged_junit_filename }}
           flags: ${{ inputs.codecov_flags }}

.github/workflows/PublishToGitHubPages.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #

.github/workflows/SphinxDocumentation.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   Patrick Lehmann                                                                                                    #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ inputs.python_version }}
 
-      - name: 🔧 Install wheel and pip dependencies (native)
+      - name: 🔧 Install wheel,tomli and pip dependencies (native)
         run: |
           python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check -U wheel
           python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check ${{ inputs.requirements }}
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ inputs.python_version }}
 
-      - name: 🔧 Install wheel and pip dependencies (native)
+      - name: 🔧 Install wheel,tomli and pip dependencies (native)
         run: |
           python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check -U wheel
           python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check ${{ inputs.requirements }}

.github/workflows/StaticTypeCheck.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #

.github/workflows/TagReleaseCommit.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #

.github/workflows/UnitTesting.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -69,23 +69,13 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: ''
         type: string
-      windows_before_script:
-        description: 'Scripts to execute before pytest on Windows (x64-64).'
-        required: false
-        default: ''
-        type: string
-      windows_arm_before_script:
-        description: 'Scripts to execute before pytest on Windows (aarch64).'
-        required: false
-        default: ''
-        type: string
       mingw64_before_script:
-        description: 'Scripts to execute before pytest on Windows (x64-64) within MSYS2 MinGW64.'
+        description: 'Scripts to execute before pytest on Windows within MSYS2 MinGW64.'
         required: false
         default: ''
         type: string
       ucrt64_before_script:
-        description: 'Scripts to execute before pytest on Windows (x64-64) within MSYS2 UCRT64.'
+        description: 'Scripts to execute before pytest on Windows within MSYS2 UCRT64.'
         required: false
         default: ''
         type: string
@@ -209,13 +199,12 @@ jobs:
 
 # Compute Dependencies for MSYS2 steps
 
-#      - name: 🔧 Install dependencies (system Python for Python shell)
-#        if: matrix.system == 'msys2'
-#        shell: pwsh
-#        run: |
-#          py -3.12 -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check --break-system-packages -U tomli
+      - name: 🔧 Install dependencies (system Python for Python shell)
+        if: matrix.system == 'msys2'
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          py -3.9 -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check --break-system-packages -U tomli
 
-      # TODO: extract step to an Action so package, so code can be shared with AppTesting.yml
       - name: Compute path to requirements file
         id: requirements
         shell: python
@@ -235,7 +224,7 @@ jobs:
               requirementsFile = Path(requirements)
 
             if not requirementsFile.exists():
-              print(f"::error title=FileNotFoundError::{requirementsFile}")
+              print(f"::error title=FileNotFoundError::{ex}")
               exit(1)
 
             print(f"requirements file: {requirementsFile.as_posix()}")
@@ -248,7 +237,6 @@ jobs:
           else:
             print(f"requirements list: {requirements}")
 
-      # TODO: extract step to an Action so package lists are shared with UnitTesting (and GHDL?)
       - name: Compute pacman/pacboy packages
         id: pacboy
         if: matrix.system == 'msys2'
@@ -285,7 +273,6 @@ jobs:
             dependencies = [req.strip() for req in requirements.split(" ")]
 
           packages = {
-            "aiohttp":             "python-aiohttp:p",
             "coverage":            "python-coverage:p",
             "docstr_coverage":     "python-pyaml:p python-types-pyyaml:p",
             "igraph":              "igraph:p",
@@ -294,11 +281,11 @@ jobs:
             "numpy":               "python-numpy:p",
             "markupsafe":          "python-markupsafe:p",
             "pip":                 "python-pip:p",
-            "pyyaml":              "python-pyaml:p python-types-pyyaml:p",
+            "pyyaml":              "python-pyyaml:p python-types-pyyaml:p",
             "ruamel.yaml":         "python-ruamel-yaml:p",
           #  "ruamel.yaml":         "python-ruamel-yaml:p python-ruamel.yaml.clib:p",
             "sphinx":              "python-markupsafe:p",
-            "tomli":               "python-tomli:p",        # outdated, now part of Python as tomllib
+            "tomli":               "python-tomli:p",
             "wheel":               "python-wheel:p",
             "pyedaa.projectmodel": "python-ruamel-yaml:p python-ruamel.yaml.clib:p python-lxml:p",
             "pyedaa.reports":      "python-ruamel-yaml:p python-ruamel.yaml.clib:p python-lxml:p",
@@ -307,7 +294,6 @@ jobs:
           subPackages = {
             "pytooling": {
               "yaml":              "python-ruamel-yaml:p python-ruamel.yaml.clib:p",
-              "pypi":              "python-aiohttp:p",
             },
           }
 
@@ -363,10 +349,10 @@ jobs:
 
 # Python Dependency steps
 
-      - name: 🔧 Install wheel and pip dependencies (native)
+      - name: 🔧 Install wheel,tomli and pip dependencies (native)
         if: matrix.system != 'msys2'
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check -U wheel
+          python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check -U wheel tomli
           python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check ${{ steps.requirements.outputs.requirements }}
 
       - name: 🔧 Install pip dependencies (MSYS2)
@@ -392,19 +378,13 @@ jobs:
         if: ( matrix.system == 'ubuntu' || matrix.system == 'ubuntu-arm' ) && inputs.ubuntu_before_script != ''
         run: ${{ inputs.ubuntu_before_script }}
 
-      - name: 🪟 Windows (x86-64) before scripts
-        if: matrix.system == 'windows' && inputs.windows_before_script != ''
-        run: ${{ inputs.windows_before_script }}
+      # TODO: Windows before script
 
-      - name: 🏢 Windows (aarch64) before scripts
-        if: matrix.system == 'windows-arm' && inputs.windows_arm_before_script != ''
-        run: ${{ inputs.windows_arm_before_script }}
-
-      - name: 🪟🟦 Windows (x86-64) + MinGW64 before scripts
+      - name: 🪟🟦 MinGW64 before scripts
         if: matrix.system == 'msys2' && matrix.runtime == 'MINGW64' && inputs.mingw64_before_script != ''
         run: ${{ inputs.mingw64_before_script }}
 
-      - name: 🪟🟨 Windows (x86-64) + UCRT64 before scripts
+      - name: 🪟🟨 UCRT64 before scripts
         if: matrix.system == 'msys2' && matrix.runtime == 'UCRT64' && inputs.ucrt64_before_script != ''
         run: ${{ inputs.ucrt64_before_script }}
 

.github/workflows/VerifyDocs.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #

.github/workflows/_Checking_ArtifactCleanup.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   Params:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
     with:
       name: Example
       python_version_list: "3.13 3.14"  # py-1, py-0
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 1
 
   ArtifactCleanUp:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/ArtifactCleanUp.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/ArtifactCleanUp.yml@main
     needs:
       - Params
       - Testing

.github/workflows/_Checking_JobTemplates.yml

@@ -6,20 +6,20 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   Prepare:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PrepareJob.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PrepareJob.yml@main
 
   ConfigParams:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/ExtractConfiguration.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/ExtractConfiguration.yml@main
 
   UnitTestingParams:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
     with:
       package_name:        'myPackage'
       python_version_list: '3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 pypy-3.11'
       disable_list:        'windows-arm:pypy-3.11'
 
   PlatformTestingParams:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
     with:
       package_name:        'myPackage'
       name:                'Platform'
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ jobs:
       system_list:         'ubuntu ubuntu-arm windows windows-arm macos mingw64 clang64 ucrt64'
 
   InstallParams:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
     with:
       package_name:        'myPackage'
       python_version:      ${{ needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.python_version }}
       python_version_list: ''
 
   UnitTesting:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/UnitTesting.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/UnitTesting.yml@main
     needs:
       - ConfigParams
       - UnitTestingParams
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       coverage_html_artifact:   ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).codecoverage_html }}
 
   PlatformTesting:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/UnitTesting.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/UnitTesting.yml@main
     needs:
       - ConfigParams
       - PlatformTestingParams
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
       coverage_html_artifact:   ${{ fromJson(needs.PlatformTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).codecoverage_html }}
 
   StaticTypeCheck:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/StaticTypeCheck.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/StaticTypeCheck.yml@main
     needs:
       - ConfigParams
       - UnitTestingParams
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
       html_artifact:  ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).statictyping_html }}
 
   CodeQuality:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/CheckCodeQuality.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/CheckCodeQuality.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
     with:
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
       artifact:          'CodeQuality'
 
   DocCoverage:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/CheckDocumentation.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/CheckDocumentation.yml@main
     needs:
       - ConfigParams
       - UnitTestingParams
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
 #      fail_below: 70
 
   Package:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Package.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Package.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
 #      - UnitTesting
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
       artifact:       ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).package_all }}
 
   Install:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/InstallPackage.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/InstallPackage.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
       - InstallParams
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
       package_name: ${{ needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.package_fullname }}
 
   PublishCoverageResults:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishCoverageResults.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishCoverageResults.yml@main
     needs:
       - ConfigParams
       - UnitTestingParams
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   PublishTestResults:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishTestResults.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishTestResults.yml@main
     needs:
       - ConfigParams
       - UnitTestingParams
@@ -158,14 +158,14 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
 #  VerifyDocs:
-#    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/VerifyDocs.yml@dev
+#    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/VerifyDocs.yml@main
 #    needs:
 #      - UnitTestingParams
 #    with:
 #      python_version: ${{ needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.python_version }}
 
   Documentation:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/SphinxDocumentation.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/SphinxDocumentation.yml@main
     needs:
       - ConfigParams
       - UnitTestingParams
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ jobs:
       latex_artifact:         ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).documentation_latex }}
 
   IntermediateCleanUp:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/IntermediateCleanUp.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/IntermediateCleanUp.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
       - PublishCoverageResults
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ jobs:
       xml_unittest_artifacts_prefix:    ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).unittesting_xml }}-
 
   PDFDocumentation:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/LaTeXDocumentation.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/LaTeXDocumentation.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
       - Documentation
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
       pdf_artifact:   ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).documentation_pdf }}
 
   PublishToGitHubPages:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishToGitHubPages.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishToGitHubPages.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
       - Documentation
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ jobs:
       typing:   ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).statictyping_html }}
 
   TriggerTaggedRelease:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/TagReleaseCommit.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/TagReleaseCommit.yml@main
     needs:
       - Prepare
       - UnitTesting
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   ReleasePage:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishReleaseNotes.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishReleaseNotes.yml@main
     needs:
       - Prepare
       - UnitTesting
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   PublishOnPyPI:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishOnPyPI.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/PublishOnPyPI.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
       - ReleasePage
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   ArtifactCleanUp:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/ArtifactCleanUp.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/ArtifactCleanUp.yml@main
     needs:
       - UnitTestingParams
       - PlatformTestingParams

.github/workflows/_Checking_NamespacePackage_Pipeline.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   NamespacePackage:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/CompletePipeline.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/CompletePipeline.yml@main
     with:
       package_namespace: 'myFramework'
       package_name:      'Extension'

.github/workflows/_Checking_Parameters.yml

@@ -6,24 +6,24 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   Params_Default:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
     with:
       name: Example
 
   Params_PythonVersions:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
     with:
       name: Example
       python_version_list: "3.12 3.13 pypy-3.10 pypy-3.11"       # py-2, py-1, pypy-1, pypy-0
 
   Params_Systems:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
     with:
       name: Example
       system_list: "windows mingw32 mingw64"
 
   Params_Include:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
     with:
       name: Example
       python_version_list: "3.12"                                # py-2
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       include_list: "ubuntu:3.13 ubuntu:3.14 ubuntu-arm:3.12"
 
   Params_Exclude:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
     with:
       name: Example
       python_version_list: "3.13"                                # py-1
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       exclude_list: "windows:3.13 windows:3.14"
 
   Params_Disable:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
     with:
       name: Example
       python_version_list: "3.13"                                # py-1
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       disable_list: "windows:3.13 windows:3.14"
 
   Params_All:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
     with:
       name: Example
       python_version_list: "3.12 3.13"                           # py-2, py-1
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           expected-python-versions: '["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]'
           expected-systems:         '["ubuntu", "ubuntu-arm", "windows", "windows-arm", "macos", "macos-arm"]'
           expected-exclude-jobs:    '["windows-arm:3.10"]'
-          expected-include-jobs:    '["mingw64:3.13", "ucrt64:3.13"]'
+          expected-include-jobs:    '["mingw64:3.12", "ucrt64:3.12"]'
           generated-default-version: ${{ needs.Params_Default.outputs.python_version }}
           generated-jobmatrix:       ${{ needs.Params_Default.outputs.python_jobs }}
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           expected-python-versions: '["3.12", "3.13", "pypy-3.10", "pypy-3.11"]'
           expected-systems:         '["ubuntu", "ubuntu-arm", "windows", "windows-arm", "macos", "macos-arm"]'
           expected-exclude-jobs:    '["windows-arm:pypy-3.10", "windows-arm:pypy-3.11"]'
-          expected-include-jobs:    '["mingw64:3.13", "ucrt64:3.13"]'
+          expected-include-jobs:    '["mingw64:3.12", "ucrt64:3.12"]'
           generated-default-version: ${{ needs.Params_PythonVersions.outputs.python_version }}
           generated-jobmatrix:       ${{ needs.Params_PythonVersions.outputs.python_jobs }}
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
           expected-python-versions: '["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]'
           expected-systems:         '["windows"]'
           expected-exclude-jobs:    '[]'
-          expected-include-jobs:    '["mingw32:3.13", "mingw64:3.13"]'
+          expected-include-jobs:    '["mingw32:3.12", "mingw64:3.12"]'
           generated-default-version: ${{ needs.Params_Systems.outputs.python_version }}
           generated-jobmatrix:       ${{ needs.Params_Systems.outputs.python_jobs }}
 

.github/workflows/_Checking_SimplePackage_Pipeline.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   SimplePackage:
-    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/CompletePipeline.yml@dev
+    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/CompletePipeline.yml@main
     with:
       package_name: 'myPackage'
       unittest_python_version_list: '3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 pypy-3.11'

README.md

@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ As shown in the screenshots above, the expected order is:
 
   [**PublishCoverageResults**](.github/workflows/PublishCoverageResults.yml): publish ucode coverage results.
 
+  [**NightlyRelease**](.github/workflows/NightlyRelease.yml): publish GitHub Release.
+
   [**PublishReleaseNotes**](.github/workflows/PublishReleaseNotes.yml): publish GitHub Release.
 - **Documentation:**  
   [**SphinxDocumentation**](.github/workflows/PublishCoverageResults.yml): create HTML and LaTeX documentation using
@@ -88,11 +90,12 @@ As shown in the screenshots above, the expected order is:
   [**IntermediateCleanUp**](.github/workflows/IntermediateCleanUp.yml): delete intermediate artifacts.
   
   [**ArtifactCleanUp**](.github/workflows/ArtifactCleanUp.yml): delete artifacts.
-- **Removed:**  
-  ❌ **NightlyRelease**: Use `PublishReleaseNotes`, because it's more advanced and not limited to nightly releases.
-  ❌ **CoverageCollection**: Use `UnitTesting`, because is can collect code coverage too.
+- **⚠ Deprecated ⚠:**  
+  [**CoverageCollection**](.github/workflows/CoverageCollection.yml): Use `UnitTesting`, because is can collect code
+  coverage too. This avoids code duplication in job templates.
   
-  ❌ **BuildTheDocs**: Use `SphinxDocumentation`, `LaTeXDocumentation` and `PublishToGitHubPages`.
+  [**BuildTheDocs**](.github/workflows/BuildTheDocs.yml): Use `SphinxDocumentation`, `LaTeXDocumentation` and
+  `PublishToGitHubPages`. BuildTheDocs isn't maintained anymore.
 
 
 ### Example pipeline
@@ -113,8 +116,8 @@ Find further usage cases in the following list of projects:
 
 ## Contributors
 
-* [Patrick Lehmann](https://GitHub.com/Paebbels) (Maintainer)
-* [Unai Martinez-Corral](https://GitHub.com/umarcor)
+* [Patrick Lehmann](https://GitHub.com/Paebbels)
+* [Unai Martinez-Corral](https://GitHub.com/umarcor) (Maintainer)
 * [and more...](https://GitHub.com/pyTooling/Actions/graphs/contributors)
 
 

dist/requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-wheel ~= 0.45.0
+wheel ~= 0.45
 twine ~= 6.2

doc/JobTemplate/AllInOne/CompletePipeline.rst

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ It can be used for simple Python packages as well as namespace packages.
               * :gh:`actions/setup-python`
 
                 * :pypi:`wheel`
+                * :pypi:`tomli`
 
             * :ref:`pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/UnitTesting.yml <JOBTMPL/UnitTesting>`
 
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ It can be used for simple Python packages as well as namespace packages.
               * pip
 
                 * :pypi:`wheel`
+                * :pypi:`tomli`
                 * Python packages specified via :ref:`JOBTMPL/UnitTesting/Input/requirements` or
                   :ref:`JOBTMPL/UnitTesting/Input/mingw_requirements` parameter.
 
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ It can be used for simple Python packages as well as namespace packages.
               * pip
 
                 * :pypi:`coverage`
+                * :pypi:`tomli`
 
               * :gh:`pyTooling/upload-artifact`
 

doc/JobTemplate/Deprecated/BuildTheDocs.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.. _JOBTMPL/BuildTheDocs:
+
+BuildTheDocs
+############
+
+.. attention::
+
+   The ``BuildTheDocs`` job template is deprecated.
+
+   See :ref:`JOBTMPL/SphinxDocumentation` and :ref:`JOBTMPL/LaTeXDocumentation`.

doc/JobTemplate/Deprecated/CoverageCollection.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.. _JOBTMPL/CoverageCollection:
+
+CoverageCollection
+##################
+
+.. attention::
+
+   The ``CoverageCollection`` job template is deprecated.
+
+   See :ref:`JOBTMPL/UnitTesting` and :ref:`JOBTMPL/PublishCoverageResults`.

doc/JobTemplate/Deprecated/NightlyRelease.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.. _JOBTMPL/NightlyRelease:
+
+NightlyRelease
+##############
+
+.. attention::
+
+   The ``NightlyRelease`` job template is deprecated.
+
+   See :ref:`JOBTMPL/PublishReleaseNotes`.

doc/JobTemplate/Deprecated/index.rst

@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@ Deprecated
 
 The category *deprecated* collects outdated job templates:
 
-CoverageCollection
+:ref:`JOBTMPL/CoverageCollection`
   replaced by :ref:`JOBTMPL/UnitTesting`
-NightlyRelease
+:ref:`JOBTMPL/NightlyRelease`
   replaced by :ref:`JOBTMPL/PublishReleaseNotes`
-BuildTheDocs
+:ref:`JOBTMPL/BuildTheDocs`
   replaced by :ref:`JOBTMPL/SphinxDocumentation` and :ref:`JOBTMPL/LaTeXDocumentation`
 
-.. #toctree::
+.. toctree::
    :hidden:
 
+   CoverageCollection
    NightlyRelease
+   BuildTheDocs

doc/JobTemplate/Publish/PublishCoverageResults.rst

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ cloud services like :term:`CodeCov` or :term:`Codacy`.
    * pip
 
      * :pypi:`coverage`
+     * :pypi:`tomli`
 
    * :gh:`pyTooling/upload-artifact`
 

doc/JobTemplate/Setup/ExtractConfiguration.rst

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ duplications within jobs.
    * :gh:`actions/setup-python`
 
      * :pypi:`wheel`
+     * :pypi:`tomli`
 
 
 .. _JOBTMPL/ExtractConfiguration/Instantiation:

doc/JobTemplate/Templates.rst

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
       * :ref:`JOBTMPL/IntermediateCleanup`
       * :ref:`JOBTMPL/ArtifactCleanup`
 
-   .. #grid-item::
+   .. grid-item::
       :columns: 2
 
       .. rubric:: :ref:`JOBTMPL/Deprecated`

doc/JobTemplate/Testing/UnitTesting.rst

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Configuration options to :term:`pytest` should be given via section ``[tool.pyte
    * pip
 
      * :pypi:`wheel`
+     * :pypi:`tomli`
      * Python packages specified via :ref:`JOBTMPL/UnitTesting/Input/requirements` or
        :ref:`JOBTMPL/UnitTesting/Input/mingw_requirements` parameter.
 

doc/index.rst

@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ Example Pipelines
             .. code-block:: toml
 
                [build-system]
-               requires = ["setuptools >= 80.0", "pyTooling ~= 8.12"]
+               requires = ["setuptools >= 80.0", "wheel ~= 0.45", "pyTooling ~= 8.8"]
                build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
                [tool.mypy]
                packages = ["myPackage"]
-               python_version = "3.14"
+               python_version = "3.13"
                strict = true
                pretty = true
                show_error_context = true
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ References
 Contributors
 ************
 
-* `Patrick Lehmann <https://GitHub.com/Paebbels>`__ (Maintainer)
-* `Unai Martinez-Corral <https://GitHub.com/umarcor>`__
+* `Patrick Lehmann <https://GitHub.com/Paebbels>`__
+* `Unai Martinez-Corral <https://GitHub.com/umarcor>`__ (Maintainer)
 * `and more... <https://GitHub.com/pyTooling/Actions/graphs/contributors>`__
 
 

doc/requirements.txt

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 -r ../requirements.txt
 
-pyTooling ~= 8.12
+pyTooling ~= 8.8
 
 # Enforce latest version on ReadTheDocs
-sphinx ~= 9.1
-docutils ~= 0.22.0
+sphinx ~= 8.2
+docutils ~= 0.21
 docutils_stubs ~= 0.0.22
 
 # ReadTheDocs Theme
 sphinx_rtd_theme ~= 3.0
 
 # Sphinx Extenstions
-sphinxcontrib-mermaid ~= 2.0
+sphinxcontrib-mermaid ~= 1.2
 autoapi >= 2.0.1
-sphinx_design ~= 0.7.0
-sphinx-copybutton >= 0.5.0
+sphinx_design ~= 0.6
+sphinx-copybutton >= 0.5
 sphinx_autodoc_typehints ~= 3.5   # 3.6 is conflicting with old sphinx_design and rtd theme due to sphinx<9 and docutils<0.22
-sphinx_reports ~= 0.10.0
+sphinx_reports ~= 0.9

myFramework/Extension/__init__.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # License:                                                                                                             #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2017-2026 Patrick Lehmann - Bötzingen, Germany                                                             #
+# Copyright 2017-2025 Patrick Lehmann - Bötzingen, Germany                                                             #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ A module for a set of dummy classes.
 
 __author__ =        "Patrick Lehmann"
 __email__ =         "Paebbels@gmail.com"
-__copyright__ =     "2017-2026, Patrick Lehmann"
+__copyright__ =     "2017-2025, Patrick Lehmann"
 __license__ =       "Apache License, Version 2.0"
 __version__ =       "0.14.8"
 __keywords__ =      ["GitHub Actions"]

myPackage/__init__.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # License:                                                                                                             #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2017-2026 Patrick Lehmann - Bötzingen, Germany                                                             #
+# Copyright 2017-2025 Patrick Lehmann - Bötzingen, Germany                                                             #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ A module for a set of dummy classes.
 
 __author__ =        "Patrick Lehmann"
 __email__ =         "Paebbels@gmail.com"
-__copyright__ =     "2017-2026, Patrick Lehmann"
+__copyright__ =     "2017-2025, Patrick Lehmann"
 __license__ =       "Apache License, Version 2.0"
-__version__ =       "7.4.3"
+__version__ =       "0.4.5"
 __keywords__ =      ["GitHub Actions"]
 __issue_tracker__ = "https://GitHub.com/pyTooling/Actions/issues"
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
   "setuptools >= 80.0",
-  "pyTooling ~= 8.12"
+  "wheel ~= 0.45",
+  "pyTooling ~= 8.8"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ variable-naming-style = "camelCase"
 
 [tool.mypy]
 packages = ["myPackage", "myFramework.Extension"]
-python_version = "3.14"
+python_version = "3.13"
 strict = true
 pretty = true
 show_error_context = true

requirements.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-pyTooling ~= 8.12
+pyTooling ~= 8.8

run.ps1

@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@ $jobs = @()
 if ($livedoc)
 { Write-Host -ForegroundColor DarkYellow    "[live][DOC]       Building documentation using Sphinx ..."
 
-  cd doc
-  py -3.14 -m sphinx.cmd.build -b html . _build/html --doctree-dir _build/doctrees --jobs auto --warning-file _build/sphinx-warnings.log --verbose
-  cd ..
+  .\doc\make.bat html --verbose
 
   Write-Host -ForegroundColor DarkYellow    "[live][DOC]       Documentation finished"
 }
@@ -128,8 +126,7 @@ elseif ($doc)
 
   # Compile documentation
   $compileDocFunc = {
-    cd doc
-    py -3.14 -m sphinx.cmd.build -b html . _build/html --doctree-dir _build/doctrees --jobs auto --warning-file _build/sphinx-warnings.log --verbose
+    .\doc\make.bat html --verbose
   }
   $docJob = Start-Job -Name "Documentation" -ScriptBlock $compileDocFunc
 #  $jobs += $docJob

setup.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # License:                                                                                                             #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2017-2026 Patrick Lehmann - Bötzingen, Germany                                                             #
+# Copyright 2017-2025 Patrick Lehmann - Bötzingen, Germany                                                             #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #

tests/platform/Specific.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # License:                                                                                                             #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2017-2026 Patrick Lehmann - Bötzingen, Germany                                                             #
+# Copyright 2017-2025 Patrick Lehmann - Bötzingen, Germany                                                             #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -44,55 +44,55 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":  # pragma: no cover
 
 class PlatformTesting(TestCase):
 	@mark.skipif(not CurrentPlatform.IsNativeLinux, reason="Skipped, if current platform isn't native Linux.")
-	def test_ApplicationOnNativeLinux(self) -> None:
+	def test_ApplicationOnNativeLinux(self):
 		app = Application()
 
 		self.assertEqual(1, app.Value)
 
 	@mark.skipif(not CurrentPlatform.IsNativeMacOS, reason="Skipped, if current platform isn't native macOS.")
-	def test_ApplicationOnNativeMacOS(self) -> None:
+	def test_ApplicationOnNativeMacOS(self):
 		app = Application()
 
 		self.assertEqual(2, app.Value)
 
 	@mark.skipif(not CurrentPlatform.IsNativeWindows, reason="Skipped, if current platform isn't native Windows.")
-	def test_ApplicationOnNativeWindows(self) -> None:
+	def test_ApplicationOnNativeWindows(self):
 		app = Application()
 
 		self.assertEqual(3, app.Value)
 
 	@mark.skipif(not CurrentPlatform.IsMSYSOnWindows, reason="Skipped, if current platform isn't MSYS on Windows.")
-	def test_ApplicationOnMSYS2OnWindows(self) -> None:
+	def test_ApplicationOnMSYS2OnWindows(self):
 		app = Application()
 
 		self.assertEqual(11, app.Value)
 
 	@mark.skipif(not CurrentPlatform.IsMinGW32OnWindows, reason="Skipped, if current platform isn't MinGW32 on Windows.")
-	def test_ApplicationOnMinGW32OnWindows(self) -> None:
+	def test_ApplicationOnMinGW32OnWindows(self):
 		app = Application()
 
 		self.assertEqual(12, app.Value)
 
 	@mark.skipif(not CurrentPlatform.IsMinGW64OnWindows, reason="Skipped, if current platform isn't MinGW64 on Windows.")
-	def test_ApplicationOnMinGW64OnWindows(self) -> None:
+	def test_ApplicationOnMinGW64OnWindows(self):
 		app = Application()
 
 		self.assertEqual(13, app.Value)
 
 	@mark.skipif(not CurrentPlatform.IsUCRT64OnWindows, reason="Skipped, if current platform isn't UCRT64 on Windows.")
-	def test_ApplicationOnURTC64OnWindows(self) -> None:
+	def test_ApplicationOnURTC64OnWindows(self):
 		app = Application()
 
 		self.assertEqual(14, app.Value)
 
 	@mark.skipif(not CurrentPlatform.IsClang32OnWindows, reason="Skipped, if current platform isn't Clang32 on Windows.")
-	def test_ApplicationOnClang32OnWindows(self) -> None:
+	def test_ApplicationOnClang32OnWindows(self):
 		app = Application()
 
 		self.assertEqual(15, app.Value)
 
 	@mark.skipif(not CurrentPlatform.IsClang64OnWindows, reason="Skipped, if current platform isn't Clang64 on Windows.")
-	def test_ApplicationOnClang64OnWindows(self) -> None:
+	def test_ApplicationOnClang64OnWindows(self):
 		app = Application()
 
 		self.assertEqual(16, app.Value)

tests/unit/AppInit.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # License:                                                                                                             #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2017-2026 Patrick Lehmann - Bötzingen, Germany                                                             #
+# Copyright 2017-2025 Patrick Lehmann - Bötzingen, Germany                                                             #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from myPackage import Application
 
 
 class Instantiation(TestCase):
-	def test_Application(self) -> None:
+	def test_Application(self):
 		app = Application()
 
 		self.assertGreater(app.Value, 0)

tests/unit/__init__.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # License:                                                                                                             #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2017-2026 Patrick Lehmann - Bötzingen, Germany                                                             #
+# Copyright 2017-2025 Patrick Lehmann - Bötzingen, Germany                                                             #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #

with-post-step/action.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2026 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #