Merge branch 'main' into framework-lib

Author: freakboy3742

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         PYTHON_VER=$(make config | grep "PYTHON_VER=" | cut -d "=" -f 2)
         echo "PYTHON_VER=${PYTHON_VER}" | tee -a ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
-
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4.7.1
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5.1.1
       with:
         # Appending -dev ensures that we can always build the dev release.
         # It's a no-op for versions that have been published.
@@ -52,14 +51,13 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         # Do the build for the requested target.
         make ${{ matrix.target }}
-
     - name: Upload build artefacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3.1.3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.4
       with:
         name: Python-${{ steps.config-vars.outputs.PYTHON_VER }}-${{ matrix.target }}-support.custom.tar.gz
         path: dist/Python-${{ steps.config-vars.outputs.PYTHON_VER }}-${{ matrix.target }}-support.custom.tar.gz
 
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.7
       if: matrix.run-tests
       with:
         repository: beeware/Python-support-testbed
@@ -72,7 +70,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         # Use the development version of Briefcase
         python -m pip install git+https://github.com/beeware/briefcase.git
-
     - name: Run support testbed check
       if: matrix.run-tests
       working-directory: Python-support-testbed

.github/workflows/publish.yaml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Python environment
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4.7.1
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5.1.1
       with:
         python-version: "3.X"
 

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    name: Build
     runs-on: macOS-latest
     outputs:
       TAG: ${{ steps.build-vars.outputs.TAG }}
@@ -21,25 +22,26 @@ jobs:
       OPENSSL_VERSION: ${{ steps.version-details.outputs.OPENSSL_VERSION }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        target: ['macOS', 'iOS', 'tvOS', 'watchOS']
+        target: [ "macOS", "iOS", "tvOS", "watchOS" ]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/[email protected]
 
-    - name: Set build variables
+    - name: Set Build Variables
       id: build-vars
       env:
         TAG_NAME: ${{ github.ref }}
       run: |
-        TAG=$(basename $TAG_NAME)
-        echo "TAG=${TAG}" | tee -a ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
+        export TAG=$(basename $TAG_NAME)
+        export PYTHON_VER="${TAG%-*}"
+        export BUILD_NUMBER="${TAG#*-}"
 
-        PYTHON_VER="${TAG%-*}"
-        BUILD_NUMBER="${TAG#*-}"
+        echo "TAG=${TAG}" | tee -a ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
         echo "PYTHON_VER=${PYTHON_VER}" | tee -a ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
         echo "BUILD_NUMBER=${BUILD_NUMBER}" | tee -a ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
 
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4.7.1
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5.1.1
       with:
         python-version: "${{ steps.build-vars.outputs.PYTHON_VER }}-dev"
 
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         # Do the build for the requested target.
         make ${{ matrix.target }} BUILD_NUMBER=${{ steps.build-vars.outputs.BUILD_NUMBER }}
 
-    - name: Extract version details
+    - name: Extract Version Details
       id: version-details
       run: |
         PYTHON_VERSION=$(grep "Python version:" support/${{ steps.build-vars.outputs.PYTHON_VER }}/${{ matrix.target }}/VERSIONS | cut -d " " -f 3)
@@ -63,25 +65,27 @@ jobs:
         echo "OPENSSL_VERSION=${OPENSSL_VERSION}" | tee -a ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
         echo "LIBFFI_VERSION=${LIBFFI_VERSION}" | tee -a ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
 
-    - name: Upload build artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3.1.3
+    - name: Upload Build Artifact
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.4
       with:
-        name: dist
-        path: "dist"
+        name: dist-${{ matrix.target }}
+        path: dist
         if-no-files-found: error
 
   make-release:
+    name: Make Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build
     steps:
     - name: Get build artifacts
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3.0.2
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.8
       with:
-        name: dist
+        pattern: dist-*
         path: dist
+        merge-multiple: true
 
     - name: Create Release
-      uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1.13.0
+      uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1.14.0
       with:
         name: ${{ needs.build.outputs.PYTHON_VER }}-${{ needs.build.outputs.BUILD_NUMBER }}
         tag: ${{ needs.build.outputs.PYTHON_VER }}-${{ needs.build.outputs.BUILD_NUMBER }}

USAGE.md

@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ echo "Signing as $EXPANDED_CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY_NAME ($EXPANDED_CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY
 find "$CODESIGNING_FOLDER_PATH/Contents/Resources/python-stdlib/lib-dynload" -name "*.so" -exec /usr/bin/codesign --force --sign "$EXPANDED_CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY" -o runtime --timestamp=none --preserve-metadata=identifier,entitlements,flags --generate-entitlement-der {} \;
 ```
 
+8. Disable dead code removal. As of March 2024 Xcode has "Dead Code Stripping" enabled by default. This _will_ remove functions from linked Python library that linker found unused.
+   Navigate to Build Settings -> Linkin - General. Find "Dead Code Stripping" and select "No"
+
 You will now be able to access the Python runtime in your Python code.
 
 If you are on iOS, you will be able to deploy to an iOS simulator without specifying