feat(ci): use solc-select for tox (#604)

* feat(ci): use solc-select for tox.

* chore(docs): update changelog for solc-select with tox.

Author: spencer-tb

.github/workflows/tox_verify.yaml

@@ -10,28 +10,23 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: '3.10'
-            solc: '0.8.20'
             evm-type: 'stable'
             tox-cmd: 'tox run-parallel --parallel-no-spinner'
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: '3.12'
-            solc: '0.8.23'
             evm-type: 'stable'
             tox-cmd: 'tox run-parallel --parallel-no-spinner'
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: '3.11'
-            solc: '0.8.21'
             evm-type: 'develop'
             tox-cmd: 'tox -e tests-develop'
           # Disabled to not be gated by evmone implementation
           # - os: ubuntu-latest
           #   python: '3.11'
-          #   solc: '0.8.21'
           #   evm-type: 'eip7692'
           #   tox-cmd: 'tox -e tests-eip7692'
           - os: macos-latest
             python: '3.11'
-            solc: '0.8.22'
             evm-type: 'stable'
             tox-cmd: 'tox run-parallel --parallel-no-spinner'
     steps:
@@ -47,13 +42,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           allow-prereleases: true
-      - name: Install solc compiler
-        run: |
-          if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ]; then PLATFORM="linux-amd64"; else PLATFORM="macosx-amd64"; fi
-          RELEASE_NAME=$(curl https://binaries.soliditylang.org/${PLATFORM}/list.json | jq -r --arg SOLC_VERSION "${{ matrix.solc }}" '.releases[$SOLC_VERSION]')
-          wget -O $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/bin/solc https://binaries.soliditylang.org/${PLATFORM}/$RELEASE_NAME
-          chmod a+x $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/bin/solc
-          echo $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
       - name: Setup Tools/Dependencies Ubuntu
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: |

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Test fixtures for use by clients are available for each release on the [Github r
 - 🐞 Relax minor and patch dependency requirements to avoid conflicting package dependencies ([#510](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/pull/510)).
 - 🔀 Update all CI actions to use their respective Node.js 20 versions, ahead of their Node.js 16 version deprecations ([#527](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/pull/527)).
 - ✨ Releases now contain a `fixtures_eip7692.tar.gz` which contains all EOF fixtures ([#573](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/pull/573)).
+- ✨ Use `solc-select` for tox when running locally and within CI ([#604](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/pull/604)).
 
 ### 💥 Breaking Change
 

setup.cfg

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ install_requires =
     click>=8.0.0,<9
     pydantic>=2.6.3,<3
     rich>=13.7.0,<14
+    solc-select>=1.0.4
 
 [options.package_data]
 ethereum_test_tools =

tox.ini

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ eip7692 = CancunEIP7692
 [testenv]
 package = wheel
 wheel_build_env = .pkg
+commands_pre = solc-select use 0.8.24 --always-install
 
 [testenv:framework]
 description = Run checks on helper libraries and test framework
@@ -83,6 +84,8 @@ extras =
     lint
     docs
 
+commands_pre =  # Override commands pre to not run solc-select install
+
 setenv =
     SPEC_TESTS_AUTO_GENERATE_FILES = true
     # Required for `cairosvg` so tox can find `libcairo-2`.