Build a source distribution package

Signed-off-by: Sahas Subramanian <[email protected]>

Author: shsms

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -112,9 +112,25 @@ jobs:
           path: dist/
           if-no-files-found: error
 
+  build-sdist:
+    name: Build source distribution packages
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Build sdist
+        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
+        with:
+          command: sdist
+          args: --out dist
+      - name: Upload sdist
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist-packages-sdist
+          path: dist
+
   test-installation:
     name: Test package installation
-    needs: ["build"]
+    needs: ["build", "build-sdist"]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -325,7 +341,7 @@ jobs:
             --generate-notes \
             $extra_opts \
             $REF_NAME \
-            dist/dist-packages-*/*.whl
+            dist/dist-packages-*/*.whl dist/dist-packages-sdist/*.tar.gz
         env:
           REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
           REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}