Add support for ppc64le architecture to CI and wheel-builder workflows (#13130)

* Add support for ppc64le architecture to CI and wheel-builder workflows

* using manylinux_2_34 image and ubuntu-rolling image

* docs: add ppc64le to supported platforms list

* Update docs/installation.rst

Co-authored-by: Paul Kehrer <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Paul Kehrer <[email protected]>

Author: sandeepgupta12

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ jobs:
           - {IMAGE: "ubuntu-rolling:aarch64", NOXSESSION: "tests", RUNNER: "ubuntu-24.04-arm"}
 
           - {IMAGE: "ubuntu-rolling:armv7l", NOXSESSION: "tests", RUNNER: "ubuntu-24.04-arm"}
+
+          - {IMAGE: "ubuntu-rolling:ppc64le", NOXSESSION: "tests", RUNNER: "ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le"}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     env:
       RUSTUP_HOME: /root/.rustup

.github/workflows/wheel-builder.yml

@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ jobs:
           - { NAME: "musllinux_1_2_aarch64", CONTAINER: "cryptography-musllinux_1_2:aarch64", RUNNER: "ubuntu-24.04-arm" }
 
           - { NAME: "manylinux_2_31_armv7l", CONTAINER: "cryptography-manylinux_2_31:armv7l", RUNNER: "ubuntu-24.04-arm" }
+
+          - { NAME: "manylinux_2_28_ppc64le", CONTAINER: "cryptography-manylinux_2_28:ppc64le", RUNNER: "ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le" }
+          - { NAME: "manylinux_2_34_ppc64le", CONTAINER: "cryptography-manylinux_2_34:ppc64le", RUNNER: "ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le" }
+          
         exclude:
           # There are no readily available musllinux PyPy distributions
           - PYTHON: { VERSION: "pp310-pypy310_pp73" }
@@ -107,6 +111,17 @@ jobs:
             MANYLINUX: { NAME: "manylinux_2_31_armv7l", CONTAINER: "cryptography-manylinux_2_31:armv7l", RUNNER: "ubuntu-24.04-arm" }
           - PYTHON: { VERSION: "pp311-pypy311_pp73" }
             MANYLINUX: { NAME: "manylinux_2_31_armv7l", CONTAINER: "cryptography-manylinux_2_31:armv7l", RUNNER: "ubuntu-24.04-arm" }
+
+          # No PyPy on ppc64le
+          - PYTHON: { VERSION: "pp311-pypy311_pp73" }
+            MANYLINUX: { NAME: "manylinux_2_34_ppc64le", CONTAINER: "cryptography-manylinux_2_34:ppc64le", RUNNER: "ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le" }
+          - PYTHON: { VERSION: "pp310-pypy310_pp73" }
+            MANYLINUX: { NAME: "manylinux_2_28_ppc64le", CONTAINER: "cryptography-manylinux_2_28:ppc64le", RUNNER: "ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le" }
+          - PYTHON: { VERSION: "pp310-pypy310_pp73" }
+            MANYLINUX: { NAME: "manylinux_2_34_ppc64le", CONTAINER: "cryptography-manylinux_2_34:ppc64le", RUNNER: "ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le" }
+          - PYTHON: { VERSION: "pp311-pypy311_pp73" }
+            MANYLINUX: { NAME: "manylinux_2_28_ppc64le", CONTAINER: "cryptography-manylinux_2_28:ppc64le", RUNNER: "ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le" }
+
     name: "${{ matrix.PYTHON.VERSION }} for ${{ matrix.MANYLINUX.NAME }}"
     steps:
       - name: Ridiculous-er workaround for static node20

docs/installation.rst

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ operating systems.
   Sid (unstable)
 * x86-64 and ARM64 Alpine (latest)
 * 32-bit and 64-bit Python on 64-bit Windows Server 2022
+* ``ppc64le`` Ubuntu rolling
 
 We test compiling with ``clang`` as well as ``gcc`` and use the following
 OpenSSL releases in addition to distribution provided releases from the