[RELEASE] Version v2.1 ALPHA

Changes in file .github/workflows/CD-PyPi.yml:
 * Flushed out more like working CI-Build for builds

Changes in file docs/conf.py:
 * version bump to 2.1 series

Changes in file multicast/__init__.py:
 * version bump to 2.1 series

Changes in file pyproject.toml:
 * version bump to 2.1 series

Author: reactive-firewall

.github/workflows/CD-PyPi.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ on:
 
 permissions: {}
 
+env:
+  ENVIRONMENT: ${{ (github.ref == 'refs/heads/stable' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')) && 'Deployment' || (github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/feature') || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/patch-') || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')) && 'Testing' || 'Experimenting' }}
+  # Define Python versions at the top level -- Expected format: X.Y (e.g., 3.13)
+  PYTHON_DEFAULT: "${{ vars.PYTHON_DEFAULT }}"
+
 jobs:
   pypi-publish:
     name: upload release to PyPI
@@ -35,17 +40,28 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065 # v5.6.0
+      - id: build-python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065 # v5.6.0
         with:
           python-version: "${{ vars.PYTHON_DEFAULT }}"
+      - id: output_python
+        name: "bootstrap Python"
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          printf "%s\n" "::group::bootstrap-python-env"
+          printf "python-path=%s\n" "${{ steps.build-python.outputs.python-path }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          printf "PYTHON=%s\n" "${{ steps.build-python.outputs.python-path }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          printf "python-version=%s\n" "${{ steps.build-python.outputs.python-version }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          printf "PYTHON_VERSION=%s\n" "${{ steps.build-python.outputs.python-version }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          printf "%s\n" "::endgroup::"
       - name: Pre-Clean
         id: clean
         shell: bash
         run: make -j1 -f Makefile purge 2>/dev/null || true
       - name: Build
         id: build
         shell: bash
-        run: make -j1 -f Makefile dist
+        run: make -j1 -f Makefile build
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
         if: ${{ success() }}
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1

docs/conf.py

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = "v2.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "v2.0.9"
+release = "v2.1.0a1"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

multicast/__init__.py

@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import sys
+import abc
 import argparse
 import logging
-import unicodedata
 import socket
 import struct
-import abc
+import unicodedata
 
 # skipcq
 __all__ = [
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
 
 global __version__  # skipcq: PYL-W0604
 
-__version__ = "2.0.9"
+__version__ = "2.1.0-alpha-1"
 """The version of this program.
 
 	The `__version__` attribute, like many dunder attributes, is associated with the implementation

pyproject.toml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainers = [{ "name" = "reactive-firewall", "email" = "reactive-firewall@user
 name = "multicast"
 requires-python = ">=3.9.6, !=3.9.7, !=3.9.8, !=3.9.9, !=3.9.10, !=3.9.11, !=3.9.12, !=3.9.13, !=3.9.14, !=3.9.15, !=3.9.16, !=3.9.17, !=3.9.18, !=3.9.19, !=3.13.0, <3.14.0"
 scripts = { "multicast" = "multicast.__main__:cli" }
-version = "v2.0.9"
+version = "v2.1.0a1"
 
 [project.urls]
 "Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/reactive-firewall-org/multicast/issues"