Add CI tests for conda-standalone canaries

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ on:
       - "examples/**"
       - "scripts/**"
       - "tests/**"
+      - "dev/**"
       - "pyproject.toml"
       - "setup.cfg"
       - "setup.py"
@@ -31,28 +32,59 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash -el {0}
 jobs:
   tests:
-    name: ${{ matrix.os }}, Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}, ${{ matrix.micromamba && 'micromamba' || 'conda-standalone' }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.os }}, Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}, ${{ matrix.conda-standalone }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos, ubuntu, windows]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
-        check-docs: [false]
         include:
+          # UBUNTU
+          - os: ubuntu
+            python-version: "3.8"
+            conda-standalone: conda-standalone
+            check-docs: true
           - os: ubuntu
             python-version: "3.9"
-            micromamba: true
+            conda-standalone: conda-standalone
             check-docs: true
+          - os: ubuntu
+            python-version: "3.10"
+            conda-standalone: conda-standalone-nightly
+          - os: ubuntu
+            python-version: "3.11"
+            conda-standalone: micromamba
+          # MACOS
+          - os: macos
+            python-version: "3.8"
+            conda-standalone: conda-standalone-nightly
+          # Not running for 3.9 to save some CI resources
+          # - os: macos
+          #   python-version: "3.9"
+          #   conda-standalone: conda-standalone
           - os: macos
             python-version: "3.10"
-            micromamba: true
-            check-docs: false
-          # Re-enable once micromamba supports menu creation
+            conda-standalone: micromamba
+          - os: macos
+            python-version: "3.11"
+            conda-standalone: conda-standalone
+          # WINDOWS
+          - os: windows
+            python-version: "3.8"
+            conda-standalone: conda-standalone
+          - os: windows
+            python-version: "3.9"
+            conda-standalone: conda-standalone-nightly
+          - os: windows
+            python-version: "3.10"
+            conda-standalone: conda-standalone
+          - os: windows
+            python-version: "3.11"
+            conda-standalone: conda-standalone-nightly
+          # Micromamba doesn't support Windows yet (menuinst features missing)
           # - os: windows
-          #   python-version: "3.8"
-          #   micromamba: true
-          #   check-docs: false
+          #   python-version: 3.11
+          #   conda-standalone: micromamba
+
     env:
       PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
     steps:
@@ -75,13 +107,16 @@ jobs:
           pip install -e . --no-deps --no-build-isolation
       - name: Set up conda executable
         run: |
-          if [[ "${{ matrix.micromamba }}" != "" ]]; then
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.conda-standalone }}" == "micromamba" ]]; then
             conda create -yqp "${{ runner.temp }}/micromamba" -c conda-forge micromamba
             if [[ ${{ matrix.os }} == "windows" ]]; then
               echo "CONSTRUCTOR_CONDA_EXE=${{ runner.temp }}/micromamba/Library/bin/micromamba.exe" >> $GITHUB_ENV
             else
               echo "CONSTRUCTOR_CONDA_EXE=${{ runner.temp }}/micromamba/bin/micromamba" >> $GITHUB_ENV
             fi
+          elif [[ "${{ matrix.conda-standalone }}" == "conda-standalone-nightly" ]]; then
+            conda create -yqp "${{ runner.temp }}/conda-standalone-nightly" -c conda-canary/label/dev conda-standalone
+            echo "CONSTRUCTOR_CONDA_EXE=${{ runner.temp }}/conda-standalone-nightly/standalone_conda/conda.exe" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           else
             conda activate constructor-dev
             echo "CONSTRUCTOR_CONDA_EXE=$CONDA_PREFIX/standalone_conda/conda.exe" >> $GITHUB_ENV

dev/environment.yml

@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ dependencies:
   - python
   - conda >=4.6
   - ruamel.yaml >=0.11.14,<0.18
-  - conda-standalone <23.1.0  # https://github.com/conda/constructor/issues/628
+  - conda-standalone
   - pillow >=3.1  # [osx or win]

news/711-conda-standalone-canaries

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+### Enhancements
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Docs
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Other
+
+* Test `conda-standalone` canaries in CI. (#711)