In #199, we changed the Python CI installation (34f391a : python-ci.yaml) to speed up the Python installation. The commit message details what was done and why:
The base image for CI comes with GDAL and NetCDF Python modules pre-installed. We want to use the system Python so that we don't have to reinstall these (expensive to install) modules.
That makes total sense. Unfortunately, the update proved not to be robust. Meaning, with the passage of time, some change in the CI infrastructure and/or pipenv and or ??? meant that the installation began failing, apparently not due to any change we made later.
Investigations showed that the --system option causes the installation failure (now).
Let's try to do this in a different way so that it is more robust.
In #199, we changed the Python CI installation (34f391a : python-ci.yaml) to speed up the Python installation. The commit message details what was done and why:
That makes total sense. Unfortunately, the update proved not to be robust. Meaning, with the passage of time, some change in the CI infrastructure and/or
pipenvand or ??? meant that the installation began failing, apparently not due to any change we made later.Investigations showed that the
--systemoption causes the installation failure (now).Let's try to do this in a different way so that it is more robust.