Use GitHub ARM Linux runner for builds (PR #496) and create source

package independently in order to avoid package corruption (#495).

Author: anthony-tuininga

.github/workflows/build.yaml

@@ -8,15 +8,43 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
 
+  build_source_package:
+    name: Build source package
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          cache: 'pip'
+          python-version: 3.13
+
+      - name: Ensure build package is present
+        run: python -m pip install setuptools
+
+      - name: Build wheel for Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        run: python setup.py sdist
+
+      - name: Upload the artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: python-oracledb-source
+          path: dist
+
   build_linux_wheels:
     name: Build wheels for Linux
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - platform: amd64
+          - os: ubuntu-24.04
+            platform: amd64
             container: quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64
-          - platform: arm64
+          - os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+            platform: arm64
             container: quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_aarch64
 
     steps:
@@ -25,11 +53,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: true
 
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-        with:
-          platforms: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-
       - name: Generate script
         run: |
           echo export PYO_COMPILE_ARGS=-g0 > build.sh
@@ -57,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: Linux_${{ matrix.platform }}_wheels
-          path: dist
+          path: dist/*.whl
 
   build_non_linux_wheels:
     name: Build wheels for ${{ matrix.os }} Python-${{ matrix.python-version}}-${{ matrix.arch }}
@@ -97,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
 
   combine_artifacts:
     name: Combine artifacts into single artifact
-    needs: [build_linux_wheels, build_non_linux_wheels]
+    needs: [build_source_package, build_linux_wheels, build_non_linux_wheels]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:

doc/src/release_notes.rst

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Thick Mode Changes
 Common Changes
 ++++++++++++++
 
+#)  Use GitHub Arm Linux runner for builds. Supplied by wojiushixiaobai
+    (`PR 496 <https://github.com/oracle/python-oracledb/pull/496>`__).
 #)  Improved the test suite and documentation.