Perform CI experiment

.github/workflows/runtest-next.yml

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+# One-off canary: try newly available runner (ubuntu-26.04) + newly
+# released Python (3.15.0). Won't turn CI red if fails.
+
+name: Next Test Suite
+
+on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}|${{ github.ref_name }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  runtest-next:
+    continue-on-error: true
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-26.04]
+        python: ["3.15"]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          cache: pip
+
+      - name: Install dev dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --group dev
+
+      - name: Setup Ubuntu dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get -y install libtirpc-dev
+          sudo apt-get -y install docbook-xml docbook-xsl xsltproc docbook-xsl-doc-pdf ghostscript gdc gettext fop
+          sudo apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install texlive biber texmaker texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra texlive-bibtex-extra texlive-plain-generic texlive-font-utils texlive-fonts-recommended latexmk
+
+      - name: Setup excluded tests
+        run: |
+          touch .excludes
+          cat .excludes
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        id: run-tests
+        run: |
+          python runtest.py SCons test testing --time --jobs=0 --exclude-list=.excludes
+
+      - name: Archive failed tests
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        if: always() && steps.run-tests.outcome == 'failure'
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python }}-failed-tests
+          path: failed_tests.log

.github/workflows/runtest.yml

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     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: pip
-          pip-install: --group dev
+
+      - name: Install dev dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --group dev
 
       - name: Setup Ubuntu dependencies
         if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')

.github/workflows/scons-package.yml

@@ -14,19 +14,18 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
     - name: Set up Python 3.14
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v7
       with:
         python-version: '3.14'
         cache: 'pip'
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
+        python -m pip install --group pkg
         python -m pip install --progress-bar off --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-        #python -m pip install flake8 pytest
-        if [ -f requirements-pkg.txt ]; then pip install --progress-bar off -r requirements-pkg.txt; elif [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install --progress-bar off -r requirements.txt; fi
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get -y install docbook-xml docbook-xsl xsltproc fop docbook-xsl-doc-pdf
         # try to keep the texlive install as small as we can to save some time/space