Add build_whl job in GitHub actions to build DE modules whl

.github/actions/python-command-in-el9-container/action.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Fermi Research Alliance, LLC
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+name: "Python Action"
+description: "Run python3 action in preconfigured EL9 container image"
+inputs:
+  python-command:
+    description: "What to run"
+    required: true
+    default: "-m pytest"
+  logfile:
+    description: "Where to log output"
+    required: true
+    default: "pytest.log"
+runs:
+  using: "docker"
+  image: "../../../package/ci/EL9/Dockerfile"
+  args:
+    - ${{ inputs.python-command }}
+    - ${{ inputs.logfile }}

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -173,3 +173,42 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd doc
           make rst html latexpdf
+
+  build_whl:
+    if: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/1.7' }}
+    name: Build DE Modules whl
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: pytest
+    steps:
+      - name: make date tag
+        id: mkdatetag
+        run: echo "::set-output name=dtag::$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)"
+
+      - name: make ref tag case 1
+        id: mkreftag1
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref != '' }}
+        run: echo "::set-output name=reftag::${{github.event.inputs.ref}}"
+
+      - name: make ref tag case 2
+        id: mkreftag2
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref == '' }}
+        run: echo "::set-output name=reftag::${GITHUB_BASE_REF:+PR}"$(awk -F"/" '{print $3}' <<< ${GITHUB_REF})
+
+      - name: checkout code tree
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{github.event.inputs.ref}}
+
+      - name: Run the build in a container (EL9/HEPCloud-CI)
+        uses: ./.github/actions/python-command-in-el9-container
+        with:
+          python-command: "setup.py bdist_wheel"
+          logfile: "build_whl.log"
+
+      - name: Archive whl
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: whl-DE-EL9-${{steps.mkreftag1.outputs.reftag}}${{steps.mkreftag2.outputs.reftag}}-${{steps.mkdatetag.outputs.dtag}}
+          path: dist/*.whl
+          if-no-files-found: error