replace github release actions with the gh tool in bash (#4746)

* replace github release actions with the gh tool in bash

* set macos 10.15 qt version to 6.2 LTS

.ci/compile.sh

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ fi
 # Add cmake --build flags
 buildflags=(--config "$BUILDTYPE")
 if [[ $PARALLEL_COUNT ]]; then
-  if [[ $(cmake --build /not_a_dir --parallel |& head -1) =~ parallel ]]; then
+  if [[ $(cmake --build /not_a_dir --parallel 2>&1 | head -1) =~ parallel ]]; then
     # workaround for bionic having an old cmake
     echo "this version of cmake does not support --parallel, using native build tool -j instead"
     buildflags+=(-- -j "$PARALLEL_COUNT")
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ fi
 
 if [[ $MAKE_TEST ]]; then
   echo "::group::Run tests"
-  ctest -C "$BUILDTYPE"
+  ctest -C "$BUILDTYPE" --output-on-failure
   echo "::endgroup::"
 fi
 

.github/workflows/desktop-build.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       tag: ${{steps.configure.outputs.tag}}
       sha: ${{steps.configure.outputs.sha}}
-      upload_url: ${{steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url}}
 
     steps:
       - name: Cancel previous runs
@@ -64,15 +63,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create release
         if: steps.configure.outputs.tag != null
         id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        shell: bash
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{github.token}}
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{github.ref}}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{github.token}}
+          tag_name: ${{steps.configure.outputs.tag}}
           release_name: ${{steps.prepare.outputs.title}}
           body_path: ${{steps.prepare.outputs.body_path}}
-          draft: true
-          prerelease: ${{steps.prepare.outputs.is_beta == 'yes'}}
+          prerelease: ${{steps.prepare.outputs.is_beta}}
+        run: |
+          if [[ $prerelease == yes ]]; then
+            args="--prerelease"
+          fi
+          gh release create "$tag_name" --draft --verify-tag $args \
+              --title "$release_name" --notes-file "$body_path"
 
   build-linux:
     strategy:
@@ -156,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
           RUN --server --debug --test --ccache "$CCACHE_SIZE" --parallel 2
 
       - name: Build release package
-        id: package
+        id: build
         if: matrix.package != 'skip'
         shell: bash
         env:
@@ -175,19 +178,18 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: ${{matrix.distro}}-package
-          path: ${{steps.package.outputs.path}}
+          path: ${{steps.build.outputs.path}}
           if-no-files-found: error
 
       - name: Upload to release
         if: matrix.package != 'skip' && needs.configure.outputs.tag != null
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        shell: bash
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{github.token}}
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{needs.configure.outputs.upload_url}}
-          asset_path: ${{steps.package.outputs.path}}
-          asset_name: ${{steps.package.outputs.name}}
-          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{github.token}}
+          tag_name: ${{needs.configure.outputs.tag}}
+          asset_path: ${{steps.build.outputs.path}}
+          asset_name: ${{steps.build.outputs.name}}
+        run: gh release upload "$tag_name" "$asset_path#$asset_name"
 
   build-macos:
     strategy:
@@ -196,15 +198,17 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - target: Debug # tests only
             os: macos-latest
-            xcode: 12.5.1
-            qt_version: 6
+            xcode: 14.2
+            qt_version: 6.*
+            qt_modules: "qtmultimedia qtwebsockets"
             type: Debug
             do_tests: 1
 
           - target: 10.15_Catalina
             os: macos-11
             xcode: 11.7 # allows using macOS 10.15 SDK
-            qt_version: 6
+            qt_version: 6.2.* # LTS (is compatible with 10.14 and 10.15)
+            qt_modules: "qtmultimedia qtwebsockets"
             type: Release
             do_tests: 1
             make_package: 1
@@ -212,7 +216,7 @@ jobs:
           - target: 11_Big_Sur
             os: macos-11
             xcode: 12.5.1
-            qt_version: 6
+            qt_version: homebrew
             type: Release
             do_tests: 1
             make_package: 1
@@ -220,7 +224,7 @@ jobs:
 #          - target: 12_Monterey
 #            os: macos-12
 #            xcode: 13.3
-#            qt_version: 6
+#            qt_version: homebrew
 #            type: Release
 #            do_tests: 1
 #            make_package: 1
@@ -242,11 +246,24 @@ jobs:
         # cmake cannot find the mysql connector
         # neither of these works: mariadb-connector-c mysql-connector-c++
         env:
-          qt_version: 'qt@${{matrix.qt_version}}'
+          install_qt: ${{matrix.qt_version}}
         run: |
           brew update
           brew install protobuf
-          brew install "$qt_version" --force-bottle
+          if [[ $install_qt == homebrew ]]; then
+            brew install qt --force-bottle
+          else # for some reason the tests fail with the action installed qt?
+            brew install googletest
+          fi
+
+      - name: Install Qt ${{matrix.qt_version}} for ${{matrix.target}}
+        if: matrix.qt_version != 'homebrew'
+        uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v3
+        with:
+          cache: true
+          setup-python: false
+          version: ${{matrix.qt_version}}
+          modules: ${{matrix.qt_modules}}
 
       - name: Build on Xcode ${{matrix.xcode}}
         shell: bash
@@ -256,8 +273,6 @@ jobs:
           MAKE_TEST: '${{matrix.do_tests}}'
           MAKE_PACKAGE: '${{matrix.make_package}}'
           PACKAGE_SUFFIX: '-macOS-${{matrix.target}}'
-          # set QTDIR to find qt5, qt6 can be found without this
-          QTDIR: '/usr/local/opt/qt5'
         # Mac machines actually have 3 cores
         run: .ci/compile.sh --server --parallel 3
 
@@ -270,15 +285,14 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
 
       - name: Upload to release
-        if: matrix.make_package && needs.configure.outputs.tag != null
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        if: matrix.package != 'skip' && needs.configure.outputs.tag != null
+        shell: bash
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{github.token}}
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{needs.configure.outputs.upload_url}}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{github.token}}
+          tag_name: ${{needs.configure.outputs.tag}}
           asset_path: ${{steps.build.outputs.path}}
           asset_name: ${{steps.build.outputs.name}}
-          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+        run: gh release upload "$tag_name" "$asset_path#$asset_name"
 
   build-windows:
     strategy:
@@ -363,12 +377,11 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
 
       - name: Upload to release
-        if: needs.configure.outputs.tag != null
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        if: matrix.package != 'skip' && needs.configure.outputs.tag != null
+        shell: bash
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{github.token}}
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{needs.configure.outputs.upload_url}}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{github.token}}
+          tag_name: ${{needs.configure.outputs.tag}}
           asset_path: ${{steps.build.outputs.path}}
           asset_name: ${{steps.build.outputs.name}}
-          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+        run: gh release upload "$tag_name" "$asset_path#$asset_name"