support wheel based builds

.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux.yml

@@ -29,13 +29,10 @@ jobs:
     name: Build manylinux_2_28
 
     steps:
-      # TODO which project do we build odc wheel from -- this, or some bundle? Or can we obtain the compiled eckit artifact somehow?
-      - run: git clone --branch develop --depth=1 https://github.com/ecmwf/eckit.git /src/eckit
-      - run: /buildscripts/compile.sh ./eckit/python_wrapper/buildconfig
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      # TODO make this parametrized -- we want to allow for local-wheel devel builds etc
+      - run: /buildscripts/prepare_deps.sh ./odc/python_wrapper/buildconfig 3.11
       - run: /buildscripts/compile.sh ./odc/python_wrapper/buildconfig
-
-      ################################################################
       - run: /buildscripts/wheel-linux.sh ./odc/python_wrapper/buildconfig 3.11
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         name: Upload wheel 3.11

python_wrapper/buildconfig

@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 NAME="odc"
 CMAKE_PARAMS=""
 PYPROJECT_DIR="python_wrapper"
-export eckit_ROOT="/target/eckit"
-FINDLIBS_DEPENDENCIES='["eckitlibs"]'
+export eckit_ROOT="/prereqs/eckit"
+DEPENDENCIES='["eckit"]'

python_wrapper/setup.cfg

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [metadata]
 description = "odc"
 long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
 author = file: AUTHORS