Add installation from Github for upstream packages

This should allow us to spot upcoming issues before releases are made

Author: AlexanderWells-diamond

.github/workflows/code.yml

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-13]
         python: [cp37, cp38, cp39, cp310, cp311, cp312]
 
-
         include:
           # Put coverage and results files in the project directory for mac
           - os: macos-13
@@ -130,8 +129,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: dist
-          path: dist
+          name: dist-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python }}
+          path: dist/softioc*
 
       - name: Install sdist in a venv and check cli works
         run: pipx run --spec dist/*.tar.gz pythonSoftIOC --version
@@ -145,8 +144,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: dist
-          path: dist
+          name: dist-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python }}
+          path: dist/softioc*
 
       - name: Github Release
         # We pin to the SHA, not the tag, for security reasons.
@@ -163,3 +162,32 @@ jobs:
           TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
           TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.pypi_token }}
         run: pipx run twine upload dist/*
+
+  # Check that the master branches of various upstream dependencies are
+  # still compatible when used together
+  master_branch_test:
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    # TODO: Add if == scheduled run
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Source
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # require history to get back to last tag for version number of branches
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: true
+
+      - name: Install Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+
+      - name: Install master versions
+        # Note the install order here: By installing p4p first, then pvxs and epicscorelibs using the --no-warn-conflicts
+        # flag, we can bypass the dependency mismatch which would otherwise be present. We know that the master branches
+        # *should* always work together, so it's ok to ignore the warnings.
+        run: |
+          pip install git+https://github.com/epics-base/p4p.git
+          pip install --no-warn-conflicts git+https://github.com/epics-base/pvxs.git git+https://github.com/epics-base/epicscorelibs.git
+          pip install -e .[dev]
+          pip freeze
+          python -m pytest