update

Author: tgross35

ci/create-artifacts.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ def main():
     marker_files = [Path(p) for p in glob("target/**/main.c", recursive=True)]
     marker_files.sort(key=lambda path: path.stat().st_mtime)
     build_dir = marker_files[0].parent
+    print(f"Located build directory '{build_dir}'")
 
     # Collect all relevant Rust and C files
     add_files = glob("**/*.rs", recursive=True, root_dir=build_dir)
@@ -38,11 +39,19 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # FIXME(ci): remove after the bump to windoes-2025 GHA images
+    # Python <= 3.9 does not support the very helpful `root_dir` argument,
+    # and that is the version used by the Windows GHA images. Rather than
+    # using setup-python or doing something in the CI script, just find
+    # the newer version and relaunch if this happens to be run with an old
+    # version.
     try:
-        print("okay")
         glob("", root_dir="")
     except TypeError:
-        print(f"failed with {sys.version}")
+        if os.environ.get("CI") is None:
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        # Find the next 3.1x Python version
         dirs = sorted(list(Path(r"C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\Python").iterdir()))
         usepy = next(x for x in dirs if r"\3.1" in str(x))
         py = usepy.joinpath(r"x64\python.exe")