less hacky approach to append-version

I don't have yq and this sharp edge has cut me twice now

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       sdist_name: ${{ steps.build_sdist.outputs.sdist_name }}
+      append_version: ${{ steps.build_sdist.outputs.append_version }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git submodule update --init
           make sdist
-          echo "sdist_name=pyuwsgi-$(make print-version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "sdist_name=pyuwsgi-$(make print-version)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "append_version=$(cat append-version)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CIBW_ARCHS: ${{ matrix.arch }}
           CIBW_SKIP: cp36-* cp38-macosx_arm64 cp313-* pp*
-          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: APPEND_VERSION="" UWSGI_PROFILE=pyuwsginossl
+          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: APPEND_VERSION=${{ needs.build_sdist.outputs.append_version }} UWSGI_PROFILE=pyuwsginossl
           CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: "pyuwsgi --help"
           CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_MACOS: "find . -name '*.o' -delete && IS_MACOS=1 ./pre_build.sh"
           CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_LINUX: "find . -name '*.o' -delete && ./pre_build.sh && (yum install -y zlib-devel || apk add zlib-dev)"

Makefile

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ SHELL := bash
 
 # Figure out what version we're building
 UPSTREAM_VERSION := $(shell cd uwsgi; python setup.pyuwsgi.py --version)
-# super fragile way of extracting `APPEND_VERSION` from workflow 🤮
-APPEND_VERSION := $(shell yq e '.jobs.build_wheels.steps[5].env.CIBW_ENVIRONMENT' .github/workflows/build.yml | cut -d' ' -f1 | cut -d= -f2)
+APPEND_VERSION := $(shell cat append-version)
 VERSION := $(UPSTREAM_VERSION)$(APPEND_VERSION)
 HASH := $(shell cd uwsgi; git rev-parse HEAD)
 

README.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pip install -U setuptools twine
 
 To cut a new release:
 
-1. Update `APPEND_VERSION` in `.github/workflows/build.yml` to add a pre-release tag to the upstream uWSGI version
+1. Update `./append-version` to add a post-release tag (`.post1` for example) to the upstream uWSGI version (or leave empty to match the upstream version!)
 2. Run `make update` to update uWSGI. uWSGI should be pinned to the [latest release](https://github.com/unbit/uwsgi/releases).
 3. Push changes and wait for GH Actions to finish.
 4. If GH Actions succeeds, tag the commit with the uWSGI version number and push the tag.