ci: install pip in the conda test env so CI can bootstrap - #49
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The `test` conda env created by conda-incubator/setup-miniconda no longer has pip preinstalled (conda-forge/base-env drift since the last green run in March 2026). The "install package" step then fails immediately on `python -m pip install --upgrade pip` with: /usr/share/miniconda/envs/test/bin/python: No module named pip This breaks CI repo-wide, independent of any code change, blocking every open PR. Add `pip` to the existing `conda install` step so it is guaranteed to be present in the env before pip is invoked. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Problem
CI (
.github/workflows/ci_with_install.yml, job "CI") is currently broken on every PR and onmain, independent of any code change. The last successful run was ~March 2026.The workflow creates a
testconda env viaconda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3, then runs:This fails with:
The env conda creates no longer has
pippreinstalled (conda-forge/base-env drift over the gap since the last green run — this isn't something a PR's code changes can fix). See a recent failing run: run 28944887256, step "install package".Fix
Minimal, single-line change: add
pipto the existingconda installstep so it's guaranteed present before the pip-based install step runs.This doesn't touch anything else in the workflow, matrix, or test config.
Why this unblocks other PRs
Since this failure is repo-wide and unrelated to code content, it's currently blocking every open PR from getting a passing CI check, including #48. This PR only touches the CI workflow so it can be reviewed and merged independently of any code PR.