347 conda packaging reboot

.github/workflows/build_conda.yml

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+name: build_conda
+
+on: [push]
+
+#  pull_request:
+#    branches:
+#      - main
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        image: ['ghcr.io/noaa-gfdl/fre-cli:miniconda24_gcc14_v2', 'condaforge/miniforge3:latest']
+
+    container:
+      image: ${{ matrix.image }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Files
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: 'recursive'
+
+      - name: Run Conda to Build
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          # append the reqd channels
+          conda config --append channels conda-forge
+          conda config --append channels noaa-gfdl
+
+          # remove any default channels
+          conda config --remove channels defaults || echo "no defaults to remove"
+
+          # just in case
+          conda config --show channels
+
+          ## install conda-build and conda-verify
+          #conda install conda-build conda-verify
+          conda install conda-build
+
+          # conda build
+          mkdir -p /app/fre-nctools-tarball
+          conda build . --package-format tar.bz2 --output-folder /app/fre-nctools-tarball || echo "conda build failed, guarding. artifact upload will fail instead."
+          #conda build . --build-only --no-anaconda-upload --package-format tar.bz2 --output-folder /app/fre-nctools-tarball || echo "conda build failed, guarding. artifact upload will fail instead."
+          #conda build --test $(ls /app/fre-nctools-tarball/noarch/fre-nctools-*.tar.bz2)
+
+      # highly desired...
+      - name: Upload test-suite.log
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: fre-nctools-test-suite-log
+          path: /app/fre-nctools-tarball/test-suite.log
+#         if-no-files-found: error
+
+      - name: Upload fre-nctools tarball
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: fre-nctools-tarball
+          path: /app/fre-nctools-tarball/linux-64/fre-nctools-*.tar.bz2
+          if-no-files-found: error
+