WIP CI meson ninja

Author: elcorto

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version:
           - "3.8"
-          ##- "3.9"
-          ##- "3.10"
+          - "3.9"
+          - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
-      fail-fast: true
+          - "3.12"
+      fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
       - name: checkout
@@ -41,11 +42,14 @@ jobs:
 
           # For Fortran extensions
           sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
-            python3-dev gfortran liblapack-dev meson
+            python3-dev gfortran liblapack-dev
 
           sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
             lammps quantum-espresso
 
+          # The meson Ubuntu package is outdated, so install via pip.
+          sudo pip install meson
+
           pip install -e .
           pip install -r requirements_optional.txt
           pip install -r requirements_test.txt
@@ -82,6 +86,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r requirements_doc.txt
 
           # sphinx-autodoc needs target package to be installed
+          sudo pip install meson
           pip install -e .
 
       - name: build