Fix test

Author: aeiwz

.github/workflows/python-publish.yml

@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and install (including C extension)
         run: pip install -e . --no-build-isolation
 
-      - name: Install optional dependencies (best-effort)
-        run: |
-          pip install xgboost || echo "xgboost unavailable for this Python — xgb tests will be skipped"
-          pip install "torch>=2.0" --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu || echo "torch unavailable for this Python — DL tests will be skipped"
-
       - name: Run test suite (excluding slow/perf)
         run: |
           pytest \

Dockerfile.test

@@ -19,18 +19,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         gcc g++ make \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# -- Layer 1: dev tools (cached when requirements-dev.txt unchanged)
+# -- Layer 1: dev tools + optional deps (torch CPU + xgboost via requirements-dev.txt)
 COPY requirements-dev.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip setuptools wheel && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements-dev.txt
 
-# -- Layer 2: optional deps (best-effort — same as CI)
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir xgboost \
-    || echo "WARNING: xgboost unavailable on this Python — xgb tests will be skipped"
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir "torch>=2.0" \
-        --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu \
-    || echo "WARNING: torch unavailable on this Python — DL tests will be skipped"
-
 # -- Layer 3: package source + C extension
 COPY . .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -e . --no-build-isolation

requirements-dev.txt

@@ -3,3 +3,11 @@ pytest-cov
 pytest-html
 pytest-metadata
 coverage
+
+# Optional deps required for full test coverage
+# XGBoost: ML classifier tests
+xgboost
+
+# PyTorch CPU-only wheel (smaller, sufficient for tests)
+--extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
+torch