Prepare a new pyat release (#492)

* Modify build-python-wheels.yml

* Modify build-python-wheels.yml

Author: lfarv

.github/workflows/build-python-wheels.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-18.04, macos-10.15, windows-2019]
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-11, windows-2019]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: '3.9'
 
+      - name: Get version
+        # Get the version before modifying the repository
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install setuptools-scm
+          echo "SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$(python -m setuptools_scm)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Set build configuration
         run: cp githubproject.toml pyproject.toml
 
@@ -41,17 +48,17 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
 
   build_sdist:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           # Necessary to fetch tags and allow setuptools_scm
           # see: https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm/issues/480
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Install Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: '3.9'
 

githubproject.toml

@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "numpy == 1.16.6;python_version<'3.8'",
-    "numpy == 1.17.3;python_version=='3.8'",
-    "numpy == 1.19.3;python_version=='3.9'",
-    "numpy == 1.21.3;python_version>='3.10'",
+    "numpy ~= 1.16.6;python_version<'3.8'",
+    "numpy ~= 1.17.3;python_version=='3.8'",
+    "numpy ~= 1.19.3;python_version=='3.9'",
+    "numpy ~= 1.21.3;python_version>='3.10'",
     "setuptools >= 62",
     "setuptools_scm >= 7",
     "wheel",