Reduce amount of testing in workflows (#691)

Author: mauvilsa

.github/workflows/codeql.yaml

@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "57 5 * * 3"  # M H d m w (Every Wednesday at 5:57 AM)
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}

.github/workflows/tests.yaml

@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           cache: pip
-      - name: without optional dependencies
+      - name: without optional dependencies and without pyyaml
         run: |
           pip install .[coverage]
+          pip uninstall -y pyyaml types-PyYAML
           pytest --cov --cov-report=term --cov-report=xml --junit-xml=junit.xml
           mv coverage.xml coverage_py${{ matrix.python }}_bare.xml
           mv junit.xml junit_py${{ matrix.python }}_bare.xml
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", 3.11, 3.12, 3.13]
+        python: [3.9, "3.10", 3.11, 3.12, 3.13]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python: [3.8, "3.10", 3.12]
+        python: ["3.10", 3.12]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -127,29 +128,6 @@ jobs:
           name: junit_pydantic
           path: ./junit_py*
 
-  without-pyyaml:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
-          cache: pip
-      - run: |
-          pip install .[test,coverage,all]
-          pip uninstall -y argcomplete omegaconf pyyaml reconplogger responses ruyaml types-PyYAML
-          pytest --cov --cov-report=term --cov-report=xml --junit-xml=junit.xml
-          mv coverage.xml coverage_without_pyyaml.xml
-          mv junit.xml junit_without_pyyaml.xml
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: coverage_without_pyyaml
-          path: ./coverage_without_pyyaml.xml
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: junit_without_pyyaml
-          path: ./junit_without_pyyaml.xml
-
   build-package:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -208,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
       - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
@@ -220,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
   codecov:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: codecov
-    needs: [linux, pydantic-v1, without-pyyaml]
+    needs: [linux, pydantic-v1]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -243,7 +221,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       (github.event_name == 'push') ||
       (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork)
-    needs: [linux, pydantic-v1, without-pyyaml]
+    needs: [linux, pydantic-v1]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -278,7 +256,7 @@ jobs:
   pypi-publish:
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [linux, windows, macos, omegaconf, pydantic-v1, without-pyyaml, installed-package, doctest, mypy]
+    needs: [linux, windows, macos, omegaconf, pydantic-v1, installed-package, doctest, mypy]
     environment:
       name: pypi
       url: https://pypi.org/p/jsonargparse