add github workflow that checks sdist installation

Author: Jonathanlyj

.github/workflows/pnetcdf_c_official_sdist.yml

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+name: Test PnetCDF-C latest official release with source distribution
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**/*.txt'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '**/*.txt'
+
+jobs:
+  build-linux:
+    name: Python (${{ matrix.python-version }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    env:
+      MPICH_VERSION: 4.2.0
+      MPICH_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/mpich-install
+      PNETCDF_VERSION: 1.13.0
+      PNETCDF_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/PnetCDF-install
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.10"]
+    steps:
+
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+    - name: Install Ubuntu Dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install m4
+
+    - name: Build MPICH
+      run: |
+        echo "Install MPICH ${MPICH_VERSION} in $MPICH_DIR"
+        rm -rf MPICH ; mkdir MPICH ; cd MPICH
+        wget -q https://www.mpich.org/static/downloads/${MPICH_VERSION}/mpich-${MPICH_VERSION}.tar.gz
+        gzip -dc mpich-${MPICH_VERSION}.tar.gz | tar -xf -
+        cd mpich-${MPICH_VERSION}
+        ./configure --prefix=$MPICH_DIR \
+                    --silent \
+                    --enable-romio \
+                    --with-file-system=ufs \
+                    --with-device=ch3:sock \
+                    --enable-shared\
+                    --disable-fortran \
+                    CC=gcc
+        make -s LIBTOOLFLAGS=--silent V=1 -j 4 install > qout 2>&1
+        make -s -j 4 distclean >> qout 2>&1
+
+    - name: Build PnetCDF-C official release
+      run: |
+        echo "Download and build PnetCDF-C release version ${PNETCDF_VERSION}"
+        wget -q https://parallel-netcdf.github.io/Release/pnetcdf-${PNETCDF_VERSION}.tar.gz
+        tar -xzf pnetcdf-${PNETCDF_VERSION}.tar.gz
+        pushd pnetcdf-${PNETCDF_VERSION}
+        ./configure --prefix=$PNETCDF_DIR \
+                    --silent \
+                    --enable-shared \
+                    --enable-debug \
+                    --disable-fortran \
+                    --disable-cxx \
+                    --with-mpi=$MPICH_DIR
+        make -s LIBTOOLFLAGS=--silent V=1 -j 4 install > qout 2>&1
+        make -s -j 4 distclean >> qout 2>&1
+        popd
+
+    - name: Install python dependencies via pip
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install numpy cython cftime pytest twine wheel check-manifest
+        export MPICC=$MPICH_DIR/bin/mpicc
+        pip install mpi4py
+        pip install torch
+
+    - name: Install PnetCDF-Python from source distribution
+      run: |
+        export CC=$MPICH_DIR/bin/mpicc
+        python setup.py sdist
+        pip install dist/pnetcdf-*.tar.gz
+
+    - name: Test PnetCDF-Python
+      run: |
+        export PATH=${MPICH_DIR}/bin:${PATH}
+        make ptests
+
+#   - name: Tarball
+#     run: |
+#       export PATH=${NETCDF_DIR}/bin:${PATH} 
+#       python setup.py --version  
+#       check-manifest --version
+#       check-manifest --verbose 
+#       pip wheel . -w dist --no-deps 
+#       twine check dist/*