Fix hosted release gate setup

Author: bhack

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ jobs:
             python3-pyatspi \
             python3-setuptools \
             python3-venv \
+            patchelf \
             wireplumber
 
       - name: Build source environment and run live UI smoke

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ jobs:
             python3-pyatspi \
             python3-setuptools \
             python3-venv \
+            patchelf \
             wireplumber
 
       - name: Build source environment and run live UI smoke
@@ -338,40 +339,8 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ inputs.target }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Install release preflight dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y \
-            appstream \
-            build-essential \
-            dbus-user-session \
-            desktop-file-utils \
-            gir1.2-adw-1 \
-            gir1.2-gtk-4.0 \
-            git \
-            gnome-shell \
-            gobject-introspection \
-            libebur128-1 \
-            libgirepository1.0-dev \
-            libglib2.0-dev \
-            libpipewire-0.3-dev \
-            libspa-0.2-modules \
-            meson \
-            ninja-build \
-            pipewire \
-            pkg-config \
-            python3 \
-            python3-cairo \
-            python3-dev \
-            python3-gi \
-            python3-numpy \
-            python3-pip \
-            python3-setuptools \
-            python3-venv \
-            wireplumber
-
       - name: Run release preflight
-        run: docker/run-release-preflight.sh
+        run: tools/run_release_preflight_container.sh
 
   build:
     name: Build release artifacts

tests/test_github_workflows.py

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def test_release_workflow_blocks_publish_on_release_preflight() -> None:
     release_yml = workflow_text("release.yml")
 
     assert "preflight:" in release_yml
-    assert "docker/run-release-preflight.sh" in release_yml
+    assert "tools/run_release_preflight_container.sh" in release_yml
     assert "preflight" in release_yml.partition("build:")[2].partition("runs-on:")[0]
 
 
@@ -61,3 +61,14 @@ def test_ci_scope_treats_release_workflow_and_release_gate_tools_as_tested_chang
     assert "tools/release_runtime_gate.py" in ci_yml
     assert "live_ui_runtime_smoke" in ci_yml
     assert "tools/run_live_ui_runtime_smoke_ci.sh" in ci_yml
+
+
+def test_live_ui_runtime_smoke_uses_host_gir_build_environment() -> None:
+    release_yml = workflow_text("release.yml")
+    ci_yml = workflow_text("ci.yml")
+    script = (ROOT / "tools/run_live_ui_runtime_smoke_ci.sh").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    assert "patchelf" in release_yml
+    assert "patchelf" in ci_yml
+    assert "pipewire-gobject" in script
+    assert "--no-build-isolation" in script

tools/run_live_ui_runtime_smoke_ci.sh

@@ -6,9 +6,29 @@ timeout="${MINI_EQ_LIVE_UI_TIMEOUT:-35}"
 cycles="${MINI_EQ_LIVE_UI_CYCLES:-3}"
 audio_duration="${MINI_EQ_LIVE_UI_AUDIO_DURATION:-180}"
 
+repo_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+cd "$repo_root"
+
 rm -rf "$venv"
 python3 -m venv --system-site-packages "$venv"
+PATH="$venv/bin:$PATH"
+export PATH
 "$venv/bin/python" -m pip install --upgrade pip
+pwg_requirement="$("$venv/bin/python" - <<'PY'
+import tomllib
+from pathlib import Path
+
+project = tomllib.loads(Path("pyproject.toml").read_text(encoding="utf-8"))["project"]
+for dependency in project["dependencies"]:
+    if dependency.lower().startswith("pipewire-gobject"):
+        print(dependency)
+        break
+else:
+    raise SystemExit("pyproject.toml does not declare a pipewire-gobject dependency")
+PY
+)"
+"$venv/bin/python" -m pip install "meson-python>=0.18" "meson>=1.2" ninja packaging
+"$venv/bin/python" -m pip install --no-build-isolation "$pwg_requirement"
 "$venv/bin/python" -m pip install -e '.[dev]'
 "$venv/bin/python" tools/check_live_ui_runtime.py \
   --timeout "$timeout" \