Add build_type input to build_packages.yml.

Author: ScottTodd

.github/workflows/build_packages.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,18 @@
 name: Build packages
 
 on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      build_type:
+        description: The type of build version to produce ("stable", "rc", or "dev")
+        type: string
+        default: "rc"
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      build_type:
+        description: The type of build version to produce ("stable", "rc", or "dev")
+        type: string
+        default: "rc"
   schedule:
     # Runs at 11:00 AM UTC, which is 3:00 AM PST (UTC-8)
     - cron: '0 11 * * *'
@@ -16,9 +27,7 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
-  # Note: metadata generation could happen in a separate trigger/schedule
-  # workflow. For cross platform builds, it's useful to just generate the
-  # metadata on Linux and pass that to later jobs using artifacts.
+  # Generate metadata on Linux and pass to later jobs.
   setup_metadata:
     if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nod-ai' || github.event_name != 'schedule' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -34,18 +43,35 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python packages
         run: pip install packaging
 
+      # Compute version suffix based on inputs (default to 'rc')
+      - name: Compute stable version suffix
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.build_type == 'stable' }}
+        run:
+          version_suffix=""
+          echo "version_suffix=${version_suffix}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Compute rc version suffix
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.build_type == 'rc' || github.event.inputs.build_type == '' }}
+        run:
+          version_suffix="$(printf 'rc%(%Y%m%d)T')"
+          echo "version_suffix=${version_suffix}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Compute dev version suffix
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.build_type == 'dev' }}
+        run:
+          version_suffix=".dev0+${{ github.sha }}"
+          echo "version_suffix=${version_suffix}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Generate release candidate versions
         id: version_rc
         run: |
-          version_suffix="$(printf 'rc%(%Y%m%d)T')"
           echo "version_suffix=${version_suffix}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           python3 build_tools/python_deploy/compute_local_version.py --version-suffix=${version_suffix} sharktank
           python3 build_tools/python_deploy/compute_local_version.py --version-suffix=${version_suffix} shortfin
           python3 build_tools/python_deploy/compute_common_version.py -rc --version-suffix=${version_suffix} --write-json
-      - name: Upload version_local.json
+
+      - name: Upload version_local.json files
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4.4.3
         with:
-          name: version_local
+          name: version_local_files
           path: |
             sharktank/version_local.json
             shortfin/version_local.json
@@ -101,10 +127,10 @@ jobs:
         path: "c" # Windows can hit path length limits, so use a short path.
         submodules: false
 
-    - name: Download version_local.json
+    - name: Download version_local.json files
       uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
       with:
-        name: version_local
+        name: version_local_files
         path: ./c/
         merge-multiple: true
 
@@ -142,6 +168,7 @@ jobs:
         path: bindist
 
     - name: Release python wheels
+      if: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_call' }}
       uses: ncipollo/release-action@2c591bcc8ecdcd2db72b97d6147f871fcd833ba5 # v1.14.0
       with:
         artifacts: bindist/*.whl