ci: simplify GAP tests

.github/workflows/downstream.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+name: "Downstream"
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "main"
+      - "stable-*.*"
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+inputs:
+  GAP_VERSION :
+    description: 'the version of GAP required'
+    required: false
+    type: string
+    default: '4.12.2'
+  GAP_SEMIGROUPS_REPO:
+    description: 'the repo to use for the Semigroups GAP package'
+    required: false
+    type: string
+    default: 'semigroups'
+  GAP_SEMIGROUPS_BRANCH:
+    description: 'the branch to use for the Semigroups GAP package'
+    required: false
+    type: string
+    default: 'stable-5.3'
+
+jobs:
+  GAP:
+      env:
+        GAP_VERSION: ${{ inputs.GAP_VERSION }}
+        GAP_SEMIGROUPS_REPO: ${{ inputs.GAP_SEMIGROUPS_REPO }}
+        GAP_SEMIGROUPS_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.GAP_SEMIGROUPS_BRANCH }}
+        GAP: "gap -A -T --quiteonbreak"
+      name: "GAP ${{ inputs.GAP_VERSION }} / Semigroups (${{ inputs.GAP_SEMIGROUPS_REPO }}) / ${{ inputs.GAP_SEMIGROUPS_BRANCH }} / ubuntu / 64-bit"
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      container:
+          image: jamesdbmitchell/gap-docker-minimal:version-${{ inputs.GAP_VERSION }}
+          options: --user root
+          volumes:
+            - ${{ github.workspace }}:/home/libsemigroups
+      steps:
+          - name: "Checkout libsemigroups"
+            uses: actions/checkout@v3
+          - name: "Install git + autotools"
+            run: |
+              sudo apt-get --yes update
+              sudo apt-get install git --yes
+              sudo apt-get install pkg-config m4 libtool automake autoconf --yes
+              sudo apt-get install libtool-bin --yes
+          - name: "Setup ccache"
+            uses: Chocobo1/setup-ccache-action@v1
+            with:
+              update_packager_index: false
+              override_cache_key: ${{ runner.os }}-v${{ inputs.GAP_VERSION }}-64-${{ github.ref }}
+              override_cache_key_fallback: ${{ runner.os }}-v${{ inputs.GAP_VERSION }}-64
+          - name: "Clone the Semigroups GAP package"
+            run: | 
+              rm -rf $HOME/inst/gap-$GAP_VERSION/pkg/semigroups-*.*.*
+              cd $HOME/inst/gap-$GAP_VERSION/pkg
+              git clone -b $GAP_SEMIGROUPS_BRANCH --depth=1 https://github.com/$GAP_SEMIGROUPS_REPO/Semigroups.git Semigroups
+              cd Semigroups
+              mv /home/libsemigroups .
+          - name: "Build the Semigroups GAP package"
+            run: |
+              cd $HOME/inst/gap-$GAP_VERSION/pkg/Semigroups
+              if [ -x libsemigroups/etc/version-number.sh ] && [ ! -f libsemigroups/.VERSION ]; then
+                cd libsemigroups
+                etc/version-number.sh > .TMP_VERSION
+                mv .TMP_VERSION .VERSION
+                cd ..
+              fi
+              ./prerequisites.sh
+              ./autogen.sh
+              ./configure --disable-hpcombi
+              make -j4
+          - name: "Install Semigroups GAP package dependencies"
+            run: |
+              echo "LoadPackage(\"PackageManager\"); QuitGap(InstallPackage(\"autodoc\", false));" | $GAP
+              echo "LoadPackage(\"PackageManager\"); QuitGap(InstallPackage(\"datastructures\", false));" | $GAP
+              echo "LoadPackage(\"PackageManager\"); QuitGap(InstallPackage(\"digraphs\", false));" | $GAP
+              echo "LoadPackage(\"PackageManager\"); QuitGap(InstallPackage(\"genss\", false));" | $GAP
+              echo "LoadPackage(\"PackageManager\"); QuitGap(InstallPackage(\"images\", false));" | $GAP
+              echo "LoadPackage(\"PackageManager\"); QuitGap(InstallPackage(\"orb\", false) and CompilePackage(\"orb\"));" | $GAP
+          - name: "Run Semigroups GAP package workspace tests"
+            run: |
+              cd /home/gap/inst/gap-$GAP_VERSION/pkg/Semigroups
+              "$GAP" tst/workspaces/save.g
+              "$GAP" -L tst/workspaces/test-output.w tst/workspaces/load.g
+          - name: "Run Semigroups GAP package standard tests"
+              cd /home/gap/inst/gap-${{ inputs.GAP_VERSION }}/pkg/Semigroups
+              "$GAP" tst/teststandard.g
+          - name: "Run GAP testinstall"
+              "$GAP" ci/run-gap-testinstall.g
+          - name: "Run GAP teststandard"
+              "$GAP" ci/run-gap-teststandard.g
+          - name: "Run GAP testbugfix"
+              "$GAP" ci/run-gap-testbugfix.g

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ pool:
   vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'
 
 jobs:
-- job: GAP
-  steps:
-  - script: ci/launch-gap-docker-container.sh
-    displayName: 'Running the Semigroups package for GAP tests in docker container. . .'
-
 - job: quick
   steps:
   - bash: |