Remove lock file creation from pre release workflow (#2432)

* Install latest version of mamba

* Unpin conda lock installatiion

* Split lockfilee creation to separate workflow

* change docs installation- put a warning for conda forge installation and comment out install from package

* fix

* delete create lockfiles

* download llock file

.github/workflows/pre-release.yml

@@ -15,36 +15,6 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash -l {0}
 
 jobs:
-  lock:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Setup environment
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
-        with:
-            miniforge-variant: Mambaforge
-            miniforge-version: latest
-            auto-activate-base: true
-            activate-environment: ""
-            use-mamba: true
-
-      - name: Install conda-lock
-        run: mamba install -c conda-forge conda-lock=1.0.5
-
-      - name: Generate lockfiles
-        run: |
-          conda-lock -f tardis_env3.yml -p linux-64 -p osx-64
-          conda lock render conda-lock.yml
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: lockfiles
-          path: |
-              conda-linux-64.lock
-              conda-osx-64.lock
-              conda-lock.yml
-
   zenodo:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -58,6 +28,9 @@ jobs:
         env:
           KEY_SECRET_JSON: ${{ secrets.ZENODO_KEY_SECRET_JSON }}
 
+      - name: Download Lock File
+        run:  wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tardis-sn/tardis/master/conda-linux-64.lock
+
       - name: Setup environment
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
@@ -80,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           path: .zenodo.json
 
   pull_request:
-    needs: [lock, zenodo]
+    needs: zenodo
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -89,11 +62,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: /tmp
 
-      - name: Copy files to repository
+      - name: Copy zenodo.json to repository
         run: |
-          cp /tmp/lockfiles/conda-linux-64.lock .
-          cp /tmp/lockfiles/conda-osx-64.lock .
-          cp /tmp/lockfiles/conda-lock.yml .
           cp /tmp/zenodo_json/.zenodo.json .
 
       - name: Get current date

docs/installation.rst

@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ this method by following the steps described below.
 
 3. a. Non-developers can install the latest release from ``conda-forge`` with the ``--no-deps`` flag,
 
+      .. warning::
+
+        Currently the conda forge installation doesn't work. It's recommended to install from the specific releases using pip-
+
+        `$ pip install git+https://github.com/tardis-sn/tardis.git@{tag}`
+
+        For example- 
+
+        `pip install git+https://github.com/tardis-sn/[email protected]`
+
       ::
 
         $ conda install tardis-sn --channel conda-forge --no-deps
@@ -82,16 +92,16 @@ You have successfully installed TARDIS! 🎉 Please refer to `Quickstart for TAR
 to start running simulations.
 
 
-Install from package
-====================
+.. Install from package
+.. ====================
 
-It's also possible to install TARDIS by pulling the `conda-forge package <https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/tardis-sn>`_
-into a clean environment. However, we still encourage using lockfiles to ensure
-reproducibility of scientific results.
+.. It's also possible to install TARDIS by pulling the `conda-forge package <https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/tardis-sn>`_
+.. into a clean environment. However, we still encourage using lockfiles to ensure
+.. reproducibility of scientific results.
 
-::
+.. ::
 
-    $ conda create --name tardis-forge tardis-sn --channel conda-forge
+..     $ conda create --name tardis-forge tardis-sn --channel conda-forge
 
 
 Environment update