make mypy_3.6: Still check the types in a Python 3.6 context, but using Py 3.7+

Author: mr-c

.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml

@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ jobs:
         py-ver-major: [3]
         py-ver-minor: [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
         step: [lint, unit, bandit, mypy]
+        exclude:
+          - py-ver-major: 3
+            py-ver-minor: 6
+            step: mypy
 
     env:
       py-semver: ${{ format('{0}.{1}', matrix.py-ver-major, matrix.py-ver-minor) }}

Makefile

@@ -186,6 +186,16 @@ mypy: $(filter-out setup.py gittagger.py,$(PYSOURCES))
 	fi  # if minimally required ruamel.yaml version is 0.15.99 or greater, than the above can be removed
 	MYPYPATH=$$MYPYPATH:mypy-stubs mypy $^
 
+mypy_3.6: $(filter-out setup.py gittagger.py,$(PYSOURCES))
+	if ! test -f $(shell python -c 'import ruamel.yaml; import os.path; print(os.path.dirname(ruamel.yaml.__file__))')/py.typed ; \
+	then \
+		rm -Rf mypy-stubs/ruamel/yaml ; \
+		ln -s $(shell python -c 'import ruamel.yaml; import os.path; print(os.path.dirname(ruamel.yaml.__file__))') \
+			mypy-stubs/ruamel/ ; \
+	fi  # if minimally required ruamel.yaml version is 0.15.99 or greater, than the above can be removed
+	MYPYPATH=$$MYPYPATH:mypy-stubs mypy --python-version 3.6 $^
+
+
 mypyc: $(PYSOURCES)
 	MYPYPATH=mypy-stubs CWLTOOL_USE_MYPYC=1 pip install --verbose -e . \
 		 && pytest -rs -vv ${PYTEST_EXTRA}

tox.ini

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ envlist =
   py3{6,7,8,9,10}-lint
   py3{6,7,8,9,10}-unit
   py3{6,7,8,9,10}-bandit
-  py3{6,7,8,9,10}-mypy
+  py3{7,8,9,10}-mypy
   py39-lintreadme
   py39-shellcheck
   py39-pydocstyle
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ description =
   py3{6,7,8,9,10}-unit: Run the unit tests
   py3{6,7,8,9,10}-lint: Lint the Python code
   py3{6,7,8,9,10}-bandit: Search for common security issues
-  py3{6,7,8,9,10}-mypy: Check for type safety
+  py3{7,8,9,10}-mypy: Check for type safety
   py39-pydocstyle: docstring style checker
   py39-shellcheck: syntax check for shell scripts
   py39-lintreadme: Lint the README.rst→.md conversion
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ deps =
   py3{6,7,8,9,10}-lint: -rlint-requirements.txt
   py3{6,7,8,9,10}-bandit: bandit
   py3{6,7,8,9,10}-bandit: importlib_metadata != 4.8.0
-  py3{6,7,8,9,10}-mypy: -rmypy-requirements.txt
+  py3{7,8,9,10}-mypy: -rmypy-requirements.txt
   py39-pydocstyle: pydocstyle
   py39-pydocstyle: diff-cover
   py39-lintreadme: twine
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ commands =
   py3{6,7,8,9,10}-unit: make coverage-report coverage.xml PYTEST_EXTRA={posargs}
   py3{6,7,8,9,10}-bandit: bandit -r cwltool
   py3{6,7,8,9,10}-lint: make flake8 format-check codespell
-  py3{6,7,8,9,10}-mypy: make mypy mypyc PYTEST_EXTRA={posargs}
+  py3{7,8,9,10}-mypy: make mypy mypyc PYTEST_EXTRA={posargs}
+  py37-mypy: make mypy_3.6
   py39-shellcheck: make shellcheck
   py39-pydocstyle: make diff_pydocstyle_report
   py39-lintreadme: twine check {distdir}/*