use dedicated build environments in Windows conda workflows

Author: ndgrigorian

.github/workflows/conda-package-cf.yml

@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ jobs:
 
   build_windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
-
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
@@ -103,12 +105,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@fc2d68f6413eb2d87b895e92f8584b5b94a10167 # v3.3.0
         with:
-          miniforge-variant: Miniforge3
           miniforge-version: latest
-          auto-activate: true
-          activate-environment: base
+          activate-environment: build
           channels: conda-forge
-          conda-remove-defaults: true
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Cache conda packages
@@ -225,7 +224,9 @@ jobs:
   test_windows:
     needs: build_windows
     runs-on: windows-latest
-
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
@@ -253,7 +254,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           miniforge-version: latest
           channels: conda-forge
-          conda-remove-defaults: true
           activate-environment: ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 

.github/workflows/conda-package.yml

@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ jobs:
 
   build_windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
-
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: cmd /C CALL {0}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
@@ -97,10 +99,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@fc2d68f6413eb2d87b895e92f8584b5b94a10167 # v3.3.0
         with:
           miniforge-version: latest
-          use-mamba: 'true'
-          conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
-          activate-environment: 'build'
-          python-version: '3.13' # no python 3.14 support by conda-build
+          activate-environment: build
+          channels: conda-forge
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Cache conda packages
         uses: actions/cache@cdf6c1fa76f9f475f3d7449005a359c84ca0f306 # v5.0.3
@@ -248,7 +249,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           miniforge-version: latest
           channels: conda-forge
-          conda-remove-defaults: true
           activate-environment: ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}