clean up errors/warnings in windows workflows

Author: ndgrigorian

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

@@ -103,10 +103,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@fc2d68f6413eb2d87b895e92f8584b5b94a10167 # v3.3.0
         with:
-          conda-remove-defaults: true
-          channels: conda-forge
+          miniforge-variant: Miniforge3
+          miniforge-version: latest
           auto-activate: true
           activate-environment: base
+          channels: conda-forge
+          conda-remove-defaults: true
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Cache conda packages
         uses: actions/cache@cdf6c1fa76f9f475f3d7449005a359c84ca0f306 # v5.0.3
@@ -123,14 +126,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install conda-build
         run: conda install -n base -y conda-build
 
+      - name: Store conda paths as envs
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: |
+          echo "CONDA_BLD=$CONDA/conda-bld/win-64/" | tr "\\\\" '/' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Build conda package
         run: conda build --no-test --python ${{ matrix.python }} --numpy ${{ matrix.numpy }} -c conda-forge --override-channels conda-recipe-cf
 
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
         with:
           name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }} ${{ runner.os }} Python ${{ matrix.python }}
-          path: ${{ env.conda-bld }}${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-*.conda
+          path: ${{ env.CONDA_BLD }}${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-*.conda
 
   test_linux:
     needs: build_linux
@@ -243,10 +251,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@fc2d68f6413eb2d87b895e92f8584b5b94a10167 # v3.3.0
         with:
-          conda-remove-defaults: true
+          miniforge-version: latest
           channels: conda-forge
-          auto-activate: true
-          activate-environment: base
+          conda-remove-defaults: true
+          activate-environment: ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Install conda-build
         # Needed to be able to run conda index
@@ -300,5 +309,5 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          conda activate -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
+          conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
           pytest -v --pyargs ${{ env.MODULE_NAME }}

.github/workflows/conda-package.yml

@@ -247,10 +247,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@fc2d68f6413eb2d87b895e92f8584b5b94a10167 # v3.3.0
         with:
           miniforge-version: latest
-          use-mamba: 'true'
-          conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
-          activate-environment: 'test'
-          python-version: '3.13' # no python 3.14 support by conda-index
+          channels: conda-forge
+          conda-remove-defaults: true
+          activate-environment: ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Install conda-index
         run: conda install conda-index
@@ -302,12 +302,12 @@ jobs:
           )
           SET "WORKAROUND_DEPENDENCIES=intel-openmp"
           conda create -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }} ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}=%PACKAGE_VERSION% %WORKAROUND_DEPENDENCIES% pytest python=${{ matrix.python }} numpy=${{ matrix.numpy }} -c ${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}/channel ${{ env.CHANNELS }}
-          conda activate -n ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
+          conda activate ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
 
           # Test installed packages
           conda list
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          conda activate -n "${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}"
+          conda activate "${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}"
           pytest -v --pyargs ${{ env.MODULE_NAME }}