Merge pull request #59 from dimitrismistriotis/reconfigured_release_f…

…ri_24_jan_2025_1

Update package_release.yml

.github/workflows/package_release.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ name: "Release"
     tags:
       - v*
 jobs:
+  build:
+    name: "Build package"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+      - run: python setup.py sdist
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: ./dist
   pypi-publish:
     name: Upload release to PyPI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -16,11 +30,6 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       id-token: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.12'
       - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-      - run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-      - run: python setup.py sdist
+        with:
+          packages_dir: artifact/