Giving up on rendering the GeoVista in GHA for now

maybe try again when a newer GeoVista is released that supports
current VTK

Author: zmoon

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -34,75 +34,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           environment-file: environment.yml
           cache-environment: true
-          # create-args: >-
-          #   libegl
-          #   libgles
-          #   mesalib
-          #   ipywidgets
-          #   trame
-          #   trame-vtk
-          #   trame-vuetify
-
       - name: Install JB2
         run: python -m pip install -U --pre "jupyter-book==2.*" --no-deps -v
 
-      # - name: Set up PyVista
-      #   # libglx-mesa0, libgl1, xvfb already present in ubuntu-24.04
-      #   run: |
-      #     sudo apt-get update
-      #     sudo apt-get install -y libgl1-mesa-dri
-      #     # sudo apt-get install -y libosmesa6
-
-      # - name: Start xvfb
-      #   run: python -c "import pyvista as pv; pv.start_xvfb()"
-
-      # - name: PyVista test
-      #   # xvfb-run -s "-screen 0 1024x768x24" python -c '
-      #   run: |
-      #     python -c '
-      #     import os
-      #     import vtk
-      #     import pyvista as pv
-
-      #     # pv.BUILDING_GALLERY = True
-
-      #     print("=== Environment variables ===")
-      #     print("VTK_DEFAULT_OPENGL_WINDOW =", os.environ.get("VTK_DEFAULT_OPENGL_WINDOW"))
-      #     print("PYVISTA_OFF_SCREEN =", os.environ.get("PYVISTA_OFF_SCREEN"))
-
-      #     print("\n=== VTK backend check ===")
-      #     rw = vtk.vtkRenderWindow()
-      #     print("RenderWindow backend:", rw.GetClassName())
-
-      #     print("\n=== PyVista backend check ===")
-      #     # print("PyVista rendering_backend:", pv.global_theme.rendering_backend)
-
-      #     # Force PyVista to off-screen if not already
-      #     # pv.global_theme.off_screen = True
-      #     print("PyVista OFF_SCREEN before:", pv.OFF_SCREEN)
-      #     pv.OFF_SCREEN = True
-
-      #     print("\n=== Rendering test ===")
-      #     sphere = pv.Sphere()
-      #     plotter = pv.Plotter(off_screen=True)
-      #     plotter.add_mesh(sphere, color="tomato")
-      #     plotter.show(screenshot="backend_test.png")
-      #     print("Rendered sphere saved as backend_test.png")
-      #     '
-      #   env:
-      #     PYVISTA_OFF_SCREEN: true
-      #     # VTK_DEFAULT_OPENGL_WINDOW: vtkOSOpenGLRenderWindow
-      #     # VTK_DEFAULT_OPENGL_WINDOW: vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow
-
       # JB2 has --execute, but this way we can see how long it takes
       - name: Execute the notebook
         run: jupyter nbconvert --to notebook --execute --inplace 03-viz.ipynb
         env:
           PYVISTA_OFF_SCREEN: true
-          # VTK_DEFAULT_BACKEND: X
-          # VTK_USE_OSMESA: "1"
-          # VTK_DEFAULT_OPENGL_WINDOW: vtkOSOpenGLRenderWindow
-          # VTK_DEFAULT_OPENGL_WINDOW: vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow
 
       - name: Build HTML
         run: jupyter book build --html --strict --ci