ci: build Linux wheels on manylinux_2_28 instead of manylinux2014

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -36,27 +36,27 @@ jobs:
             python: 314
             platform_id: win_amd64
 
-          # Linux 64 bit manylinux2014
+          # Linux 64 bit manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 310
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 311
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 312
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 313
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 314
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
 
           # MacOS x86_64
           - os: macos-15-intel

.github/workflows/pre-release.yml

@@ -30,27 +30,27 @@ jobs:
             python: 314
             platform_id: win_amd64
 
-          # Linux 64 bit manylinux2014
+          # Linux 64 bit manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 310
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 311
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 312
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 313
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 314
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
 
           # MacOS x86_64
           - os: macos-15-intel

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -32,27 +32,27 @@ jobs:
             python: 314
             platform_id: win_amd64
 
-          # Linux 64 bit manylinux2014
+          # Linux 64 bit manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 310
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 311
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 312
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 313
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 314
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
 
           # MacOS x86_64
           - os: macos-15-intel

.github/workflows/test-release.yml

@@ -30,27 +30,27 @@ jobs:
             python: 314
             platform_id: win_amd64
 
-          # Linux 64 bit manylinux2014
+          # Linux 64 bit manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 310
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 311
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 312
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 313
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: 314
             platform_id: manylinux_x86_64
-            manylinux_image: manylinux2014
+            manylinux_image: manylinux_2_28
 
           # MacOS x86_64
           - os: macos-15-intel

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Types of changes:
 - Fixed the backend-dependent `dt` duration unit being incorrectly relabeled as `ns` when unrolling `delay` and `box` statements without a `device_cycle_time`. Since `dt` cannot be converted to SI units without a sample rate, it is now preserved as `dt`. ([#317](https://github.com/qBraid/pyqasm/pull/317))
 
 ### Dependencies
+- Migrated the Linux wheel *build container* from `manylinux2014` to `manylinux_2_28`. NumPy stopped publishing `manylinux2014` (glibc 2.17) wheels for CPython 3.12+, so `pip` fell back to building NumPy from source inside the build container, whose GCC is older than NumPy requires — failing every Linux wheel job for cp312/cp313/cp314. The published wheels are unaffected: auditwheel tags them from the extension's actual symbol requirements, so they remain `manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64` and still install on glibc 2.17 systems.
 - Bumped `actions/configure-pages` from 5 to 6. ([#307](https://github.com/qBraid/pyqasm/pull/307))
 - Bumped `codecov/codecov-action` from 5.5.2 to 6.0.0. ([#308](https://github.com/qBraid/pyqasm/pull/308))
 - Bumped `actions/deploy-pages` from 4 to 5. ([#309](https://github.com/qBraid/pyqasm/pull/309))