Does ubuntu-latest image need a build dependency installation step

[benalleng]

I added a few sudo commands in our generate_bindings.sh script file in our python in an attempt to simplify the workflow file in 363d2b5 not really considering that this script is not only being run by a github runner but rather should also be run on local dev machines as well.

Should we return this step back to the workflow for our ubuntu-latest runner image?

- name: "Install build dependencies"
  run: |
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install -y build-essential python3-dev

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It clearly is not preventing workflows from failing following its removal in #1000. I am curious if someone has some insight on its purpose at all? I see that it looks like it may have simply appeared when we pulled ffi into the monorepo in cd3ad47

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[DanGould]

yes

[spacebear21]

I don't see why ubuntu-latest runners even need this, since python CI is passing currently? Just removing those entirely seems fine.

[benalleng]

Ok, I have this branch If we want it, fd63fca

Here is the ubuntu-latest runner readme, build-essentials and python3-dev are not baked in but its possible we were using them in the past but aren't anymore?