Remove legacy conda-verify to fix Python 3.13 build failure (#3714)

Description:
Removing conda-verify since it is a legacy tool and unmaintained.

Check list:

- [ ] New tests are added (if a new feature is added)
- [ ] New doc strings: description and/or example code are in RST format
- [ ] Documentation is updated (if required)

Author: TahaZahid05

.github/workflows/binaries-nightly-release.yml

@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           miniconda-version: "latest"
-          python-version: "3.10"
-          channels: defaults,pytorch-nightly
+          python-version: "3.13"
 
       - name: Setup nightly version
         run: |
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
-          conda install -y pytorch torchvision cpuonly -c pytorch-nightly
+          pip install torch torchvision --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cpu --pre
           pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
       - name: Build and Publish Conda binaries

.github/workflows/install_docs_deps.sh

@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 uv pip uninstall pkg-resources setuptools
 uv pip install setuptools pip wheel
 uv pip install torch torchvision --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
-uv pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
-uv pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
+uv pip install -r requirements-dev.txt -r docs/requirements.txt
 uv pip install git+https://github.com/pytorch-ignite/sphinxcontrib-versioning.git

.github/workflows/stable-release-pypi.yml

@@ -10,24 +10,23 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - name: Setup Miniconda
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
+      - name: Setup uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
         with:
-          miniconda-version: "latest"
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          version: "latest"
+          python-version: "3.13"
+          activate-environment: true
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
-          conda install -y pytorch torchvision cpuonly -c pytorch
-          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+          uv pip install torch torchvision --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
+          uv pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
       - name: Build and Publish PyPI binaries
-        shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
           # workaround to fix https://github.com/pytorch/ignite/issues/2373
-          pip uninstall -y twine pkginfo
-          pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir hatch twine 'pkginfo>=1.8.2'
+          uv pip uninstall -y twine pkginfo
+          uv pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir hatch twine 'pkginfo>=1.8.2'
           hatch build
           twine --version
           twine check dist/*

conda.recipe/build_and_upload.sh

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ version=$(sed -nE 's/__version__ = "(.*)"/\1/p' ignite/__init__.py)
 sed -i "s/__version__ = \"\(.*\)\"/__version__ = \"$version\"/g" conda.recipe/meta.yaml
 cat conda.recipe/meta.yaml | grep version
 
-conda install -y conda-build conda-verify anaconda-client conda-package-handling
+conda install -y conda-build anaconda-client conda-package-handling
 conda config --set anaconda_upload no
 
 conda build --no-test --output-folder conda_build conda.recipe -c pytorch --package-format 1