Install Beam from wheels in Dependency Compat Test Suite.

[tvalentyn]

Dependency postcommit suite runs multiple small suites of unit tests. Installing beam takes 3-4 minutes to build a wheel. Using a wheel to install beam should speed up the suite, since the wheel will be built once.

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[tvalentyn]

Currently testing this on https://github.com/apache/beam/actions/runs/9101961896

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[Abacn]

if I remember correctly, useWheelDistribution is only effective for Dataflow test (it changes sdk_location pipeline option to wheel). However these tests are running on direct runner. This change alone is a no-op yet?

[tvalentyn]

I thought so too, but after you dug up the PR for me (thanks!) that added this option, i looked closer in https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/6cb30cc5c86ce394ca558c431af55a935b8d9d6b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy#L3078C121-L3078C136
and it does make a difference for tox . Note that in https://github.com/apache/beam/actions/runs/9101961896 , the runtime is 1hr 5 min, even though I added a bit more tests to that suite (see: #31305). On the other hand, exact same suite without this change times out after 2hrs: https://github.com/apache/beam/actions/runs/9101921047/job/25020312963?pr=31305.

[tvalentyn]

exact same suite without this change times out after 2hrs: apache/beam/actions/runs/9101921047/job/25020312963?pr=31305.

reminder that due to nature of GHA permissions, the signal on the PR #31305 itself is not accurate, even though it includes a commit from this PR, GHA still runs long because it hasn't taken effect yet.

[Abacn]

I thought so too, but after you dug up the PR for me (thanks!) that added this option, i looked closer in https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/6cb30cc5c86ce394ca558c431af55a935b8d9d6b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy#L3078C121-L3078C136 and it does make a difference for tox . Note that in https://github.com/apache/beam/actions/runs/9101961896 , the runtime is 1hr 5 min, even though I added a bit more tests to that suite (see: #31305). On the other hand, exact same suite without this change times out after 2hrs: https://github.com/apache/beam/actions/runs/9101921047/job/25020312963?pr=31305.

Oh, I see, yeah, the functionality is added in #28385 making useWheelDistribution working for tox