[CI][MATLAB] MATLAB macOS CI workflow fails because of `macos-latest` change to `macos-14`

[kou]

Describe the bug, including details regarding any error messages, version, and platform.

macos-latest is now macos-14 not macos-12.

In https://github.blog/changelog/2024-01-30-github-actions-macos-14-sonoma-is-now-available/ it is mentioned that the transition to macos-14 was planned for April-June 2024).

See also: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners#standard-github-hosted-runners-for-public-repositories

Example:

https://github.com/apache/arrow/actions/runs/8819911040/job/24212270905?pr=41359#step:9:28

CMake Error at /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cmake/3.29.2/share/cmake/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:230 (message):
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
  Could NOT find Matlab (missing: Matlab_MEX_LIBRARY Matlab_MX_LIBRARY)
  (found version "9.14.0.2489007")
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cmake/3.29.2/share/cmake/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:600 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cmake/3.29.2/share/cmake/Modules/FindMatlab.cmake:2029 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
  CMakeLists.txt:135 (find_package)

Component(s)

Continuous Integration, MATLAB

[kou]

@kevingurney @sgilmore10 We may need to update matlab-actions/setup-matlab for macos-14 or use macos-12 instead of macos-latest temporary.

[kevingurney]

Thanks for reporting this @kou!

This may be due to the fact that we are currently using MATLAB R2023a in the GitHub Actions workflow, and R2023a is not officially supported on macos-14.

See the Platform Road Map here for more information on version compatibility:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/requirements/platform-road-map.html

We can try updating the version of MATLAB used in the GitHub Actions workflow to R2024a (latest available version). Hopefully, that will resolve the issue.

[kevingurney]

After some more investigation, we realized that there are a few issues that need to be addressed in mathworks/libmexclass before we can start using R2024a.

So, we think it makes the most sense to just pin this CI workflow back to use macos-12 for the time being.

We will prioritize addressing the libmexclass issues as soon as we can.

[kevingurney]

I've created #41385 to capture the work of moving to R2024a.