chore: revert to original pip licenses

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ updates:
       - "/check-vulnerabilities"
       - "/hk-package-clean-except"
       - "/hk-package-clean-untagged"
+      - "/check-licenses"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
     cooldown:

check-licenses/action.yml

@@ -176,9 +176,17 @@ runs:
       with:
         level: "ERROR"
         message: >
-          The check-licenses action leverages Ansys fork of pip-licenses.
+          The check-licenses action depends on the prettytable package.
           This package requires Python 3.10 or higher.
 
+    - name: Announce the switch to original pip-licenses package
+      uses: ansys/actions/_logging@main
+      with:
+        level: "INFO"
+        message: >
+          Maintenance of the original pip-licenses package has resumed, and the Ansys fork is being discontinued.
+          Therefore, the check-licenses action has been updated to use the original pip-licenses package.
+
     - name: "Install Git and clone project"
       uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
       with:
@@ -266,31 +274,14 @@ runs:
           fi
         fi
 
-    - name: "Update pip"
+    - name: "Update pip and install pip-licenses library"
       shell: bash
       env:
         ACTIVATE_VENV: ${{ steps.virtual-environment-activation-command.outputs.ACTIVATE_VENV }}
         INSTALL_COMMAND: ${{ inputs.use-uv == 'true' && 'uv pip install --no-managed-python' || 'python -m pip install' }}
       run: |
         ${ACTIVATE_VENV}
-        $INSTALL_COMMAND -U pip
-
-    - name: Clone ansys/pip-licenses on main branch
-      uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-      with:
-        repository: ansys/pip-licenses
-        path: "external/pip-licenses"
-        ref: "main"
-        persist-credentials: false
-
-    - name: Install ansys/pip-licenses main branch
-      shell: bash
-      env:
-        ACTIVATE_VENV: ${{ steps.virtual-environment-activation-command.outputs.ACTIVATE_VENV }}
-        INSTALL_COMMAND: ${{ inputs.use-uv == 'true' && 'uv pip install --no-managed-python --no-cache' || 'python -m pip install --no-cache-dir' }}
-      run: |
-        ${ACTIVATE_VENV}
-        $INSTALL_COMMAND external/pip-licenses
+        $INSTALL_COMMAND -U pip -r ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/requirements.txt
 
     - name: "Check if specific target is requested"
       id: specific-target-requested
@@ -307,7 +298,7 @@ runs:
         ACTIVATE_VENV: ${{ steps.virtual-environment-activation-command.outputs.ACTIVATE_VENV }}
         INSTALL_TARGET: ${{ steps.specific-target-requested.outputs.install_target }}
         INSTALL_COMMAND: ${{ inputs.use-uv == 'true' && 'uv pip install --no-managed-python' || 'python -m pip install' }}
-      run:
+      run: |
         ${ACTIVATE_VENV}
         ${INSTALL_COMMAND} "$INSTALL_TARGET"
 

check-licenses/requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pip-licenses==5.5.1
+prettytable==3.17.0
+wcwidth==0.6.0

doc/source/changelog/1166.maintenance.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Revert to original pip licenses