ci(python-wheels): cross-compile Intel-mac wheel on Apple-silicon runner

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The macos-13 (Intel) runners are being deprecated and queue indefinitely, hard-blocking the ifclite-geom PyPI publish job (it needs all 5 wheels). Build the x86_64-apple-darwin wheel on the macos-14 (Apple-silicon) runner via maturin cross-compile instead; abi3 links no Python lib so the cross target builds cleanly. No Rust code change — wheel contents are identical to main.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated macOS build infrastructure to maintain compatibility with the latest supported runner versions.

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
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• .github/workflows/python-wheels.yml

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The GitHub Actions python-wheels.yml workflow is updated to replace the macos-13 runner with macos-14 for the Intel x86_64 macOS wheel build matrix entry. Inline comments are expanded to describe cross-compiling Intel-mac wheels on Apple-silicon runners and the abi3 wheel format rationale.

Changes

macOS Intel Wheel CI Runner Update

Layer / File(s)	Summary
macOS x86_64 runner and matrix comments .github/workflows/python-wheels.yml	The build matrix include entry for the Intel x86_64 macOS wheel is changed from macos-13 to macos-14, and inline comments are updated to explain the cross-compile approach and abi3 behavior.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• LTplus-AG/ifc-lite#255: Updates the same workflow file to use macos-14 instead of macos-13 for the macOS Intel (darwin-x64/x86_64) build matrix, with matching cross-compile rationale.

Poem

🐇 A runner retired, macos-13 no more,
Now macos-14 compiles the x86 core.
Cross-compile magic on Apple-silicon ground,
The abi3 wheel spins merrily around.
Hoppy days for CI, steady and sound! 🍎

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately describes the main change: updating the CI workflow to cross-compile Intel-mac wheels on Apple-silicon runners, replacing deprecated macos-13 with macos-14.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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