Add a first version of a FEARIE simulation reader which is still unde…

.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yaml

@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
         ref: 'refs/heads/master'
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-    - name: Set up Python 3.7
+    - name: Set up Python 3.10
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.7
+        python-version: "3.10"
     - name: Cache pip
       uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:

.github/workflows/deploy_documentation.yaml

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: 'refs/heads/develop'
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python 3.7
+      - name: Set up Python 3.10
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
       - name: Cache pip
         uses: actions/cache@v4

.github/workflows/python_version_compatibility.yaml

@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false # continue even if one of the versions fails
       matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.x"] # 3.x = latest available
+        python_version: ["3.9", "3.11", "3.x"] # 3.x = latest available
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         include:
           - python_version: "3.6"
             os: ubuntu-20.04 # python 3.6 is not available with 22.04 on github actions
+          - python_version: "3.7"
+            os: ubuntu-22.04
+          - python_version: "3.8" # technically available on 24.04 but not pre-installed
+            os: ubuntu-22.04
     uses: ./.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
     with:
       python_version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}

.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
         description: Specify Python version to run tests on
         type: string
         required: true
-        default: '3.7'
+        default: '3.10'
       os:
         description: OS to run tests on
         type: string
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ on:
         description: Specify Python version to run tests on
         type: string
         required: true
-        default: '3.7'
+        default: '3.10'
       os:
         description: OS to run tests on
         type: string
         default: ubuntu-latest
 
-env: # set the python_version to 3.7 if the workflow is not triggered by workflow_call or workflow_dispatch
-  PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ inputs.python_version || '3.7' }}
+env: # set the python_version to 3.10 if the workflow is not triggered by workflow_call or workflow_dispatch
+  PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ inputs.python_version || '3.10' }}
 
 jobs:
   build: