[feat] Remove support for Python < 3.9 and support for the legacy environment modules version 3

.github/pseudo-cluster/reframe/docker-entrypoint.sh

@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ sudo service munge start
 cp -r /usr/local/share/reframe .
 cd reframe
 ./bootstrap.sh
-pip install pytest-cov
+pip install coverage
+source $HOME/.profile
 
 echo "Running unittests with backend scheduler: ${BACKEND}"
 
 tempdir=$(mktemp -d -p /scratch)
-TMPDIR=$tempdir ./test_reframe.py --cov=reframe --cov-report=xml \
+TMPDIR=$tempdir coverage run --source=reframe ./test_reframe.py \
     --rfm-user-config=ci-scripts/configs/ci-cluster.py \
     --rfm-user-system=pseudo-cluster:compute-${BACKEND:-squeue}
+coverage xml -o coverage.xml

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -19,33 +19,17 @@ jobs:
         ./bootstrap.sh
     - name: Generic Unittests
       run: |
-        pip install pytest-cov
-        ./test_reframe.py --cov=reframe --cov-report=xml
-    - name: Upload coverage reports
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4.2.0
-
-  unittest-py-eol:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.6', '3.7']
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Build Image for Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      run: |
-        docker build --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION=${{ matrix.python-version }} -f ci-scripts/dockerfiles/reframe-python.dockerfile -t reframe-python${{ matrix.python-version }}:latest .
-    - name: Run Unittests
-      run: |
-        docker run --name reframe-python${{ matrix.python-version }} reframe-python${{ matrix.python-version }}:latest
-        docker cp reframe-python${{ matrix.python-version }}:/home/rfmuser/reframe/coverage.xml .
+        pip install coverage
+        coverage run --source=reframe ./test_reframe.py
+        coverage xml -o coverage.xml
     - name: Upload coverage reports
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4.2.0
 
   unittest-macos:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -57,16 +41,17 @@ jobs:
         ./bootstrap.sh
     - name: Generic Unittests
       run: |
-        pip install pytest-cov
-        ./test_reframe.py --cov=reframe --cov-report=xml
+        pip install coverage
+        coverage run --source=reframe ./test_reframe.py
+        coverage xml -o coverage.xml
     - name: Upload coverage reports
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4.2.0
 
   modulestest:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        modules-version: [lmod, lmod77, tmod32, tmod4]
+        modules-version: [envmodules, lmod, spack]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
@@ -121,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -144,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}

.github/workflows/test-flux.yaml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        container: ['fluxrm/flux-sched:focal']
+        container: ['fluxrm/flux-sched:noble']
 
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.container }}
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3-pip
           ./bootstrap.sh
-          pip install pytest-cov
           export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH
           which reframe
 
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           which reframe
           flux start reframe -c examples/howto/flux -C examples/howto/flux/settings.py -l
           flux start reframe -c examples/howto/flux -C examples/howto/flux/settings.py -r
-          flux start python3 ./test_reframe.py --cov=reframe --cov-report=xml --rfm-user-config=examples/howto/flux/settings.py
+          flux start coverage run --source=reframe ./test_reframe.py --rfm-user-config=examples/howto/flux/settings.py
+          coverage xml -o coverage.xml
       - name: Upload coverage reports
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4.2.0

ci-scripts/configs/envmod.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright 2016-2024 Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS/ETH Zurich)
+# ReFrame Project Developers. See the top-level LICENSE file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+site_configuration = {
+    'systems': [
+        {
+            'name': 'envmodsys',
+            'descr': 'Generic system using Environment Modules',
+            'hostnames': ['.*'],
+            'modules_system': 'envmod',
+            'partitions': [
+                {
+                    'name': 'default',
+                    'scheduler': 'local',
+                    'launcher': 'local',
+                    'environs': ['builtin']
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}

ci-scripts/configs/lmod.py

@@ -3,15 +3,11 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
-#
-# Generic fallback configuration
-#
-
 site_configuration = {
     'systems': [
         {
-            'name': 'generic',
-            'descr': 'Generic example system',
+            'name': 'lmodsys',
+            'descr': 'Generic system using Lmod',
             'hostnames': ['.*'],
             'modules_system': 'lmod',
             'partitions': [
@@ -22,49 +18,6 @@
                     'environs': ['builtin']
                 }
             ]
-        },
-    ],
-    'environments': [
-        {
-            'name': 'builtin',
-            'cc': 'cc',
-            'cxx': '',
-            'ftn': ''
-        },
-    ],
-    'logging': [
-        {
-            'handlers': [
-                {
-                    'type': 'stream',
-                    'name': 'stdout',
-                    'level': 'info',
-                    'format': '%(message)s'
-                },
-                {
-                    'type': 'file',
-                    'level': 'debug',
-                    'format': '[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s: %(check_info)s: %(message)s',   # noqa: E501
-                    'append': False
-                }
-            ],
-            'handlers_perflog': [
-                {
-                    'type': 'filelog',
-                    'prefix': '%(check_system)s/%(check_partition)s',
-                    'level': 'info',
-                    'format': (
-                        '%(check_job_completion_time)s|reframe %(version)s|'
-                        '%(check_info)s|jobid=%(check_jobid)s|'
-                        '%(check_perf_var)s=%(check_perf_value)s|'
-                        'ref=%(check_perf_ref)s '
-                        '(l=%(check_perf_lower_thres)s, '
-                        'u=%(check_perf_upper_thres)s)|'
-                        '%(check_perf_unit)s'
-                    ),
-                    'append': True
-                }
-            ]
         }
-    ],
+    ]
 }