Update all tests dependencies

- Python 3.12
- Julia 1.10
- R 4.3.2
- All versions of packages dependencies

- Update GHA workflow accordingly
- Add dev documentation

- Adapt for newer Julia action issue

julia-actions/setup-julia@v1.9.5 is using `tar` for Windows installation
now but uses any `tar` from PATH. However, it requires a `tar.exe` that
can handle Windows paths with drive letters.

In our workflow, `tar` is found in `/usr/bin/tar` from rtools being
added to PATH. This leads to error as it does not support the drive
letters.

Not adding rtools to PATH will solve, and should not impact the workflow
as pak is used for R packages installation.

More details about this issue at julia-actions/setup-julia#205

Author: cderv

.github/workflows/test-smokes.yml

@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 6 * * *"
 
+permissions:
+  actions: write
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   run-smokes:
     name: Run smoke (${{ matrix.os }})${{ matrix.time-test && ' with timed file' || ''}}
@@ -57,8 +61,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up R
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
-          r-version: "4.2.2"
+          r-version: "4.3.2"
           use-public-rspm: true
+          # required to avoid rtools bin in path
+          windows-path-include-rtools: false
 
       - name: Install node (for Playwright, MECA)
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
@@ -124,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
           cache: "pipenv"
           cache-dependency-path: "./tests/Pipfile.lock"
 
@@ -149,15 +155,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: browser-actions/setup-chrome@latest
 
       - name: Setup Julia
-        uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1.9.4
+        uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
         with:
-          version: 1.9.3
+          version: "1.10"
 
       - name: Cache Julia Packages
         uses: julia-actions/cache@v1
-        with:
-          cache-name: version-1
-          cache-registries: true
 
       - name: Restore Julia Packages
         working-directory: tests

dev-docs/configuring-test-deps.md

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Installing and configuring the main tools
+
+## Julia
+
+- Install `juliaup`
+- Install version to use e.g `juliaup add 1.10`
+- Configure `tests` folder to use a specific version
+
+  ```
+  cd tests
+  juliaup override unset
+  juliaup override 1.10
+  ```
+
+  This way when calling `julia` in `tests` folder it will always be Julia 1.10 version
+
+## Python
+
+- Install `pyenv`
+- Install a specic version e.g `pyenv install 3.12.1`
+- Configure `tests` to use a specific version
+
+  ```
+  cd tests
+  pyenv local 3.12.1
+  ```
+
+  This way when calling `python` in `tests` folder it will always be Python 3.12.1 version
+
+## R
+
+- Install `rig`
+- Install R version e.g `rig add 4.3.2`
+- For now, no way to just configure a folder to use a specific version, so you need to set the version globally
+
+  ```
+  rig default 4.3.2
+  ```
+
+## NPM
+
+- Install `npm` needed for meca
+
+# Installing the dependencies in each languages packages
+
+- From `tests` folder, run `configure-test-env` scripts to restore dependencies for each tools

tests/.python-version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.11.1
+3.12.1