Fix to unit tests and few updates in the code to enable new libraries and compatibility with python 3.10,3.11 and 3.12

.github/workflows/ci_env.yml

@@ -12,25 +12,29 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 5
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [ "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+    - name: Checkout github repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Setup Miniconda
+      uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
       with:
         auto-update-conda: true
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        miniforge-version: latest
     - name: Conda info
       shell: bash -el {0}
       run: conda info
     - name: Install python and gcc
       shell: bash -el {0}
       run: |
-        conda install -c conda-forge python=3.8
         conda install -c conda-forge gcc=12.1.0
     - name: Install gdal and pcraster
       shell: bash -el {0}
       run: |
-        conda install -c conda-forge "gdal<=3.5.3" pcraster
+        conda install -c conda-forge gdal pcraster
     - name: Install dependencies
       shell: bash -el {0}
       run: |

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 European Union Public Licence V. 1.2
 
-EUPL © the European Union 2007, 2016
+EUPL © the European Union 2007, 2026
 
 This European Union Public Licence (the ‘EUPL’) applies to the Work (as
 defined below) which is provided under the terms of this Licence. Any use of

README.md

@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ You can use conda environment to easily install dependencies.
 * Create a conda env named "lisflood" and install dependencies:
 
 ```bash
-conda create --name lisflood python=3.8 -c conda-forge
+conda create --name lisflood "python>=3.10" -c conda-forge
 conda activate lisflood
-conda install -c conda-forge pcraster "gdal<=3.5.3"
+conda install -c conda-forge pcraster gdal
 ```
 
 * Install lisflood-model pypi package
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ git clone --single-branch --branch master https://github.com/ec-jrc/lisflood-cod
 * **Install requirements into a python 3 conda env**
 
 ```bash
-conda create --name lisflood python=3.8 -c conda-forge
+conda create --name lisflood "python>=3.10" -c conda-forge
 conda activate lisflood
-conda install -c conda-forge pcraster "gdal<=3.5.3"
+conda install -c conda-forge pcraster gdal
 cd lisflood-code
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.3.1.505
+4.3.1.5052

docs/3_step2_installation/index.md

@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ Follow this instruction for a basic test (some sample catchments are included in
 2. **Install requirements into a python 3 conda env**
 
 ```bash
-conda create --name lisflood python=3.8 -c conda-forge
+conda create --name lisflood python=3.10 -c conda-forge
 conda activate lisflood
-conda install -c conda-forge pcraster "gdal<=3.5.3"
+conda install -c conda-forge pcraster gdal
 cd lisflood-code
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```

envflex.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: lisflood
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.8
+  - python>=3.10
   - pcraster
-  - gdal<=3.5.3
+  - gdal
   - pip