Pre-release fixes (#550)

* Fix CI version getter and add pip build tests
* Update dependencies

.github/workflows/pr-ci.yml

@@ -94,11 +94,35 @@ jobs:
       version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
     steps:
       - id: get-version
-        run: echo "version=${${{github.event.pull_request.title}}#"Release "}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        run: |
+          fullname="${{github.event.pull_request.title}}"
+          echo "version=${fullname#"Release "}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  pip-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.title, 'Release v')
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
+        with:
+          micromamba-version: latest
+          environment-name: pipbuild
+          create-args: >-
+            python=3.11
+            pip
+            build
+          post-cleanup: all
+          cache-environment: true
+      - name: Build package
+        run: python -m build
+      - name: Test package install
+        run: |
+          pip install dist/calliope-*.tar.gz
+          calliope --help
 
   pre-release:
-    needs: [test, pre-release-version]
-    if: needs.test.result == 'success' && startsWith(github.event.pull_request.title, 'Release v')
+    needs: [test, pre-release-version, pip-test]
+    if: needs.pip-test.result == 'success' && needs.test.result == 'success' && startsWith(github.event.pull_request.title, 'Release v')
     uses: arup-group/actions-city-modelling-lab/.github/workflows/pip-build.yml@main
     secrets:
       TEST_PYPI_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_API_TOKEN }}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.7.0.dev1 (dev)
+## 0.7.0.dev2 (dev)
 
 v0.7 includes a major change to how Calliope internally operates.
 Along with this, there are multiple changes to how Calliope models are defined and configured.
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ We group changes into those that are primarily user-facing and relevant for all
 This section gives a brief summary of changes.
 For more detail, see our migrating from v0.6 to v0.7 section in our [documentation](https://calliope.readthedocs.io/en/latest/migrating/).
 
-
 |new| Storage buffers available in all technology base classes.
 
 |new| Multiple carriers and different carriers in/out available in all technology base classes.

docs/index.md

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 !!! warning
 
     Calliope version 0.7 is available as a pre-release with the purpose of gathering feedback from users.
+    To install the pre-release as a user:
+
+    ```shell
+    mamba create -n calliope -c conda-forge/label/calliope_dev -c conda-forge calliope
+    ```
 
     Some functionality is not yet available in 0.7, notably:
 
@@ -11,6 +16,8 @@
 
     To see a full list of changes, read our [page on migrating between v0.6 and v0.7](migrating.md).
 
+    If you want to install the most recent _stable_ version of Calliope, see our [v0.6.10 documentation](https://calliope.readthedocs.io/en/v0.6.10/).
+
 !!! note
 
     This is the documentation for version {{ calliope_version }} ([version history](version_history.md)).

docs/installation.md

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ Calliope has been tested on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
 
 Running Calliope requires four things:
 
-1.  The Python programming language, version {{ min_python_version }} to {{ max_python_version }}.
-2.  A number of Python add-on modules (see [below for the complete list](#python-module-requirements)).
-3.  A solver: Calliope has been tested with CBC, GLPK, Gurobi, and CPLEX. Any other solver that is compatible with Pyomo should also work.
-4.  The Calliope software itself.
+1. The Python programming language, version {{ min_python_version }} to {{ max_python_version }}.
+2. A number of Python add-on modules (see [below for the complete list](#python-module-requirements)).
+3. A solver: Calliope has been tested with CBC, GLPK, Gurobi, and CPLEX. Any other solver that is compatible with Pyomo should also work.
+4. The Calliope software itself.
 
 ## Recommended installation method
 
@@ -19,16 +19,20 @@ To get `mamba`, [download and install the "Mambaforge" distribution for your ope
 
 With mamba installed, you can create a new environment called `calliope` with all the necessary modules, including the free and open source GLPK solver, by running the following command in a terminal or command-line window
 
-```bash
-$ mamba create -c conda-forge -n calliope calliope
+```shell
+mamba create -n calliope -c conda-forge/label/calliope_dev -c conda-forge calliope
 ```
 
+!!! note
+    The `conda-forge/label/calliope_dev` channel allows you to access the pre-release of Calliope v0.7, with which this version of the documentation aligns.
+    To install the most recent _stable_ version of Calliope, see our [v0.6.10 documentation](https://calliope.readthedocs.io/en/v0.6.10/).
+
 This will install calliope with Python version {{ max_python_version }}.
 
 To use Calliope, you need to activate the `calliope` environment each time
 
 ```bash
-$ mamba activate calliope
+mamba activate calliope
 ```
 
 You are now ready to use Calliope together with the free and open source GLPK solver.
@@ -38,15 +42,16 @@ Read the next section for more information on installing alternative solvers.
 
 !!! warning
 
-    Although possible, we do not recommend installing Calliope directly via `pip` (`pip install calliope`). Non-python binaries are not installed with `pip`, some of which are necessary for stable operation (e.g., `libnetcdf`).
+    Although possible, we do not recommend installing Calliope directly via `pip` (`pip install calliope`).
+    Non-python binaries are not installed with `pip`, some of which are necessary for stable operation (e.g., `libnetcdf`).
 
 
 ## Updating an existing installation
 
 If following the recommended installation method above, the following command, assuming the mamba environment is active, will update Calliope to the newest version
 
 ```bash
-$ mamba update -c conda-forge calliope
+mamba update -c conda-forge calliope
 ```
 
 ## Solvers

pyproject.toml

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ maintainers = [
 ]
 description = "A multi-scale energy systems modelling framework."
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 keywords = ["energy systems", "optimisation", "mathematical programming"]
 license = { text = "Apache 2.0" }
 classifiers = [

requirements/base.txt

@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 bottleneck >= 1, < 2
 click >= 8, < 9
 geographiclib >= 2, < 3
-hdf5 < 2
 ipdb >= 0.13, < 0.14
 ipykernel < 7
 jinja2 >= 3, < 4
 jsonschema >= 4, < 5
-libnetcdf < 5
 natsort >= 8, < 9
 netcdf4 >= 1.2, < 1.7
 numpy >= 1, < 2
 pandas >= 2.1.3, < 2.2
 pyomo >= 6.5, < 7
 pyparsing >= 3.0, < 3.1
 ruamel.yaml >= 0.17, < 0.18
+typing-extensions >= 4, < 5
 xarray >= 2023.10, < 2024.3