chore: fix devcontainer build failures in github codespaces

[sayantan007pal]

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Resolves #7558.

Description

What is the purpose of this pull request?

This pull request:

• Fixes persistent devcontainer build failures in GitHub Codespaces caused by disk space exhaustion and broken feature dependencies
• Optimizes the base Docker image from mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal (~10GB+) to mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/javascript-node:1-22-bookworm for reduced footprint
• Updates broken ShellCheck feature dependency from unmaintained ghcr.io/marcozac/devcontainer-features/shellcheck to maintained ghcr.io/devcontainers-extra/features/shellcheck:1
• Restores Python support by explicitly adding ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/python:1 feature

The Issues Resolved

1. Disk Space Exhaustion:

• Build failed with write error: no space left on device (specifically when unpacking libtorch)
• Caused by massive universal base image consuming nearly all available storage on standard 32GB Codespaces instances

2. Broken Feature Dependency:

• The ShellCheck feature was unmaintained and referenced deprecated dependencies, causing build interruptions

Impact

• Reliability: Container now builds successfully on standard Codespaces without disk space issues
• Performance: Faster container startup and rebuild times due to smaller image size
• Maintenance: All dependencies now point to actively maintained sources

Related Issues

Does this pull request have any related issues?

This pull request has the following related issues:

• [BUG]: Codespaces Devcontainer Fails Due to Moved gh-release Dependency in shellcheck Feature #7558

Questions

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No.

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Verification

The fix has been verified by rebuilding the container in a fresh Codespace environment. The build completes successfully, and all required languages (Node.js, Python, R, Julia) are installed and accessible.

Technical Details

Changes to .devcontainer/devcontainer.json:

• Base image: mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal → mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/javascript-node:1-22-bookworm
• ShellCheck feature: ghcr.io/marcozac/devcontainer-features/shellcheck → ghcr.io/devcontainers-extra/features/shellcheck:1
• Added explicit Python feature: ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/python:1

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