Merge pull request #3350 from vkarak/ci/update-py37-workflows

[ci] Update GH actions for Python 3.7 after the move of runners to Ubuntu 24.04

Author: vkarak

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -46,6 +46,24 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         ./test_reframe.py
 
+  unittest-py37:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.7']
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies and docs
+      run: |
+        ./bootstrap.sh +docs
+    - name: Generic Unittests
+      run: |
+        ./test_reframe.py
+
   unittest-macos:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
@@ -120,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -143,7 +161,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}