Merge branch 'develop' into contingency

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/blank_template.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Blank template
+description: Template for issues that are no bug report or feature request
+title: 'YOUR TITLE'
+labels: []
+
+body:
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: checks
+    attributes:
+      label: Feature Checklist
+      description: Please make sure that the feature does not already exist.
+      options:
+        - label: >
+            Searched the [issues page](https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapower/issues) for similar reports
+        - label: >
+            Read the relevant sections of the [documentation](https://pandapower.readthedocs.io/en/latest/about.html)
+        - label: >
+            Browse the [tutorials](https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapower/tree/develop/tutorials) and [tests](https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapower/tree/develop/pandapower/test) for usefull code snippets and examples of use
+  - type: textarea
+    id: description
+    attributes:
+      label: Issue
+      description: Describe your issue.
+
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: label_checks
+    attributes:
+      label: Label
+      description: Choose `labels` at the right side (e.g. `bug`, `controller`, `OPF`...).
+      options:
+        - label: >
+            Relevant labels are selected

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml

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+name: Bug Report
+description: Report incorrect behavior in the pandapower library
+title: '[bug] YOUR TITLE'
+labels: bug
+
+body:
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: checks
+    attributes:
+      label: Bug report checklis
+      options:
+        - label: >
+            Searched the [issues page](https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapower/issues) for similar reports
+          required: true
+        - label: >
+            Read the relevant sections of the [documentation](https://pandapower.readthedocs.io/en/latest/about.html)
+          required: true
+        - label: >
+            Browse the [tutorials](https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapower/tree/develop/tutorials) and [tests](https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapower/tree/develop/pandapower/test) for usefull code snippets and examples of use
+        - label: >
+            Reproduced the issue after updating with `pip install --upgrade pandapower` (or `git pull`)
+          required: true
+        - label: >
+            Tried basic troubleshooting (if a bug/error) like restarting the interpreter and checking the pythonpath
+          required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    id: example
+    attributes:
+      label: Reproducible Example
+      description: >
+        Please follow [this guide](https://matthewrocklin.com/blog/work/2018/02/28/minimal-bug-reports) on how to
+        provide a minimal, copy-pastable example.
+      placeholder: >
+        import pandapower as pp
+
+        net = pp.create_empty_network()
+
+        ...
+      render: python
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: problem
+    attributes:
+      label: Issue Description and Traceback
+      description: >
+        Please provide a description of the issue and the Traceback/Error.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: expected-behavior
+    attributes:
+      label: Expected Behavior
+      description: >
+        Please describe or show a code example of the expected behavior.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: version
+    attributes:
+      label: Installed Versions
+      description: >
+        Please paste the output of ``pd.show_versions()``
+      value: >
+        * python version:
+        * pandas version: 
+        * networkx version: 
+        * scipy version: 
+        * numpy version: 
+        * packaging version: 
+        * tqdm version: 
+        * deepdiff version: 
+        * Operating System name/version:
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: label_checks
+    attributes:
+      label: Label
+      description: Choose `labels` at the right side (e.g. `bug`, `controller`, `OPF`...).
+      options:
+        - label: >
+            Relevant labels are selected

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml → .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yaml

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # disable blank issue creation
 blank_issues_enabled: false
 #
-#contact_links:
-#  - name: GitHub Community Support
-#    url: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions
+contact_links:
+  - name: pandapower  discussions
+    url: https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapower/discussions
 #    about: Please ask and answer questions here.
 #  - name: GitHub Security Bug Bounty
 #    url: https://bounty.github.com/
-#    about: Please report security vulnerabilities here.
+#    about: Please report security vulnerabilities here.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yaml

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+name: Feature Request
+description: Suggest an idea for pandapower
+title: '[feature] YOUR TITLE'
+labels: [Enhancement]
+
+body:
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: checks
+    attributes:
+      label: Feature Checklist
+      description: Please make sure that the feature does not already exist.
+      options:
+        - label: >
+            Searched the [issues page](https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapower/issues) for similar feature requests
+        - label: >
+            Read the relevant sections of the [documentation](https://pandapower.readthedocs.io/en/latest/about.html)
+        - label: >
+            Browse the repository, [tutorials](https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapower/tree/develop/tutorials) and [tests](https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapower/tree/develop/pandapower/test) for already existing functionalities
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: feature_checks
+    attributes:
+      label: Feature Type
+      description: Please check what type of feature request you would like to propose.
+      options:
+        - label: >
+            Adding new functionality to pandapower
+        - label: >
+            Changing existing functionality in pandapower
+        - label: >
+            Removing existing functionality in pandapower
+  - type: textarea
+    id: description
+    attributes:
+      label: Problem Description
+      description: >
+        Please describe what problem the feature would solve.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: feature
+    attributes:
+      label: Feature Description
+      description: >
+        Please describe how the new feature would be implemented.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: context
+    attributes:
+      label: Additional Context
+      description: >
+        Please provide any relevant GitHub issues, code examples or references that help describe and support
+        the feature request.
+  - type: checkboxes
+    id: label_checks
+    attributes:
+      label: Label
+      description: Choose `labels` at the right side (e.g. `bug`, `controller`, `OPF`...).
+      options:
+        - label: >
+            Relevant labels are selected

.github/workflows/github_test_action.yml

@@ -36,14 +36,13 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install pytest pytest-split
           if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
           pip install .["all"]
-          if ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.8' }}; then python -m pip install pypower; fi
-          if ${{ matrix.python-version != '3.8' && matrix.python-version != '3.11' }}; then python -m pip install numba; fi
-          if ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.8' }}; then python -m pip install lightsim2grid; fi
-          if ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.10' }}; then python -m pip install lightsim2grid; fi
+          if ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.9' }}; then python -m pip install pypower; fi
+          if ${{ matrix.python-version != '3.9' }}; then python -m pip install numba; fi
+          if ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.8' || matrix.python-version == '3.10' }}; then python -m pip install lightsim2grid; fi
       - name: Install Julia
-        if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.8' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.9' }}
         run: |
-          ./.install_julia.sh 1.5
+          ./.install_julia.sh 1.8
           pip install julia
           python ./.install_pycall.py
       - name: List of installed packages
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
         if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
         pip install .
         pip install matplotlib
-        if ${{ matrix.python-version != '3.11' }}; then python -m pip install numba; fi
+        if ${{ matrix.python-version != '3.9' }}; then python -m pip install numba; fi
     - name: Install pandapipes and simbench
       run: |
         python -m pip install git+https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapipes@develop#egg=pandapipes
@@ -181,8 +180,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install pytest nbmake pytest-xdist python-igraph numba seaborn
-          ./.install_julia.sh 1.6
+          python -m pip install pytest nbmake pytest-xdist igraph numba seaborn
+          ./.install_julia.sh 1.8
           pip install julia
           python ./.install_pycall.py
           if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ '3.8' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.9' ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}