refacto to remove pandapower requirements

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -63,8 +63,12 @@ jobs:
         resource_class: small
         steps:
             - checkout
-            - run: apt-get update && apt-get install python3-full python3-dev python3-pip python3-virtualenv git -y
-            - run: python3 -m virtualenv venv_test
+            - run: apt-get update && apt-get install python3.10-full python3.10-dev python3.10-pip python3.10-virtualenv git -y
+            - run: python3.12 -m virtualenv venv_test
+            - run: 
+                  name: Get python version
+                  command: 
+                      python3.12 --version
             - run:
                   name: "Set up virtual environment"
                   command: |
@@ -201,9 +205,12 @@ jobs:
         resource_class: medium
         steps:
             - checkout
-            - run: apt-get update && apt-get install python3-full python3-dev python3-pip python3-virtualenv git -y
-            # - run: python3 -m pip install virtualenv
-            - run: python3 -m virtualenv venv_test
+            - run: apt-get update && apt-get install python3.12-full python3.12-dev python3.12-pip python3.12-virtualenv git -y
+            - run: 
+                  name: Get python version
+                  command: 
+                      python3.12 --version
+            - run: python3.12 -m virtualenv venv_test
             - run:
                 name: "Install grid2op from source"
                 command: |
@@ -406,8 +413,12 @@ jobs:
         resource_class: medium
         steps:
             - checkout
-            - run: apt-get update && apt-get install python3-full python3-dev python3-pip python3-virtualenv git -y
-            - run: python3 -m virtualenv venv_test
+            - run: apt-get update && apt-get install python3.12-full python3.12-dev python3.12-pip python3.12-virtualenv git -y
+            - run: 
+                  name: Get python version
+                  command: 
+                      python3.12  --version
+            - run: python3.12 -m virtualenv venv_test
             - run:
                 name: "Install grid2op from source"
                 command: |
@@ -474,7 +485,7 @@ jobs:
                 command: |
                     .\venv_test\Scripts\activate
                     cd lightsim2grid\tests
-                    # python -m unittest discover -v
+                    python -m unittest discover -v
 
 workflows:
     version: 2.1

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ TODO HVDC in Jacobian (see pandapower)
 - TODO test for clang 18 and gcc 14
 - TODO : numpy 2. compat (includes a mode without pandapower)
 
+- [BREAKING] the way to initialize lightsim2grid `GridModel` now does not require
+  pandapower (you can initialize it with pypowsybl if you want). To make it both
+  cleaner and clearer the function `lightsim2grid.gridmodel.init` has been removed.
+  Please use `lightsim2grid.gridmodel.init_from_pandapower` or 
+  `lightsim2grid.gridmodel.init_from_pypowsybl` from now on
 - [BREAKING] the previous `gridmodel.get_ptdf()` function was wrongly labeled with the
   "solver" bus id and not the `grid` bus id which could cause issue when applying 
   topological changes. It has now been fixed (so the `gridmodel.get_ptdf` returns the

setup.py

@@ -318,8 +318,13 @@
 # before pandapower 2.8 scipy was forced to be <= 1.6 which does not work with
 # python 3.10+
 req_pkgs = [
-        "pandapower" if sys.version_info < (3, 10) else "pandapower>=2.8",
-        "pytest",  # for pandapower see https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapower/issues/1988
+    "setuptools",
+    "pip",
+    "pybind11",
+    "scipy",
+    "numpy"
+        # "pandapower" if sys.version_info < (3, 10) else "pandapower>=2.8",
+        # "pytest",  # for pandapower see https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapower/issues/1988
     ]
 if sys.version_info < (3, 11):
     req_pkgs.append("typing_extensions")