update actions used in CI workflows to latest versions

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # 4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # 7.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@42375524e23c412d93fb67b49958b491fce71c38 # v5.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.10'
 
       - name: checkout easybuild framework
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # 4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # 7.0.0
         with:
           repository: easybuilders/easybuild-framework
           path: src/easybuild-framework

.github/workflows/flake8.yml

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # 4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # 7.0.0
 
       - name: set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@42375524e23c412d93fb67b49958b491fce71c38 # v5.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.10'
 

.github/workflows/markdown-linting.yml

@@ -9,15 +9,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # 4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # 7.0.0
 
       - name: MarkdownLint
-        uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@05f32210e84442804257b2a6f20b273450ec8265 # v19.1.0
+        uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@ded1f9488f68a970bc66ea5619e13e9b52e601cd # v23.2.0
         with:
           # allow duplicate subsections, see https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/blob/main/doc/md024.md
           siblings_only: true
-          # all markdown, except filter out {demos,version-specific}/* for now, until we fix issues in those sections
+          # all markdown, except filter out {demos,version-specific,easybuild-v5}/* for now, until we fix issues in those sections
           globs: |
             **/*.md
             #docs/demos
             #docs/version-specific
+            #docs/easybuild-v5

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # 4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # 7.0.0
 
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@42375524e23c412d93fb67b49958b491fce71c38 # v5.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.10'
 
       - name: Codespell action
-        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@406322ec52dd7b488e48c1c4b82e2a8b3a1bf630 # v2.1
+        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@8f01853be192eb0f849a5c7d721450e7a467c579 # v2.2
         with:
           check_filenames: true
           ignore_words_list: atleast,ninjs,simpy,proovread,namd,precice,crate,ake
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python ./.github/workflows/link_check.py
 
       - name: checkout easybuild framework
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # 4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # 7.0.0
         with:
           repository: easybuilders/easybuild-framework
           path: src/easybuild-framework

.github/workflows/yamllint.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
   lintAllTheThings:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # 4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # 7.0.0
       - name: yaml-lint
         uses: ibiqlik/action-yamllint@2576378a8e339169678f9939646ee3ee325e845c # v3.1.1
         with:

docs/installing-environment-modules-without-root-permissions.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Mac OS X system, together with Tcl on which it depends.
 1. Go to <https://www.tcl-lang.org> and download the latest Tcl sources. At
     the time of writing, the latest available Tcl version was 8.6.16,
     which can be downloaded from
-    [here](https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tcl/tcl8.6.16-src.tar.gz).
+    [the Tcl SourceForge website here](https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tcl/tcl8.6.16-src.tar.gz).
     The remainder of these commands will assume Tcl v8.6.16 is being
     installed, you may need to adjust them accordingly.
 

docs/writing-easyconfig-files.md

@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ A handful of easyconfig parameters are *mandatory*:
     use
     - format: dictionary with name/version keys, e.g.,
         `{'name': 'foo', 'version': '1.2.3'}`
-    - a list of supported toolchains can be found
-        [here](version-specific/toolchains.md)
+    - [a list of supported toolchains can be found here](version-specific/toolchains.md)
 
 Remarks: