Update Boost config

[kwabenantim]

Supports Chaste/Chaste#366

• Set BOOST_DIR environment variable in modulefiles for passing to CMake.
• Drop support for Boost < 1.74. Keep Boost < 1.74 support.
• Remove system dependency versions from custom-built portability images
• Rebuild custom portability images with between-LTS dependency versions: https://github.com/Chaste/developer_wiki/wiki/Portability-Testing-Guide
• Build Ubuntu LTS portability images with system dependency versions

[kwabenantim]

See updated list below: #76 (comment)

Current Portabilities

.	01	02	03	04	05	06
XSD	4.0.0	4.0.0	4.0.0	4.0.0	4.0.0	4.0.0
Xerces	3.2.2	3.2.2	3.2.3	3.2.4	3.2.4	3.2.4
SUNDIALS	3.1.2	3.2.1	4.1.0	5.8.0	6.0.0	6.0.0
Boost	1.67.0	1.69.0	1.71.0	1.73.0	1.74.0	1.74.0
VTK	6.3.0	7.1.1	9.0.3	8.2.0	9.1.0	9.2.6
PETSc	3.12.4	3.13.6	3.14.6	3.15.5	3.15.5	3.15.5
HDF5	1.10.4	1.10.5	1.10.6	1.10.7	1.10.8	1.12.2

New Portabilities

.	01	02	03	04	05	06
XSD	4.0.0	4.0.0	4.0.0	4.0.0	4.0.0	4.0.0
Xerces	3.2.2	3.2.3	3.2.4	3.3.0	3.3.0	3.3.0
SUNDIALS	5.8.0	6.0.0	6.4.0	6.7.0	6.7.0	6.7.0
Boost	1.74.0	1.77.0	1.80.0	1.83.0	1.83.0	1.83.0
VTK	7.1.1	8.2.0	9.0.3	9.1.0	9.2.6	9.3.0
PETSc	3.15.5	3.17.0	3.19.0	3.21.0	3.21.0	3.21.0
HDF5	1.10.10	1.10.11	1.12.0	1.12.2	1.12.2	1.12.2

There's some repetition (mainly in 04 - 06) to allow adding new versions later on.

Do the new portabilities look okay @fcooper8472, @mirams, @jmpf

[mirams]

We still have a lot of older 'green' things on here: https://chaste.github.io/docs/installguides/dependency-versions/ (Boost 1.67), sundials 3.1.

Apparently Ubuntu 20.04 LTS still supported until 31st May 2025, so ideally we'd keep testing it should work until then, and we'd drop/sunset support before we stop testing, rather than the other way around. I guess we can take the opportunity to get ahead a bit here and make a few things purple for the next release.

This old mix and match portability is good and still useful, but perhaps now more important to just have all the Ubuntu LTS and currently-supported releases, as actual VMs that we test on as a separate set of portabilities?

[kwabenantim]

Thanks Gary. I'll add LTS images to the list.

We currently have a few non-LTS ones running on the portability workflow:

• 23.04: lunar.portability-system
• 23.10: mantic.portability-system
• 24.10: oracular.portability-system

[kwabenantim]

New LTS Portabilities

.	20.04 LTS (focal)	22.04 LTS (jammy)	24.04 LTS (noble)
XSD	4.0.0	4.0.0	4.0.0
Xerces	3.2.2	3.2.3	3.2.4
SUNDIALS	3.1	5.8	6.4
Boost	1.67	1.74	1.83.0
VTK	6.3	7.1	9.1
PETSc	3.12	3.15	3.19
HDF5	1.10.4	1.10.7	1.10.10

Now available on Docker Hub:

chaste/runner:focal.portability-system
chaste/runner:jammy.portability-system
chaste/runner:noble.portability-system

[kwabenantim]

New Custom Portabilities (proposed)

.	1	2	3	4
XSD	4.0.0	4.0.0	4.0.0	4.0.0
Xerces	3.2.4	3.2.4	3.2.4	3.2.4
SUNDIALS	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7
Boost	1.77	1.80	1.80	1.80
VTK	8.2	9.0	9.2	9.3
PETSc	3.17	3.21	3.21	3.21
HDF5	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12

These are for testing versions between LTS