Summary

Several, unrelated updates [submitted in] in separate commits are bundled here:

1. Bump cmake to 3.29 or later, and build with gcc when the preferred compiler is intel or oneapi
2. Add variant +netcdf to eccodes
3. Add py-pytest to base-env
4. Add cloc to base-env`

Testing

• NEPTUNE standalone environment on my WSL2 dev system with [email protected]
• CI IN PROGRESS

Applications affected

All

Systems affected

None

Dependencies

None

Issue(s) addressed

1. Closes When building with intel or oneapi or ... as preferred compiler, use gcc for building cmake? #1514 and closes [INSTALL]: [email protected]+ #1585
2. Closes Use +netcdf variant for eccodes #1554
3. Closes Add pytest to base-env? Or other envs? #1493
4. Closes Add cloc utility (count lines of code) to neptune-env (and other envs that want it) #1488

Checklist

• This PR addresses one issue/problem/enhancement, or has a very good reason for not doing so.
• These changes have been tested on the affected systems and applications. IN PROGRESS
• All dependency PRs/issues have been resolved and this PR can be merged.