generate matrix of jobs in workflow Params, instead of UnitTesting

.github/workflows/Params.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: '3.10'
         type: string
+      python_version_list:
+        description: 'Space separated list of Python versions to run tests with.'
+        required: false
+        default: '3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10'
+        type: string
       name:
         description: 'Name of the tool.'
         required: true
@@ -16,6 +21,9 @@ on:
       params:
         description: "Parameters to be used in other jobs."
         value: ${{ jobs.Params.outputs.params }}
+      python_jobs:
+        description: "List of Python versions to be used in the matrix of other jobs."
+        value: ${{ jobs.Params.outputs.python_jobs }}
 
 jobs:
 
@@ -23,9 +31,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       params: ${{ steps.params.outputs.params }}
+      python_jobs: ${{ steps.params.outputs.python_jobs }}
     steps:
 
-      - id: params
+      - name: Generate 'params' and 'python_jobs'
+        id: params
         shell: python
         run: |
           name = '${{ inputs.name }}'
@@ -40,3 +50,20 @@ jobs:
             }
           }
           print(f'::set-output name=params::{params!s}')
+          print("Params:")
+          print(params)
+
+          data = {
+             '3.6': { 'icon': '🔴', 'until': '23.12.2021' },
+             '3.7': { 'icon': '🟠', 'until': '27.06.2023' },
+             '3.8': { 'icon': '🟡', 'until': 'Oct. 2024' },
+             '3.9': { 'icon': '🟢', 'until': 'Oct. 2025' },
+            '3.10': { 'icon': '🟢', 'until': 'Oct. 2026' },
+          }
+          jobs = [
+              {'python': version, 'icon': data[version]['icon']}
+              for version in '${{ inputs.python_version_list }}'.split(' ')
+          ]
+          print(f'::set-output name=python_jobs::{jobs!s}')
+          print("Python jobs:")
+          print(jobs)

.github/workflows/UnitTesting.yml

@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ name: Unit Testing
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
-      python_versions:
+      jobs:
         description: 'Space separated list of Python versions to run tests with.'
-        required: false
+        required: true
-        default: '3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10'
         type: string
       requirements:
         description: 'Python dependencies to be installed through pip.'
@@ -21,40 +20,14 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
 
-
-  Versions:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      jobs: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.jobs }}
-    steps:
-
-      - id: versions
-        shell: python
-        run: |
-          icons = {
-             '3.6': '🔴', # until 23.12.2021
-             '3.7': '🟠', # until 27.06.2023
-             '3.8': '🟡', # until Oct. 2024
-             '3.9': '🟢', # until Oct. 2025
-            '3.10': '🟢', # until Oct. 2026
-          }
-          jobs = [
-              {'python': version, 'icon': icons[version]}
-              for version in '${{ inputs.python_versions }}'.split(' ')
-          ]
-          print(f'::set-output name=jobs::{jobs!s}')
-
-
   UnitTesting:
     name: ${{ matrix.icon }} Unit Tests using Python ${{ matrix.python }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-      - Versions
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        include: ${{ fromJson(needs.Versions.outputs.jobs) }}
+        include: ${{ fromJson(inputs.jobs) }}
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository