Added support for Amazon 2023, Debian 12, Ubuntu 24.04, removed EOL and BSD OSs and Python 2.7 support

.github/workflows/templates/ci-tail.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
       - name: Download Exit Status Files
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: exitstatus
           path: exitstatus

.github/workflows/templates/ci.yml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload Exit Status
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: exitstatus
           path: exitstatus
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.9
+      - name: Set up Python 3.10
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
       - name: Install Pre-Commit
         run: |
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload Exit Status
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: exitstatus
           path: exitstatus
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: collect-changed-files
-    container: koalaman/shellcheck-alpine:v0.7.0
+    container: koalaman/shellcheck-alpine:latest
     if: github.event_name == 'push' || needs.collect-changed-files.outputs.run-tests == 'true'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload Exit Status
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: exitstatus
           path: exitstatus