TUN-8708: Bump python min version to 3.10

With the recent bump of the windows CI to python 3.10, we will bump the minimum required python version for component testing to 3.10.

Closes TUN-8708

.gitignore

@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ cscope.*
 ssh_server_tests/.env
 /.cover
 built_artifacts/
+component-tests/.venv

.teamcity/windows/component-test.ps1

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Failed unit tests" }
 
 Write-Output "Running component tests"
 
-python -m pip --disable-pip-version-check install --upgrade -r component-tests/requirements.txt
+python -m pip --disable-pip-version-check install --upgrade -r component-tests/requirements.txt --use-pep517
 python component-tests/setup.py --type create
 python -m pytest component-tests -o log_cli=true --log-cli-level=INFO
 if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {

component-tests/README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Requirements
-1. Python 3.7 or later with packages in the given `requirements.txt`
+1. Python 3.10 or later with packages in the given `requirements.txt`
-   - E.g. with conda:
+   - E.g. with venv:
-   - `conda create -n component-tests python=3.7`  
+   - `python3 -m venv ./.venv`  
-   - `conda activate component-tests`
+   - `source ./.venv/bin/activate`
-   - `pip3 install -r requirements.txt`
+   - `python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt`
 
 2. Create a config yaml file, for example:
 ```