revise growth code wrt season duration & implement growth code review changes

.github/workflows/run-ss3-bootstrap.yml

@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade libstdc++6
-          sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev
-          sudo apt-get install -y libfontconfig1-dev
-          sudo apt-get install -y libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev
+          sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev libfontconfig1-dev libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev libuv1-dev pkg-config
 
       - name: Setup R
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2

.github/workflows/test-r4ss-with-ss3.yml

@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade libstdc++6
-          sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev
-          sudo apt-get install -y libfontconfig1-dev
-          sudo apt-get install -y libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev
+          sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev libfontconfig1-dev libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev libuv1-dev pkg-config
 
       - name: Setup R
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
     "files.associations": {
         "*.tpl": "c",
         "*.htp": "c"
-    }
+    },
+    "C_Cpp.errorSquiggles": "disabled"
 }