Df load meta

[gidden]

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This PR implements support for setting metadata by dataframes, and implements all metadata setting solely via set_meta()

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Merging #679 (776494b) into main (74979e7) will decrease coverage by 0.0%. The diff coverage is 85.7%.

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[danielhuppmann]

Thanks @gidden! One side effect of your clean-up is that the warnings are no longer shown if the (timeseries) data sheet and the meta of a file are inconsistent. Given that we are starting to use the meta-indicators-feature that more in the scenario-submission workflows, I'd be very much in favor of keeping the warnings.

[gidden]

Changes to load_meta() reverted!

[gidden]

@danielhuppmann - only style changes, should be g2g

[gidden]

With lgtm above and passing tests, merging