ci: updating supported Python versions (#420)

Co-authored-by: pyansys-ci-bot <[email protected]>

Author: clatapie

.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
         # Only perform wheelhouse builds for Windows and macOS when releasing
         should-release: 
           - ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags') }}

README.rst

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ Installation
 
 For users
 ~~~~~~~~~
-The ``ansys.math.core`` package currently supports Python 3.8 through
-Python 3.11 on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.
+The ``ansys.math.core`` package currently supports Python 3.10 through
+Python 3.12 on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.
 
 Install the latest package for use with this command:
 

doc/changelog.d/420.maintenance.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ci: updating supported Python versions

pyproject.toml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ name = "ansys-math-core"
 version = "0.2.dev0"
 description = "A Python wrapper for PyAnsys Math libraries."
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 authors = [
     {name = "ANSYS, Inc.", email = "[email protected]"},
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ maintainers = [
 ]
 classifiers=[
     "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "ansys-tools-path>=0.2.4",
     "pyansys-tools-versioning>=0.3.3",
     "numpy>=1.14.0",
-    "importlib-metadata>=4.0,<5; python_version<='3.8'",
     "scipy>=1.3.0",  # for sparse (consider optional?)
 ]
 

tox.ini

@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 [tox]
 description = Default tox environments list
 envlist =
-    style,{py38,py39,py310,py311}{,-coverage},doc
+    style,{py310,py311,py312}{,-coverage},doc
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 isolated_build = true
 isolated_build_env = build
 
 [testenv]
 description = Checks for project unit tests and coverage (if desired)
 basepython =
-    py38: python3.8
-    py39: python3.9
     py310: python3.10
     py311: python3.11
+    py312: python3.12
     py: python3
     {style,reformat,doc}: python3
 setenv =