update to Python 3.12, Ubuntu 24.04

Author: tomkralidis

.github/workflows/debian.yml

@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   debian_publishing:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@master
       - name: Install system dependencies 📦
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y dh-python build-essential devscripts fakeroot debhelper python3-all python3-setuptools
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         name: setup Python
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: Checkout pywis-pubsub
         uses: actions/checkout@master
       - name: build Debian package 🏗️

.github/workflows/flake8.yml

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ jobs:
   flake8_py3:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         name: setup Python
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: Checkout pywis-topics
         uses: actions/checkout@master
       - name: Install flake8

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   main:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         name: setup Python
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - name: Install pywis-topics
         run: |
-          python3 setup.py install
+          pip3 install -e .
           pywis-topics --version
           pywis-topics bundle sync
       - name: run tests
-        run: python3 setup.py test
+        run: python3 tests/run_tests.py

README.md

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ source bin/activate
 # clone codebase and install
 git clone https://github.com/World-Meteorological-Organization/pywis-topics.git
 cd pywis-topics
-python3 setup.py install
+pip3 install .
 ```
 
 ## Running
@@ -103,9 +103,6 @@ pip3 install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
 # run tests like this:
 python3 tests/run_tests.py
-
-# or this:
-python3 setup.py test
 ```
 
 ## Releasing

pyproject.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=46.4", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"

setup.py

@@ -21,23 +21,7 @@
 
 from pathlib import Path
 import re
-from setuptools import Command, find_packages, setup
-import sys
-
-
-class PyTest(Command):
-    user_options = []
-
-    def initialize_options(self):
-        pass
-
-    def finalize_options(self):
-        pass
-
-    def run(self):
-        import subprocess
-        errno = subprocess.call([sys.executable, 'tests/run_tests.py'])
-        raise SystemExit(errno)
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 
 def read(filename, encoding='utf-8'):
@@ -105,5 +89,5 @@ def get_package_version():
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: Python'
     ],
-    cmdclass={'test': PyTest}
+    test_suite='tests.run_tests'
 )