Multiple updates to the github action corresponding to upstream changes, including dropping support for Python 3.8

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.11", "3.12"]
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            python-version: "3.9"
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            python-version: "pypy-3.8"
+            python-version: "pypy-3.9"
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: "3.10"
     steps:
@@ -26,15 +24,17 @@ jobs:
         with:
           clean: true
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: 17
+      - uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
       - name: Display dependency info
         run: |
           python --version
           pip --version
-          conda --version
-      - name: Add SBT launcher
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p $HOME/.sbt/launchers/1.3.12
-          curl -L -o $HOME/.sbt/launchers/1.3.12/sbt-launch.jar https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/scala-sbt/sbt-launch/1.3.12/sbt-launch.jar
+          java --version
+          sbt --version
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: |
           pip install ".[dev]"
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
       - name: Base Setup
         uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
       - name: Check Release
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@v1
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/check-links@v1
         with:
-          ignore_links: "http://my-gateway-server.com:8888"
+          ignore_links: "http://my-gateway-server.com:8888 https://www.gnu.org/software/make/"
           ignore_glob: "gateway_provisioners/app-support/README.md"
 
   build_docs:

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ repos:
       - id: check-github-workflows
 
   - repo: https://github.com/executablebooks/mdformat
-    rev: 0.7.17
+    rev: 0.7.22
     hooks:
       - id: mdformat
         additional_dependencies:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 - Update dependabot config [#130](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/130) ([@blink1073](https://github.com/blink1073))
 - Update Release Workflows [#129](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/129) ([@blink1073](https://github.com/blink1073))
-- Bump black\[jupyter\] from 23.9.1 to 23.11.0 [#119](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/119) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
+- Bump black[jupyter] from 23.9.1 to 23.11.0 [#119](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/119) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
 - Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 [#106](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/106) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
-- Bump black\[jupyter\] from 23.7.0 to 23.9.1 [#105](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/105) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
+- Bump black[jupyter] from 23.7.0 to 23.9.1 [#105](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/105) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
 - Adopt sp-repo-review [#104](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/104) ([@blink1073](https://github.com/blink1073))
-- Bump black\[jupyter\] from 23.3.0 to 23.7.0 [#99](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/99) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
+- Bump black[jupyter] from 23.3.0 to 23.7.0 [#99](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/99) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
 - Update mistune requirement from \<3.0.0 to \<4.0.0 [#94](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/94) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
 - Bump ruff from 0.0.269 to 0.0.270 [#92](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/92) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
 - Bump ruff from 0.0.267 to 0.0.269 [#91](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/91) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@
 
 - Bump ruff from 0.0.260 to 0.0.261 [#79](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/79) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
 - Bump ruff from 0.0.259 to 0.0.260 [#77](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/77) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
-- Bump black\[jupyter\] from 23.1.0 to 23.3.0 [#76](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/76) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
+- Bump black[jupyter] from 23.1.0 to 23.3.0 [#76](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/76) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
 - Bump ruff from 0.0.257 to 0.0.259 [#75](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/75) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
 - Bump ruff from 0.0.254 to 0.0.257 [#73](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/73) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
 - Bump ruff from 0.0.252 to 0.0.254 [#69](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/69) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
-- Fix relative link formatting in documentation to be consistent  [#68](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/68) ([@kiersten-stokes](https://github.com/kiersten-stokes))
+- Fix relative link formatting in documentation to be consistent [#68](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/68) ([@kiersten-stokes](https://github.com/kiersten-stokes))
 - Bump ruff from 0.0.249 to 0.0.252 [#65](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/65) ([@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot))
 - Use releaser workflows [#64](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/64) ([@blink1073](https://github.com/blink1073))
 - Create hatch build env with make-related scripts [#63](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/63) ([@kevin-bates](https://github.com/kevin-bates))
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 - Add link to SparkOperatorProvisioner class definition [#81](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/81) ([@kevin-bates](https://github.com/kevin-bates))
 - Fix minor issues in Developer and Contributor docs [#74](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/74) ([@kiersten-stokes](https://github.com/kiersten-stokes))
 - Fix grammar NITs in Operator's Guide of docs [#72](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/72) ([@kiersten-stokes](https://github.com/kiersten-stokes))
-- Fix relative link formatting in documentation to be consistent  [#68](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/68) ([@kiersten-stokes](https://github.com/kiersten-stokes))
+- Fix relative link formatting in documentation to be consistent [#68](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/68) ([@kiersten-stokes](https://github.com/kiersten-stokes))
 - Fix minor errors in Users subsection of documentation [#67](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/67) ([@kiersten-stokes](https://github.com/kiersten-stokes))
 - Add application support information for deploying JKG and Lab [#66](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/66) ([@kevin-bates](https://github.com/kevin-bates))
 - Replace references to gateway-experiments with jupyter-server [#62](https://github.com/jupyter-server/gateway_provisioners/pull/62) ([@kevin-bates](https://github.com/kevin-bates))

docs/source/contributors/devinstall.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ will not occur!  Always use `make dist` to build the distribution.
 ### `sbt`
 
 Our Scala launcher is built using `sbt`
-([Scala Build Tool](https://www.scala-sbt.org/index.html)).  Please check
+([Scala Build Tool](https://www.scala-sbt.org/index.html)). Please check
 [here](https://www.scala-sbt.org/1.x/docs/Setup.html) for installation instructions for your platform.
 
 ## Clone the repo

docs/source/contributors/system-architecture.md

@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ step from its implementation.
 
 ### Gateway Provisioner Class Hierarchy
 
-The following block diagram depicts the current class hierarchy for the Gateway Provisioners.  The blocks with an
-`ABC` badge and dashed border indicate abstract base classes.  Those light blue blocks come from `jupyter_client`,
+The following block diagram depicts the current class hierarchy for the Gateway Provisioners. The blocks with an
+`ABC` badge and dashed border indicate abstract base classes. Those light blue blocks come from `jupyter_client`,
 while the others reside in Gateway Provisioners.
 
 ```{blockdiag}
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ kernel provisioner configuration to override the global value, enabling finer-gr
 
 `ContainerProvisionerBase` is an abstract base class that derives from `RemoteProvisionerBase`. It implements all
 the methods inherited from `RemoteProvsionerBase` interacting with the container API and requiring method implementations
-to perform the platform's integration.  Subclasses
-of `ContainerProvisionerBase` must also implement `get_initial_states()`,  `get_error_states()`, `get_container_status()`,
+to perform the platform's integration. Subclasses
+of `ContainerProvisionerBase` must also implement `get_initial_states()`, `get_error_states()`, `get_container_status()`,
 and `terminate_container_resources()`:
 
 ```python
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ manages kernels via a custom resource definition (CRD). For example, `SparkAppli
 many components of a Spark-on-Kubernetes application.
 
 `CustomResourceProvisioner` could be considered a _virtual abstract base class_ that provides the necessary method overrides of
-`KubernetesProvisioner` to manage the lifecycle of CRDs.  If you are going to extend `CustomResourceProvisioner`,
+`KubernetesProvisioner` to manage the lifecycle of CRDs. If you are going to extend `CustomResourceProvisioner`,
 all that should be necessary is to override these custom resource related attributes (i.e. `group`, `version`, `plural` and
-`object_kind`) that define the CRD attributes and its implementation should cover the rest.  Note that `object_kind` is
+`object_kind`) that define the CRD attributes and its implementation should cover the rest. Note that `object_kind` is
 an internal attribute that Gateway Provisioners uses, while the other attributes are associated with the Kubernetes CRD
 object definition.
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ to function.  In addition, the class itself doesn't define any abstract methods
 
 #### `SparkOperatorProvisioner`
 
-A great example of a `CustomResourceProvisioner` is `SparkOperatorProvisioner`.  As described in the previous section,
+A great example of a `CustomResourceProvisioner` is `SparkOperatorProvisioner`. As described in the previous section,
 it's implementation consists of overrides of attributes `group` (e.g, `"sparkoperator.k8s.io"`), `version`
 (i.e., `"v1beta2"`), `plural` (i.e., `"sparkapplications"`) and `object_kind` (i.e., `"SparkApplication"`).
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ Operators Guide for details.
 
 Gateway Provisioners provides an implementation of a kernel provisioner that communicates with the Docker Swarm resource
 manager via the Docker API. When used, the kernels are launched as swarm services and can reside anywhere in the
-managed cluster.  The core of a Docker Swarm service is a container, so `DockerSwarmProvisioner` derives from
+managed cluster. The core of a Docker Swarm service is a container, so `DockerSwarmProvisioner` derives from
 `ContainerProvisionerBase`. To leverage kernels configured in this manner, the host application can be deployed either
 as a Docker Swarm _service_ or a traditional Docker container.
 

docs/source/developers/custom-images.md

@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ the appropriate directory in place. For the purposes of this discussion, we'll a
 directory, `/usr/local/share/jupyter/kernels`, is externally mounted.
 
 Depending on the environment, Kubernetes or Docker, you can use with `jupyter-k8s-spec` or `jupyter-docker-spec`,
-respectively.  Invoke the appropriate script by adding the `--image-name` parameter identifying the name of your
-custom kernel image.  For example, if your custom image is named `acme/data-sci-py:2.0` and you are targeting
+respectively. Invoke the appropriate script by adding the `--image-name` parameter identifying the name of your
+custom kernel image. For example, if your custom image is named `acme/data-sci-py:2.0` and you are targeting
 Kubernetes, issue:
 
 ```dockerfile

docs/source/operators/config-file.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ c.DistributedProvisioner.remote_hosts = ["localhost"]
 
 ## Provisioner-specific Configuration Options
 
-A complete set of configuration options available for each Gateway Provisioner follows.  Where applicable, the
+A complete set of configuration options available for each Gateway Provisioner follows. Where applicable, the
 configurable option's default value is also provided.
 
 ### `KubernetesProvisioner`

docs/source/operators/deploy-distributed.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Steps required to complete deployment on a distributed cluster are:
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-The distributed capabilities of the `DistributedProvisioner` utilize SSH.  As a result, you must ensure appropriate
+The distributed capabilities of the `DistributedProvisioner` utilize SSH. As a result, you must ensure appropriate
 password-less functionality is in place.
 
 If you want to use Spark in "client mode", you'll want to ensure the `SPARK_HOME` environment variable is properly
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ where each provides the following function:
   its display name (`display_name`) and language (`language`), as
   well as its kernel provisioner's configuration (`metadata.kernel_provisioner`) - which, in this case, will reflect the
   `DistributedProvisioner`.
-- `logo-64x64.png` - the icon resource corresponding to this kernel specification.  Icon resource files must be start
+- `logo-64x64.png` - the icon resource corresponding to this kernel specification. Icon resource files must be start
   with the `logo-` prefix to be included in the kernel specification.
-- `scripts/launch_ipykernel.py` - the "launcher" for the IPyKernel kernel (or subclasses thereof).  This file is typically
+- `scripts/launch_ipykernel.py` - the "launcher" for the IPyKernel kernel (or subclasses thereof). This file is typically
   implemented in the language of the kernel and is responsible for creating the local connection information, asynchronously
   starting a SparkContext (if asked), spawning a listener process to receive interrupts and shutdown requests, and starting
   the IPyKernel itself.
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ To see all available configurables, use `--help-all`.
 ## Specifying a load-balancing algorithm
 
 The `DistributedProvisioner` provides two ways to configure how kernels are distributed across
-the configured set of hosts: round-robin or least-connection.  This configurable option is a _host application_
+the configured set of hosts: round-robin or least-connection. This configurable option is a _host application_
 setting and is not available to be overridden on a per-kernel basis.
 
 ### Round-robin
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ YARN client mode kernel specifications can be considered _distributed mode kerne
 happen to use `spark-submit` from different nodes in the cluster but use the
 `DistributedProvisioner` to manage their lifecycle.
 
-These kernel specifications are generated using the `'--spark'` command line option as noted above.  When provided,
+These kernel specifications are generated using the `'--spark'` command line option as noted above. When provided,
 a kernel specification similar to the following is produced:
 
 ```json

docs/source/operators/deploy-docker.md

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ for examples of how to configure and deploy such applications.
 
 ## Generating Kernel Specifications
 
-Kernelspec generation for Docker and Docker Swarm deployments is performed using the `jupyter-docker-spec` command.  Because
+Kernelspec generation for Docker and Docker Swarm deployments is performed using the `jupyter-docker-spec` command. Because
 the host application will also reside within a docker image, the commands are usually placed into a Dockerfile
-that _extends_ an existing image.  However, some may choose to `docker exec` into a running container, perform and test
-the necessary configuration, then use `docker commit` to generate a new image.  That said, the following will assume a
+that _extends_ an existing image. However, some may choose to `docker exec` into a running container, perform and test
+the necessary configuration, then use `docker commit` to generate a new image. That said, the following will assume a
 Dockerfile approach.
 
 ```{attention}
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ where each provides the following function:
   its display name (`display_name`) and language (`language`), as
   well as its kernel provisioner's configuration (`metadata.kernel_provisioner`) - which, in this case, will reflect the
   `DockerProvisioner`.
-- `logo-64x64.png` - the icon resource corresponding to this kernel specification.  Icon resource files must be start
+- `logo-64x64.png` - the icon resource corresponding to this kernel specification. Icon resource files must be start
   with the `logo-` prefix to be included in the kernel specification.
 - `scripts/launch_docker.py` - the "launcher" for the kernel image identified by the
-  `metadata.kernel_provisioner.config.image_name` entry.  This file can be modified to include instructions for
+  `metadata.kernel_provisioner.config.image_name` entry. This file can be modified to include instructions for
   volume mounts, etc., and is compatible with both Docker and Docker Swarm - performing the applicable instructions for
   each environment.
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ others.
 
 ### Generating Multiple Specifications
 
-Its common practice to support multiple languages or use different images for kernels of the same language.  For each
+Its common practice to support multiple languages or use different images for kernels of the same language. For each
 of those differences, a separate installation command should be provided:
 
 ```dockerfile
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ Items worth noting:
 ## Other Configuration Items
 
 There are some environment variables that can be set in the host application's environment that affect how Gateway
-Provisioners operate within a Docker and Docker Swarm environment.  For example, `GP_MIRROR_WORKING_DIRS` can be set
+Provisioners operate within a Docker and Docker Swarm environment. For example, `GP_MIRROR_WORKING_DIRS` can be set
 to `True`, instructing Gateway Provisioners to set the launched container's working directory to the value of
-`KERNEL_WORKING_DIR`.  When this environment variable is enabled, it usually implies that volume mounts are in play
+`KERNEL_WORKING_DIR`. When this environment variable is enabled, it usually implies that volume mounts are in play
 such that the per-user volumes are then available to the launched container.
 
 Other [environment variables](config-add-env.md#additional-environment-variables) applicable to Docker/Docker Swarm