[MAIN] add Python 3.12 (#611)

* add python 3.12 to CI workflow

* add python 3.12 to installation guide

* update cibuildwheel action to get python 3.12 wheels

* update setup python and checkout action

.github/workflows/CI.yml

@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        # python versions for elephant: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", 3.11]
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", 3.11]
+        # python versions for elephant: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", 3.11, 3.12]
+        python-version: [3.9, "3.10", 3.11, 3.12]
         # OS [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
       # do not cancel all in-progress jobs if any matrix job fails

.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml

@@ -18,15 +18,17 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-20.04, windows-2019]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # Used to host cibuildwheel
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10' 
 
       - name: Install cibuildwheel
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.13.1
+          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.16.2
 
       - name: Install libomp
         if: runner.os == 'macOS'

doc/install.rst

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Below is the explanation of how to proceed with these two steps.
 Prerequisites
 *************
 
-Elephant requires `Python <http://python.org/>`_ 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 or 3.11.
+Elephant requires `Python <http://python.org/>`_ 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 or 3.12.
 
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