Merge branch 'master' into rc/docs

.github/workflows/black.yml

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python 3.10
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: '3.10'
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip

.github/workflows/linting.yml

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ jobs:
     name: Linting
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python 3.9
+      - name: Set up Python 3.10
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: '3.10'
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip

.github/workflows/mpl_tests.yml

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python 3.10
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: '3.10'
           cache: pip
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |

.github/workflows/nbtests.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.9]
+        python-version: ['3.10']
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.10'
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip

.github/workflows/unittest.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        combos: [{group: 1, python_version: '3.8'}, {group: 2, python_version: '3.9'}, {group: 3, python_version: '3.10'}, {group: 4, python_version: '3.11'}]
+        combos: [{group: 1, python_version: '3.9'}, {group: 2, python_version: '3.10'}, {group: 3, python_version: '3.11'}, {group: 4, python_version: '3.12'}]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

docs/installation.rst

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ In general, to install JAX with GPU support, please refer to the `JAX installati
 For information on using conda, see `here <https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/getting-started.html#starting-conda>`__.
 Other package managers like venv could be used instead of conda, we have just chosen conda as our package manager of choice, and only test with conda environments, so your mileage may vary with other managers.
 
-**NOTE: DESC requires python>=3.8.**
+**NOTE: DESC requires python>=3.9.**
 **If you have python2 also locally installed, replace all `pip` commands with `pip3` and all `python` commands with `python3` to ensure the correct python version is used.**
 
 On Your Local Machine
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Option 1: Using pip to install packages (this will only install DESC + JAX with
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-    conda create --name desc-env 'python>=3.8, <=3.11'
+    conda create --name desc-env 'python>=3.9, <=3.12'
     conda activate desc-env
     pip install --editable .
     # optionally install developer requirements (if you want to run tests)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Option 1: Using pip to install packages (this will only install DESC + JAX with
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-    conda create --name desc-env 'python>=3.8, <=3.11'
+    conda create --name desc-env 'python>=3.9, <=3.12'
     conda activate desc-env
     pip install --editable .
     # optionally install developer requirements (if you want to run tests)
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ Commit `a2fe711ffa3f` (an older version of the `master` branch) was tested to wo
 
     module load anaconda3/2020.11 cudatoolkit/11.1 cudnn/cuda-11.1/8.0.4
 
-    conda create --name desc-env python=3.8
+    conda create --name desc-env python=3.10
     conda activate desc-env
     # install what you can of the requirements with conda, ends up being all but jax, jaxlib and nvgpu
     conda install colorama "h5py>=3.0.0" "matplotlib>=3.3.0,<=3.6.0,!=3.4.3" "mpmath>=1.0.0" "netcdf4>=1.5.4" "numpy>=1.20.0,<1.25.0" psutil "scipy>=1.5.0,<1.11.0" termcolor

setup.py

@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
         "Natural Language :: English",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-        "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",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics",
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["docs", "tests", "local", "report"]),
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=requirements,
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["desc=desc.__main__:main"]},
     project_urls={
         "Issues Tracker": "https://github.com/PlasmaControl/DESC/issues",