Merge branch 'main' into patches

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: set up conda environment

.github/workflows/pypi-release.yaml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         name: Install Python
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.10
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         name: Install Python
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.10
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: releases

ci/environment-docs.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pip
   - pooch
   - pydantic
-  - python=3.9
+  - python=3.10
   - sphinx-autobuild
   - sphinx-autosummary-accessors
   - sphinx-comments

setup.py

@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
     'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
     'Programming Language :: Python',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-    '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',
 ]
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     description='A lightweight interface for working with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model output in Xarray.',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    python_requires='>=3.8',
+    python_requires='>=3.10',
     maintainer='xWRF Developers',
     classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
     url='https://xwrf.readthedocs.io',