Add support for Python 3.11 and remove 3.8 (#406)

* Remove support for Python 3.8 and add 3.11

* Add CI file

* Replace epylint workflow that is deprecated

* Linting

* Use exit instead of do_exit

Author: rhugonnet

.github/workflows/python-app.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         path: ${{ env.CONDA }}/envs
         key: conda-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ env.cache_date }}-${{ hashFiles('dev-environment.yml') }}-${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}
       env:
-        CACHE_NUMBER: 102 # Increase this value to reset cache if environment.yml has not changed
+        CACHE_NUMBER: 0 # Increase this value to reset cache if environment.yml has not changed
       id: cache
 
     # The trick below is necessary because the generic environment file does not specify a Python version, and only

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ For more details, see the rest of this document.
 
 ## Development environment
 
-GeoUtils currently supports only Python versions of 3.8 and higher, see `environment.yml` for detailed dependencies.
+GeoUtils currently supports only Python versions of 3.9 and higher, see `environment.yml` for detailed dependencies.
 
 ### Setup
 

dev-environment.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: geoutils-dev
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-  - python>=3.8
+  - python>=3.9
   - geopandas>=0.12.0
   - matplotlib
   - pyproj

environment.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: geoutils
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-  - python>=3.8
+  - python>=3.9
   - geopandas>=0.12.0
   - matplotlib
   - pyproj

setup.cfg

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ classifiers =
     Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Image Processing
     Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis
     Programming Language :: Python
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
     Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
     Typing :: Typed
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ packages = find:
 scripts = bin/geoviewer.py
 zip_safe = False # https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installed_packages.html
 include_package_data = True
-python_requires = >=3.8
+python_requires = >=3.9
 # Avoid pinning dependencies in requirements.txt (which we don't do anyways, and we rely mostly on Conda)
 # (https://caremad.io/posts/2013/07/setup-vs-requirement/, https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/1951)
 install_requires = file: requirements.txt

tests/test_raster.py

@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@
 import re
 import tempfile
 import warnings
+from io import StringIO
 from tempfile import TemporaryFile
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 import rasterio as rio
 import xarray as xr
-from pylint import epylint
+from pylint.lint import Run
+from pylint.reporters.text import TextReporter
 
 import geoutils as gu
 import geoutils.projtools as pt
@@ -2316,7 +2318,7 @@ def test_type_hints(self) -> None:
             [
                 "'''Sample code that should conform to pylint's standards.'''",  # Add docstring
                 "import geoutils as gu",  # Import geoutils
-                "raster = gu.Raster(gu.datasets.get_path('landsat_B4'))",  # Load a raster
+                "raster = gu.Raster(gu.examples.get_path('landsat_B4'))",  # Load a raster
             ]
             + [  # The below statements should not raise a 'no-member' (E1101) error.
                 f"{attribute.upper()} = raster.{attribute}" for attribute in attributes
@@ -2328,9 +2330,11 @@ def test_type_hints(self) -> None:
         with open(temp_path, "w") as outfile:
             outfile.write(sample_code)
 
-        # Run pylint and parse the stdout as a string
-        lint_string = epylint.py_run(temp_path, return_std=True)[0].getvalue()
+        # Run pylint and parse the stdout as a string, only test
+        pylint_output = StringIO()
+        Run([temp_path], reporter=TextReporter(pylint_output), exit=False)
 
+        lint_string = pylint_output.getvalue()
         print(lint_string)  # Print the output for debug purposes
 
         # Bad linting errors are defined here. Currently just "no-member" errors