Try to modernise package a bit

.github/workflows/gh-ci.yml

@@ -24,22 +24,22 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: [2.7, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         include:
           - os: macOS-latest
-            python-version: 2.7	
+            python-version: "3.9"
           - os: macOS-latest
-            python-version: 3.9
+            python-version: "3.12"
           - os: windows-latest
-            python-version: 2.7	
+            python-version: "3.9"
           - os: windows-latest
-            python-version: 3.9
+            python-version: "3.12"
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Setup python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install six setuptools tqdm
 
-    - name: Install compatibility dependencies for Python 2.7 only
-      if: startsWith(matrix.python-version, '2.7')
-      run: python -m pip install pathlib2 
-
     - name: Install package
       run: |
         python -m pip install -e .

AUTHORS

@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ Chronological list of authors
 2020
 
   - Lily Wang (@lilyminium)
-
+
+2023
+
+  - Irfan Alibay (@IAlibay) 

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.9.0] - ????-??-??
+
+### Changes
+- Update package to only support NEP29 range (Python 3.9 - 3.12 as of writing)
+
 ## [0.8.1] - 2021-10-04
 
 ### Added

MDAnalysisData/__init__.py

@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@
 # Modelled after sklearn.datasets
 # https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/tree/0.20.X/sklearn/datasets
 
-from __future__ import absolute_import
-
 __all__ = ['datasets']
 
 from . import datasets
 
-from ._version import get_versions
-__version__ = get_versions()['version']
-del get_versions
+from . import _version
+__version__ = _version.get_versions()['version']
 
 try:
     from .authors import __authors__