updates ci for correct python versioning

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ jobs:
         with: {python-version: "3.11"}
       - name: Run static analysis and format checkers
         run: pipx run pre-commit run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure
+      - name: Install tox-gh plugin
+        run: python -m pip install tox-gh>=1.2
       - name: Build package distribution files
-        run: pipx run --spec 'tox~=3.0' tox -e clean,build
+        run: tox -e clean,build
       - name: Record the paths of wheel and source tarball distributions
         id: distribution-paths
         run: |
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python:
-        - "3.9"
+        - "3.8"  # oldest Python that is supported
         - "3.11"  # newest Python that is stable
         platform:
         - ubuntu-latest
@@ -74,6 +76,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Retrieve pre-built distribution files
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with: {name: python-distribution-files, path: dist/}
+      - name: Install tox-gh plugin
+        run: python -m pip install tox-gh>=1.2
+      - name: Setup test suite
+        run: tox -vv --notest
       - name: Run tests (without integration tests)
         if: matrix.platform != 'ubuntu-latest' || matrix.python != '3.11'
         env:
@@ -87,8 +93,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           SYNAPSE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SYNAPSE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
         run: >-
-          pipx run --spec 'tox~=3.0' tox
-          --installpkg '${{ needs.prepare.outputs.wheel-path }}'
+          tox --installpkg '${{ needs.prepare.outputs.wheel-path }}'
           -- -rFEx --durations 10 --color yes
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3

setup.cfg

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ package_dir =
     =src
 
 # Require a min/specific Python version (comma-separated conditions)
-python_requires = >=3.9
+python_requires = >=3.8, <3.12
 
 # Add here dependencies of your project (line-separated), e.g. requests>=2.2,<3.0.
 # Version specifiers like >=2.2,<3.0 avoid problems due to API changes in

tox.ini

@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 # THIS SCRIPT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN EXAMPLE. MODIFY IT ACCORDING TO YOUR NEEDS!
 
 [tox]
-minversion = 3.24
-envlist = default
+minversion = 4.2
 isolated_build = True
 
+[gh]
+python = 
+    3.8: py38
+    3.9: py39
+    3.10: py310
+    3.11: py311
 
 [testenv]
 description = Invoke pytest to run automated tests