test and build against Python 3.13 and GDAL 3.9

.github/workflows/build-py-dists.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
             fail-fast: false
             matrix:
                 os: [windows-latest, macos-latest]
-                python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+                python-version: [3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
         steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
             - name: Set up python
               uses: actions/setup-python@v5
               with:
-                  python-version: 3.12
+                  python-version: 3.13
 
             - name: Install dependencies
               run: python -m pip install build

.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml

@@ -13,28 +13,16 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
-        gdal: ["3.2.2", "3.3.0", "3.4.3", "3.5", "3.6", "3.7", "3.8"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        gdal: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
         exclude:
-          - gdal: "3.2.2"
-            python-version: 3.10
-          - gdal: "3.2.2"
-            python-version: 3.11
-          - gdal: "3.2.2"
-            python-version: 3.12
-          - gdal: "3.3.0"
-            python-version: 3.10
-          - gdal: "3.3.0"
-            python-version: 3.11
-          - gdal: "3.3.0"
-            python-version: 3.12
-          - gdal: "3.4.3"
-            python-version: 3.11
-          - gdal: "3.4.3"
-            python-version: 3.12
-          - gdal: "3.5"
-            python-version: 3.12
+          - gdal: "3.6"
+            python-version: 3.13
+          - gdal: "3.7"
+            python-version: 3.13
+          - gdal: "3.8"
+            python-version: 3.13
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

HISTORY.rst

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ Release History
 
 .. Unreleased Changes
 
+* Dropped support for Python 3.8. Added support for Python 3.13 and GDAL 3.9.
+  https://github.com/natcap/pygeoprocessing/issues/415
+
 2.4.6 (2024-10-15)
 ------------------
 * Removing the ``numpy<2`` constraint for requirements.txt that should have

README.rst

@@ -54,3 +54,18 @@ API Documentation
 =================
 
 API documentation is available at https://pygeoprocessing.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+
+Test Matrix Policy
+==================
+
+Python
+------
+We test against all currently supported (security & bugfix) 
+Python versions.
+https://devguide.python.org/versions/  
+
+GDAL
+----
+We test against the latest GDAL release of each minor version starting 
+with the version included in Debian Stable.
+https://packages.debian.org/stable/science/gdal-bin

pyproject.toml

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ classifiers = [
     'Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X',
     'Operating System :: Microsoft',
     'Operating System :: POSIX',
-    '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',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
     'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS',
     'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License'

tests/test_geoprocessing.py

@@ -4069,7 +4069,9 @@ def test_get_raster_info_error_handling(self):
             not_a_raster_file.write("this is not a raster.\n")
         with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError) as cm:
             pygeoprocessing.get_raster_info(not_a_raster_path)
-        self.assertIn('not recognized as a supported file format', str(cm.exception))
+        self.assertRegex(
+            str(cm.exception),
+            r'not recognized as [a-z ]* supported file format')
 
     def test_get_vector_info_error_handling(self):
         """PGP: test that bad data raise good errors in get_vector_info."""
@@ -4086,7 +4088,9 @@ def test_get_vector_info_error_handling(self):
             not_a_vector_file.write("this is not a vector.\n")
         with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError) as cm:
             pygeoprocessing.get_vector_info(not_a_vector_path)
-        self.assertIn('not recognized as a supported file format', str(cm.exception))
+        self.assertRegex(
+            str(cm.exception),
+            r'not recognized as [a-z ]* supported file format')
 
     def test_merge_bounding_box_list(self):
         """PGP: test merge_bounding_box_list."""