Support newer python versions

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: '*'
+        update-types: ['version-update:semver-patch']
+    labels: ['dependencies']
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions" # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    labels: ["dependencies"]

.github/workflows/check.yml

@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8']
+        python-version: ['3.11', '3.12']
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies

.readthedocs.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ sphinx:
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.11"
+    python: "3.12"
 
 # Optionally set the version of Python and requirements required to build your docs
 python:

requirements.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-numpy>=1.14.2
-scipy>=1.3.1
-Sphinx>=1.4.3
+numpy>=1.26.4
+scipy>=1.12.0
+Sphinx>=7.2.6
 sympy
 
 

setup.py

@@ -53,20 +53,19 @@ def get_version():
         'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         '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',
     ],
     keywords=['finite-differences', 'numerical-derivatives', 'scientific-computing'],
     packages=find_packages(exclude=("tests",)),
     package_dir={name: name},
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=['numpy', 'scipy', 'sympy'],
     setup_requires=["pytest-runner"],
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     tests_require=["pytest"],
     platforms=['ALL'],
 )