Fix GitHub CI, use 3.11 and 3.13

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-        - python-version: '3.10'
-          os: ubuntu-22.04
         - python-version: '3.11'
           os: ubuntu-22.04
+        - python-version: '3.12'
+          os: ubuntu-22.04
+        - python-version: '3.13'
+          os: ubuntu-22.04
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -56,21 +58,6 @@ jobs:
           pip install 'virtualenv<20.22' 'tox==4.5.1' tox-gh-actions
           tox --workdir .github/workflows/.tox --recreate
 
-      # tox >= 4.0.0 is needed for using optional-dependencies from pyproject.toml, which is
-      # is not available for python <= 3.6, so use the python3.8 of Ubuntu-20.04 to install it:
-      - name: Run tox for 3.6 and 3.8 on ${{ matrix.os }}'s 3.8 to get 'extras' from pyproject.toml)
-        if: ${{ matrix.python-version == 2.7 || matrix.python-version == 3.6 }}
-        run: |
-          set -xv;curl -sSL https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
-          python3.8 get-pip.py
-          # The alternative is installing python3-pip but we don't need full pip function for now:
-          # sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip
-          # Let tox-gh-actions get the environment(s) to run tests with from tox.ini:
-          # Use tox==4.5.1: tox>=4 is needed for reading the extras from pyproject.toml
-          # Warning: tox>=4.5.2 depends on virutalenv>=20.23, which breaks Python 2.7:
-          python3.8 -m pip install 'virtualenv<20.22' 'tox==4.5.1' tox-gh-actions
-          tox --workdir .github/workflows/.tox --recreate
-
       - name: Select the coverage file for upload
         if: |
           ( matrix.python-version == '3.6' || matrix.python-version == '3.11' ) &&

.pylintrc

@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ notes=FIXME,XXX,TODO
 
 [FORMAT]
 
+# Maximum number of arguments for a function or method.
+max-args = 10
+
 # Maximum number of characters on a single line.
 max-line-length=116
 

tox.ini

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 # Run the tests which uncover issues most often first! For example:
 # 1. python 3.11 coveragest for changed, but not covered lines and mypy check
 # 2. python 3.6 test and pylint warnings from changed lines
-# 3. pytype (needs Python 3.8 for best results)
+# 3. pytype (needs Python 3.8 or newer for best results)
 # 4. pyright checks, pytest test report as markdown for GitHub Actions summary
-envlist = py311-covcp-check-mdreport-lint-pyright-pytype, py313-cov
+envlist = py311-covcp-check-mdreport, py312-lint-pyright-pytype, py313-cov
 isolated_build = true
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 requires =