Consider upgrading python version

maxachis commented 1 week ago

Context

Upgrading to a newer Python version such as 3.12 or 3.13 can provide us with performance improvements and increased quality-of-life features, provided it doesn't break anything.

Requirements

Update python features to a stable 3.12 or 3.13 release
Update Github Actions reliant on Python to use the new Python version
Update runtime.txt to use the new Python version
Update README documentation
Push to dev to confirm expected operation.

Tests

Tests should not need to be changed.

Docs

Documentation does not currently mention Python version, and so should not need to be updated

Open questions

Does it work?
Are there any possible issues that might not be immediately apparent?

maxachis commented 4 days ago

PR set up here:

https://github.com/Police-Data-Accessibility-Project/data-sources-app-v2/pull/191

Tests are all passing (after I made some adjustments), but I've not yet merged because I want to confirm with @joshuagraber and @josh-chamberlain that this is kosher.

Additionally, beyond this, we'll need to check that things function as expected in data-sources-v2.pdap.dev -- just because everything works in Github Actions does not guarantee that it'll play nice with things like the Digital Ocean Python Buildpack (though it's certainly promising).

If we want to be extra wippy-dippy safe, we could modify the Digital Ocean spec for pdap.dev to pull from the PR'd branch temporarily, or simply merge into dev and rollback if it turns out not to work.

maxachis commented 4 days ago

Success! I tried dev right now, and it seems to be working 😎

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