Python test code refactoring - part 2

.github/workflows/build_test.yaml

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Get Python modules
         run: |
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Get Python modules
         run: |
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Get Python modules
         run: |
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Get Python modules
         run: |
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Get Python modules
         run: |
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Get Python modules
         run: |
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Get Python modules
         run: |
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Get Python modules
         run: |

.github/workflows/build_test_rv.yaml

@@ -30,15 +30,22 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install ImageMagick
         run: sudo apt-get install imagemagick
 
-      - name: Install Python
-        run: sudo apt-get install python3 python-is-python3 python3-numpy python3-pillow
-
       - name: Install clang-20 and RISC-V binutils
         run: sudo apt-get install clang-20 g++-riscv64-linux-gnu
 
       - name: Install RISC-V qemu
         run: sudo apt-get install qemu-user-static
 
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+
+      - name: Get Python modules
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install numpy Pillow
+
       - name: Build release
         run: |
           export CXX=clang++-20

.github/workflows/post_weekly_release.yaml

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Get Python modules
         run: |
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Get Python modules
         run: |
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Get Python modules
         run: |
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Get Python modules
         run: |

.pylintrc

@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ max-locals=16
 max-parents=7
 
 # Maximum number of positional arguments for function / method.
-max-positional-arguments=5
+max-positional-arguments=7
 
 # Maximum number of public methods for a class (see R0904).
 max-public-methods=20

Docs/Testing.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ bitrate of the standard.
 
 # Required software
 
-Running the tests requires Python 3.7 to be installed on the host machine, and
+Running the tests requires Python 3.12 to be installed on the host machine, and
 an `astcenc-avx2` release build to have been previously compiled and installed
 into an directory called `astcenc` in the root of the git checkout. This
 can be achieved by configuring the CMake build using the install prefix