v6.7.0

.github/workflows/ApplicationTesting.yml

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.wheel }}' from 'Package' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.wheel }}
           path: install
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.system == 'msys2'
         run: |
           if [ -n '${{ inputs.mingw_requirements }}' ]; then
-            python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check ${{ inputs.mingw_requirements }}
+            python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check --break-system-packages ${{ inputs.mingw_requirements }}
           else
-            python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check ${{ inputs.requirements }}
+            python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check --break-system-packages ${{ inputs.requirements }}
           fi
 
       - name: 🔧 Install wheel from artifact (Ubuntu/macOS)
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 📤 Upload 'TestReportSummary.xml' artifact
         if: inputs.apptest_xml_artifact != ''
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.apptest_xml_artifact }}-${{ matrix.system }}-${{ matrix.runtime }}-${{ matrix.python }}
           working-directory: report/unit

.github/workflows/BuildTheDocs.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           skip-deploy: true
 
       - name: 📤 Upload 'documentation' artifacts
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         if: inputs.artifact != ''
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.artifact }}

.github/workflows/CompletePipeline.yml

@@ -177,6 +177,58 @@ jobs:
       exclude_list:        ${{ inputs.unittest_exclude_list }}
       disable_list:        ${{ inputs.unittest_disable_list }}
 
+  VersionCheck:
+    name: ''
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+    needs:
+      - Prepare
+      - UnitTestingParams
+    if: needs.Prepare.outputs.version != '' && needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.package_version_file != ''
+    outputs:
+      code_version: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.code_version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          # The command 'git describe' (used for version) needs the history.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: 🔧 Install pyTooling dependencies (native)
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check -U pyTooling
+
+      - name: Extract version from Python source file
+        id: extract
+        if: endsWith(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.package_version_file, '.py')
+        shell: python
+        run: |
+          from pathlib             import Path
+          from sys                 import exit
+          from pyTooling.Packaging import extractVersionInformation
+
+          expectedVersion = "${{ needs.Prepare.outputs.version }}".strip()
+
+          versionFile = Path("${{ needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.package_version_file }}")
+          if not versionFile.exists():
+            print(f"::error title=CompletePipeline::Version file '{versionFile}' not found.")
+            exit(1)
+
+          versionInformation = extractVersionInformation(versionFile)
+          print(f"expected:  {expectedVersion}")
+          print(f"from code: {versionInformation.Version}")
+
+          if expectedVersion != versionInformation.Version:
+            print(f"::error title=CompletePipeline::Expected version does not version in Python code.")
+            exit(2)
+
+          # Write jobs to special file
+          github_output = Path(getenv("GITHUB_OUTPUT"))
+          print(f"GITHUB_OUTPUT: {github_output}")
+          with github_output.open("a+", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(dedent(f"""\
+              code_version={versionInformation.Version}
+          """))
+
   UnitTesting:
     uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/UnitTesting.yml@main
     needs:
@@ -359,10 +411,10 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - Prepare
       - UnitTesting
-      - Install
 #      - AppTesting
 #      - StaticTypeCheck
       - Package
+      - Install
       - PublishToGitHubPages
     if: needs.Prepare.outputs.is_release_commit == 'true' && github.event_name != 'schedule'
     permissions:
@@ -378,10 +430,10 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - Prepare
       - UnitTesting
-      - Install
 #      - AppTesting
 #      - StaticTypeCheck
       - Package
+      - Install
       - PublishToGitHubPages
     if: needs.Prepare.outputs.is_release_tag == 'true'
     permissions:
@@ -418,6 +470,7 @@ jobs:
       - PublishCoverageResults
       - PublishToGitHubPages
 #      - PublishOnPyPI
+      - Install
       - IntermediateCleanUp
     if: inputs.cleanup  == 'true'
     with:

.github/workflows/CoverageCollection.yml

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 📤 Upload 'Coverage Report' artifact
         continue-on-error: true
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.artifact }}
           working-directory: ${{ steps.getVariables.outputs.coverage_report_html_directory }}

.github/workflows/InstallPackage.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.wheel }}' from 'Package' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.wheel }}
           path: install

.github/workflows/LaTeXDocumentation.yml

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: ${{ inputs.can-fail == 'true' }}
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.latex_artifact }}' from 'SphinxDocumentation' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.latex_artifact }}
           path: latex
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
             latexmk -${{ inputs.processor }} "${{ inputs.document }}.tex"
 
       - name: 📤 Upload 'PDF Documentation' artifact
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         if: inputs.pdf_artifact != ''
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.pdf_artifact }}

.github/workflows/Package.yml

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python setup.py bdist_wheel
 
       - name: 📤 Upload wheel artifact
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.artifact }}
           working-directory: dist

.github/workflows/Parameters.yml

@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: ''
         type: string
+      version_file:
+        description: "Path to module containing the version ('__version__' variable)."
+        required: false
+        default: '__init__.py'
+        type: string
       python_version:
         description: 'Python version.'
         required: false
@@ -121,6 +126,9 @@ on:
       package_directory:
         description: "The package's directory."
         value: ${{ jobs.Parameters.outputs.package_directory }}
+      package_version_file:
+        description: "Path to the package's module containing the version ('__version__' variable)."
+        value: ${{ jobs.Parameters.outputs.package_version_file }}
       artifact_basename:
         description: "Artifact base name."
         value: ${{ jobs.Parameters.outputs.artifact_basename }}
@@ -136,14 +144,21 @@ jobs:
     name: ✎ Generate pipeline parameters
     runs-on: "ubuntu-${{ inputs.ubuntu_image_version }}"
     outputs:
-      python_version:    ${{ steps.variables.outputs.python_version }}
-      package_fullname:  ${{ steps.variables.outputs.package_fullname }}
-      package_directory: ${{ steps.variables.outputs.package_directory }}
-      artifact_basename: ${{ steps.variables.outputs.artifact_basename }}
-      artifact_names:    ${{ steps.artifacts.outputs.artifact_names }}
-      python_jobs:       ${{ steps.jobs.outputs.python_jobs }}
+      python_version:       ${{ steps.variables.outputs.python_version }}
+      package_fullname:     ${{ steps.variables.outputs.package_fullname }}
+      package_directory:    ${{ steps.variables.outputs.package_directory }}
+      package_version_file: ${{ steps.variables.outputs.package_version_file }}
+      artifact_basename:    ${{ steps.variables.outputs.artifact_basename }}
+      artifact_names:       ${{ steps.artifacts.outputs.artifact_names }}
+      python_jobs:          ${{ steps.jobs.outputs.python_jobs }}
 
     steps:
+      - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          # The command 'git describe' (used for version) needs the history.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
       - name: Generate a startup delay of ${{ inputs.pipeline-delay }} seconds
         id: delay
         if: inputs.pipeline-delay >= 0
@@ -162,6 +177,7 @@ jobs:
           python_version =    "${{ inputs.python_version }}".strip()
           package_namespace = "${{ inputs.package_namespace }}".strip()
           package_name =      "${{ inputs.package_name }}".strip()
+          version_file =      "${{ inputs.version_file }}".strip()
           name =              "${{ inputs.name }}".strip()
 
           if package_namespace == "":
@@ -174,16 +190,28 @@ jobs:
             package_fullname = f"{package_namespace}.{package_name}"
             package_directory = f"{package_namespace}/{package_name}"
 
+          packageDirectory = Path(package_directory)
+          packageVersionFile = packageDirectory / version_file
+          print(f"Check if package version file '{packageVersionFile}' exists ... ", end="")
+          if packageVersionFile.exists():
+            print("✅")
+            package_version_file = packageVersionFile.as_posix()
+          else:
+            print("❌")
+            package_version_file = ""
+            print(f"::warning title=Parameters::Version file '{packageVersionFile}' not found.")
+
           artifact_basename = package_fullname if name == "" else name
           if artifact_basename == "" or artifact_basename == ".":
-            print("::error title=Parameter::artifact_basename is empty.")
+            print("::error title=Parameters::artifact_basename is empty.")
             exit(1)
 
           print("Variables:")
-          print(f"  python_version:    {python_version}")
-          print(f"  package_fullname:  {package_fullname}")
-          print(f"  package_directory: {package_directory}")
-          print(f"  artifact_basename: {artifact_basename}")
+          print(f"  python_version:       {python_version}")
+          print(f"  package_fullname:     {package_fullname}")
+          print(f"  package_directory:    {package_directory}")
+          print(f"  package_version_file: {package_directory}")
+          print(f"  artifact_basename:    {artifact_basename}")
 
           # Write jobs to special file
           github_output = Path(getenv("GITHUB_OUTPUT"))
@@ -193,6 +221,7 @@ jobs:
               python_version={python_version}
               package_fullname={package_fullname}
               package_directory={package_directory}
+              package_version_file={package_version_file}
               artifact_basename={artifact_basename}
           """))
 
@@ -263,7 +292,7 @@ jobs:
           currentAlphaRelease = "3.15.0-a.1"
 
           if systems == "":
-            print("::error title=Parameter::system_list is empty.")
+            print("::error title=Parameters::system_list is empty.")
           else:
             systems = [sys.strip() for sys in systems.split(" ")]
 
@@ -287,8 +316,8 @@ jobs:
           else:
             disabled = [disable.strip() for disable in disable_list.split(" ")]
 
-          if "3.8" in versions:
-            print("::warning title=Deprecated::Support for Python 3.8 ended in 2024.10.")
+          if "3.9" in versions:
+            print("::warning title=Deprecated::Support for Python 3.9 ended in 2025.10.")
           if "msys2" in systems:
             print("::warning title=Deprecated::System 'msys2' will be replaced by 'mingw64'.")
           if currentAlphaVersion in versions:
@@ -300,15 +329,13 @@ jobs:
           data = {
             # Python and PyPy versions supported by "setup-python" action
             "python": {
-              "3.8":       { "icon": "⚫",  "until": "2024.10" },
-              "3.9":       { "icon": "🔴",  "until": "2025.10" },
-              "3.10":      { "icon": "🟠",  "until": "2026.10" },
-              "3.11":      { "icon": "🟡",  "until": "2027.10" },
-              "3.12":      { "icon": "🟢",  "until": "2028.10" },
+              "3.9":       { "icon": "⚫",  "until": "2025.10" },
+              "3.10":      { "icon": "🔴",  "until": "2026.10" },
+              "3.11":      { "icon": "🟠",  "until": "2027.10" },
+              "3.12":      { "icon": "🟡",  "until": "2028.10" },
               "3.13":      { "icon": "🟢",  "until": "2029.10" },
-              "3.14":      { "icon": "🟣",  "until": "2030.10" },
-              "pypy-3.7":  { "icon": "⟲⚫", "until": "????.??" },
-              "pypy-3.8":  { "icon": "⟲⚫", "until": "????.??" },
+              "3.14":      { "icon": "🟢",  "until": "2030.10" },
+              "3.15":      { "icon": "🟣",  "until": "2031.10" },
               "pypy-3.9":  { "icon": "⟲🔴", "until": "????.??" },
               "pypy-3.10": { "icon": "⟲🟠", "until": "????.??" },
               "pypy-3.11": { "icon": "⟲🟡", "until": "????.??" },
@@ -430,12 +457,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify out parameters
         id: verify
         run: |
-          printf "python_version:     %s\n" '${{ steps.variables.outputs.python_version }}'
-          printf "package_fullname:   %s\n" '${{ steps.variables.outputs.package_fullname }}'
-          printf "package_directory:  %s\n" '${{ steps.variables.outputs.package_directory }}'
-          printf "artifact_basename:  %s\n" '${{ steps.variables.outputs.artifact_basename }}'
-          printf "====================\n"
-          printf "artifact_names:     %s\n" '${{ steps.artifacts.outputs.artifact_names }}'
-          printf "====================\n"
-          printf "python_jobs:        %s\n" '${{ steps.jobs.outputs.python_jobs }}'
-          printf "====================\n"
+          printf "python_version:        %s\n" '${{ steps.variables.outputs.python_version }}'
+          printf "package_fullname:      %s\n" '${{ steps.variables.outputs.package_fullname }}'
+          printf "package_directory:     %s\n" '${{ steps.variables.outputs.package_directory }}'
+          printf "package_version_file:  %s\n" '${{ steps.variables.outputs.package_version_file }}'
+          printf "artifact_basename:     %s\n" '${{ steps.variables.outputs.artifact_basename }}'
+          printf "================================================================================\n"
+          printf "artifact_names:        %s\n" '${{ steps.artifacts.outputs.artifact_names }}'
+          printf "================================================================================\n"
+          printf "python_jobs:           %s\n" '${{ steps.jobs.outputs.python_jobs }}'
+          printf "================================================================================\n"

.github/workflows/PublishCoverageResults.yml

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
 
       - name: 📥 Download Artifacts
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           pattern: ${{ inputs.coverage_artifacts_pattern }}
           path: artifacts
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
           tree -pash ${{ fromJson(inputs.coverage_report_html).directory }}
 
       - name: 📤 Upload 'Coverage SQLite Database' artifact
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         if: inputs.coverage_sqlite_artifact != ''
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 1
 
       - name: 📤 Upload 'Coverage XML Report' artifact
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         if: inputs.coverage_xml_artifact != ''
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 1
 
       - name: 📤 Upload 'Coverage JSON Report' artifact
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         if: inputs.coverage_json_artifact != ''
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 1
 
       - name: 📤 Upload 'Coverage HTML Report' artifact
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         if: inputs.coverage_html_artifact != ''
         continue-on-error: true
         with:

.github/workflows/PublishOnPyPI.yml

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.artifact }}' from 'Package' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.artifact }}
           path: dist

.github/workflows/PublishReleaseNotes.yml

@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ jobs:
                 )" \
                 '{"tag": $tag, "version": $version, "git-hash": $hash, "repository-url": $repo, "release-url": $release, "categories": $categories, "latest": $jsonLatest}' \
               )" \
-              '{"version": "$structVersion", "timestamp": $date, "meta": $jsonMeta, "files": {}}'
+              '{"version": $structVersion, "timestamp": $date, "meta": $jsonMeta, "files": {}}'
             )
           fi
 

.github/workflows/PublishTestResults.yml

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: 📥 Download Artifacts
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           pattern: ${{ inputs.unittest_artifacts_pattern }}
           path:    artifacts
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
           fail_ci_if_error: true
 
       - name: 📤 Upload merged 'JUnit Test Summary' artifact
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         if: inputs.merged_junit_artifact != ''
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.merged_junit_artifact }}

.github/workflows/PublishToGitHubPages.yml

@@ -56,20 +56,20 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.doc }}' from 'SphinxDocumentation' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v6
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.doc }}
           path: public
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.coverage }}' from 'Coverage' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v6
         if: ${{ inputs.coverage != '' }}
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.coverage }}
           path: public/coverage
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.typing }}' from 'StaticTypeCheck' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v6
         if: ${{ inputs.typing != '' }}
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.typing }}

.github/workflows/SphinxDocumentation.yml

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check ${{ inputs.requirements }}
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.unittest_xml_artifact }}' from 'Unittesting' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v6
         if: inputs.unittest_xml_artifact != ''
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.unittest_xml_artifact }}
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
           investigate: true
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.coverage_json_artifact }}' from 'PublishCoverageResults' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v6
         if: inputs.coverage_json_artifact != ''
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.coverage_json_artifact }}
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
           sphinx-build -v -n -b html -d _build/doctrees -j $(nproc) -w _build/html.log . _build/html
 
       - name: 📤 Upload 'HTML Documentation' artifact
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         if: inputs.html_artifact != ''
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check ${{ inputs.requirements }}
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.unittest_xml_artifact }}' from 'Unittesting' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v6
         if: inputs.unittest_xml_artifact != ''
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.unittest_xml_artifact }}
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ jobs:
           investigate: true
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.coverage_json_artifact }}' from 'PublishCoverageResults' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v6
         if: inputs.coverage_json_artifact != ''
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.coverage_json_artifact }}
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ jobs:
           done
 
       - name: 📤 Upload 'LaTeX Documentation' artifact
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         if: inputs.latex_artifact != ''
         continue-on-error: true
         with:

.github/workflows/StaticTypeCheck.yml

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: 📤 Upload '${{ inputs.html_artifact }}' HTML artifact
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         if: ${{ inputs.html_artifact != '' }}
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 1
 
       - name: 📤 Upload '${{ inputs.junit_artifact }}' JUnit artifact
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         if: ${{ inputs.junit_artifact != '' }}
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 1
 
       - name: 📤 Upload '${{ inputs.cobertura_artifact }}' Cobertura artifact
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         if: ${{ inputs.cobertura_artifact != '' }}
         continue-on-error: true
         with:

.github/workflows/UnitTesting.yml

@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.system == 'msys2'
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          py -3.9 -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check -U tomli
+          py -3.9 -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check --break-system-packages -U tomli
 
       - name: Compute pacman/pacboy packages
         id: pacboy
@@ -330,9 +330,9 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.system == 'msys2'
         run: |
           if [ -n '${{ inputs.mingw_requirements }}' ]; then
-            python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check ${{ inputs.mingw_requirements }}
+            python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check --break-system-packages ${{ inputs.mingw_requirements }}
           else
-            python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check ${{ inputs.requirements }}
+            python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check --break-system-packages ${{ inputs.requirements }}
           fi
 
 # Before scripts
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ jobs:
 # Upload artifacts
 
       - name: 📤 Upload '${{ fromJson(inputs.unittest_report_xml).filename }}' artifact
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         if: inputs.unittest_xml_artifact != ''
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ jobs:
 #      - name: 📤 Upload 'Unit Tests HTML Report' artifact
 #        if: inputs.unittest_html_artifact != ''
 #        continue-on-error: true
-#        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+#        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
 #        with:
 #          name: ${{ inputs.unittest_html_artifact }}-${{ matrix.system }}-${{ matrix.runtime }}-${{ matrix.python }}
 #          path: ${{ inputs.unittest_report_html_directory }}
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: 📤 Upload 'Coverage SQLite Database' artifact
         if: inputs.coverage_sqlite_artifact != ''
         continue-on-error: true
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.coverage_sqlite_artifact }}-${{ matrix.system }}-${{ matrix.runtime }}-${{ matrix.python }}
           path: .coverage
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: 📤 Upload 'Coverage XML Report' artifact
         if: inputs.coverage_xml_artifact != '' && steps.convert_xml.outcome == 'success'
         continue-on-error: true
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.coverage_xml_artifact }}-${{ matrix.system }}-${{ matrix.runtime }}-${{ matrix.python }}
           working-directory: ${{ fromJson(inputs.coverage_report_xml).directory }}
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: 📤 Upload 'Coverage JSON Report' artifact
         if: inputs.coverage_json_artifact != '' && steps.convert_json.outcome == 'success'
         continue-on-error: true
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.coverage_json_artifact }}-${{ matrix.system }}-${{ matrix.runtime }}-${{ matrix.python }}
           working-directory: ${{ fromJson(inputs.coverage_report_json).directory }}
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: 📤 Upload 'Coverage HTML Report' artifact
         if: inputs.coverage_html_artifact != '' && steps.convert_html.outcome == 'success'
         continue-on-error: true
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.coverage_html_artifact }}-${{ matrix.system }}-${{ matrix.runtime }}-${{ matrix.python }}
           working-directory: ${{ fromJson(inputs.coverage_report_html).directory }}

.github/workflows/_Checking_ArtifactCleanup.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         run: printf "%s\n" "${{ matrix.runs-on }}-${{ matrix.python }}" >> artifact.txt
 
       - name: 📤 Upload artifact for ${{ matrix.system }}-${{ matrix.python }}
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ fromJson(needs.Params.outputs.artifact_names).unittesting_xml }}-${{ matrix.system }}-${{ matrix.python }}
           path: artifact.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         run: printf "%s\n" "Package" >> package.txt
 
       - name: 📤 Upload artifact for ${{ matrix.system }}-${{ matrix.python }}
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ fromJson(needs.Params.outputs.artifact_names).package_all }}
           path: package.txt

.github/workflows/_Checking_JobTemplates.yml

@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ jobs:
     uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
     with:
       package_name:        'myPackage'
-      python_version:      '3.13'    # workaround to use Sphinx in Python 3.13 for sphinx_reports not yet supporting lxml 6.0
-      python_version_list: '3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 pypy-3.10 pypy-3.11'
-      disable_list:        'windows-arm:pypy-3.10 windows-arm:pypy-3.11'
+      python_version_list: '3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 pypy-3.11'
+      disable_list:        'windows-arm:pypy-3.11'
 
   PlatformTestingParams:
     uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/Parameters.yml@main
@@ -221,9 +220,9 @@ jobs:
       - Prepare
       - UnitTesting
       - PlatformTesting
-      - Install
 #      - StaticTypeCheck
       - Package
+      - Install
       - PublishToGitHubPages
     permissions:
       contents: write  # required for create tag
@@ -239,9 +238,9 @@ jobs:
       - Prepare
       - UnitTesting
       - PlatformTesting
-      - Install
 #      - StaticTypeCheck
       - Package
+      - Install
       - PublishToGitHubPages
     if: needs.Prepare.outputs.is_release_tag == 'true'
     permissions:
@@ -277,6 +276,7 @@ jobs:
       - PublishTestResults
       - PublishCoverageResults
       - PublishToGitHubPages
+      - Install
       - IntermediateCleanUp
     with:
       package: ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).package_all }}

.github/workflows/_Checking_NamespacePackage_Pipeline.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       package_namespace: 'myFramework'
       package_name:      'Extension'
-      unittest_python_version: '3.13'    # workaround to use Sphinx in Python 3.13 for sphinx_reports not yet supporting lxml 6.0
+      unittest_python_version_list: '3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 pypy-3.11'
       bandit:            'true'
       pylint:            'true'
       codecov:           'true'

.github/workflows/_Checking_Nightly.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           printf "%s\n" "Build log $(date --utc '+%d.%m.%Y - %H:%M:%S')"    > build.log
 
       - name: 📤 Upload artifact
-        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: document
           path: |
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           printf "%s\n" "Program $(date --utc '+%d.%m.%Y - %H:%M:%S')"        > program.py
 
       - name: 📤 Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: other
           path: |

.github/workflows/_Checking_SimplePackage_Pipeline.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/CompletePipeline.yml@main
     with:
       package_name: 'myPackage'
-      unittest_python_version: '3.13'    # workaround to use Sphinx in Python 3.13 for sphinx_reports not yet supporting lxml 6.0
+      unittest_python_version_list: '3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 pypy-3.11'
       bandit:       'true'
       pylint:       'true'
       codecov:      'true'

doc/index.rst

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Example Pipelines
             .. code-block:: toml
 
                [build-system]
-               requires = ["setuptools >= 80.0", "wheel ~= 0.45", "pyTooling ~= 8.7"]
+               requires = ["setuptools >= 80.0", "wheel ~= 0.45", "pyTooling ~= 8.8"]
                build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
                [tool.mypy]

doc/requirements.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -r ../requirements.txt
 
-pyTooling ~= 8.7
+pyTooling ~= 8.8
 
 # Enforce latest version on ReadTheDocs
 sphinx ~= 8.2
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ sphinxcontrib-mermaid ~= 1.0
 autoapi >= 2.0.1
 sphinx_design ~= 0.6
 sphinx-copybutton >= 0.5
-sphinx_autodoc_typehints ~= 3.2
+sphinx_autodoc_typehints ~= 3.5
 sphinx_reports ~= 0.9

pyproject.toml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 requires = [
   "setuptools >= 80.0",
   "wheel ~= 0.45",
-  "pyTooling ~= 8.7"
+  "pyTooling ~= 8.8"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
@@ -38,23 +38,21 @@ junit_xml = "report/typing/StaticTypingSummary.xml"
 cobertura_xml_report = "report/typing"
 
 [tool.pytest]
-junit_xml = "report/unit/UnittestReportSummary.xml"
-
-[tool.pyedaa-reports]
-junit_xml = "report/unit/unittest.xml"
-
-[tool.pytest.ini_options]
-addopts = "--tb=native"
+addopts = ["--tb=native"]
 # Don't set 'python_classes = *' otherwise, pytest doesn't search for classes
 # derived from unittest.Testcase
-python_files = "*"
-python_functions = "test_*"
+python_files = ["*"]
+python_functions = ["test_*"]
 filterwarnings = [
 	"error::DeprecationWarning",
 	"error::PendingDeprecationWarning"
 ]
+junit_xml = "report/unit/UnittestReportSummary.xml"
 junit_logging = "all"
 
+[tool.pyedaa-reports]
+junit_xml = "report/unit/unittest.xml"
+
 [tool.interrogate]
 color = true
 verbose = 1             # possible values: 0 (minimal output), 1 (-v), 2 (-vv)

requirements.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-pyTooling ~= 8.7
+pyTooling ~= 8.8

tests/requirements.txt

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 Coverage ~= 7.11
 
 # Test Runner
-pytest ~= 8.4
+pytest ~= 9.0
 pytest-cov ~= 7.0
 
 # Static Type Checking
 mypy[reports] ~= 1.18
 typing_extensions ~= 4.15
-lxml ~= 6.0
+lxml >= 5.4, <7.0