Python 3.12 Release

[JP-Ellis]

Description

• CI/CD scripts need to be updated to test against Python 3.12 without allowing for failures.
  • For now, there is no need to add Python 3.13 to the test matrix, as it is not expected to reach beta until May 2024.
• The hatch test environment matrix needs to be updated to include Python 3.12

Motivation: 🍾 Python 3.12 was released on 2 October 2023

This is the first release to fully drop the long-deprecated distutils package (see PEP 632). This means that people who are using Pact Python versions prior to 2.1.0 will not be able to install the package from source, as the build script depends on distutils.

Users who have pinned an older version of Pact Python and migrate to Python 3.12 will likely face some issues, but a simple pip install pact-python (or pip install --upgrade pact-python) will fix this.

Self-service

• I'd be willing to contribute this feature to Pact Python myself.

[github-actions]

👋 Hi! The 'smartbear-supported' label has just been added to this issue, which will create an internal tracking ticket in PactFlow's Jira (PACT-1400). We will use this to prioritise and assign a team member to this task. All activity will be public on this ticket. For now, sit tight and we'll update this ticket once we have more information on the next steps.

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