Updating r9 from v9.0.0

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Note

A new major version, @r9: Python 3.15 becomes the default, MSYS2 runs on UCRT64 only.

• ✨ Python 3.15 (default) and 3.16 (pre-release), PyPy 3.12; application tests can download artifacts.
• ⚠️ MSYS2 runtimes mingw32 and mingw64 removed (with the input mingw64_before_script); Python 3.9, PyPy 3.9
  and 3.10 removed.
• 🔧 Default version lists, exclude and disable lists follow; Python 3.10 warns; pacboy entries for pyEDAA.Reports and
  pyTooling.Sphinx.
• 📖 Version and system lists, every template's defaults; rendered with pyTooling.Sphinx, hierarchies as trees;
  GoatCounter page views.

Important

Field-tested on dev with Python 3.15.0 and PyPy 8.0 (3.12) on the runners. ApplicationTesting's artifact
download needs pyTooling/download-artifact v1.11.0 (@v8): before it, a pattern matching one artifact put the files
directly into artifacts_directory.

The PDF documentation needs pytooling/miktex:sphinx of pyTooling/MiKTeX v1.7.0: it maps the icons pyTooling.Sphinx
and the trees write (📄, 🧩, ...) to the emoji font; latexmk fails on missing characters.

✨ New Features

• Python 3.15 is the latest CPython release, Python 3.16 the pre-release (Add PyPy 3.12 and Python 3.15, Python 3.16 as pre-release #292). 3.15 gets 🟢, 3.16 🟣
  (3.16.0-alpha.1); the older versions move down one level: 3.14 🟢, 3.13 🟡, 3.12 🟠, 3.11 🔴, 3.10 ⚫.

• PyPy 3.12 (pypy-3.12, PyPy 8.0.0) (Add PyPy 3.12 and Python 3.15, Python 3.16 as pre-release #292). It runs on Linux, macOS and Windows on x86-64 and on Linux and macOS
  on arm64; PyPy publishes no Windows-on-arm64 build, so windows-arm:pypy-3.12 is in the default disable_list. Icons:
  pypy-3.11 ⟲🟠, pypy-3.12 ⟲🟡.

• ApplicationTesting.yml downloads artifacts the application tests read (ApplicationTesting: download artifacts the application tests read #296):

  • artifacts_pattern: a glob of artifact names, e.g. 'Example-*'. Empty by default - no download, so existing
    pipelines are unchanged. Named like unittest_artifacts_pattern (PublishTestResults.yml) and
    coverage_artifacts_pattern (PublishCoverageResults.yml).
  • artifacts_directory: where they go, default 'artifacts'; each artifact is extracted into a subdirectory named
    after it - also a single matching one (pyTooling/download-artifact v1.11.0).
  • The download runs after the wheel is installed, before the tests, on every system of the matrix.

  AppTesting:
    uses: pyTooling/Actions/.github/workflows/ApplicationTesting.yml@r9
    needs:
      - ExampleJobs
    with:
      artifacts_pattern: 'Example-*'

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• ⚠️ The MSYS2 runtime mingw64 is removed (Remove the MSYS2 runtime 'mingw64' #291). The default system_list (Parameters, CompletePipeline)
  runs MSYS2 on ucrt64 only. A system_list still naming mingw64 gets the warning "System 'mingw64' isn't
  supported anymore." and no job. The deprecation warning of msys2 points to ucrt64.
• ⚠️ UnitTesting and ApplicationTesting lose the input mingw64_before_script (Remove the MSYS2 runtime 'mingw64' #291), with its step. A caller
  still passing it fails at startup (Invalid input) - use ucrt64_before_script. mingw_requirements keeps its name;
  its description says MSYS2.
• ⚠️ The MSYS2 runtime mingw32 is removed (Remove the MSYS2 runtime 'mingw32' #290). A system_list naming it gets the warning "System 'mingw32'
  isn't supported anymore." instead of a job.
• ⚠️ Python 3.9, PyPy 3.9 and PyPy 3.10 are no known versions any more (Add PyPy 3.12 and Python 3.15, Python 3.16 as pre-release #292). Listing them creates no job.
• ⚠️ python_version defaults to '3.15' in every template having it, python_version_list to
  '3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15' (Parameters, CompletePipeline) (Add PyPy 3.12 and Python 3.15, Python 3.16 as pre-release #292).

Moving a pipeline from @r8 to @r9:

• mingw64_before_script → ucrt64_before_script.
• Remove mingw32/mingw64 from system_list, exclude_list, disable_list and include_list (only warns
  otherwise).
• A pinned python_version of 3.9 or a pypy-3.9/pypy-3.10 entry creates no job any more.

🔧 Changes

• Python 3.10 warns "Support for Python 3.10 ended in 2026.10." when listed (Add PyPy 3.12 and Python 3.15, Python 3.16 as pre-release #292).
• Default lists (Parameters; CompletePipeline's unittest_*/apptest_* lists):
  • exclude_list: 'windows-arm:3.10' (Shift the relative Python versions of the verifications to Python 3.15 #293).
  • disable_list: 'windows-arm:pypy-3.11 windows-arm:pypy-3.12' (Add PyPy 3.12 and Python 3.15, Python 3.16 as pre-release #292).
• ComputePacboyPackages (ComputePacboyPackages: python-jsonschema for pyEDAA.Reports, entries for pyTooling.Sphinx #295):
  • The entries of pyedaa.reports and sphinx_reports list python-jsonschema:p - pyEDAA.Reports validates JSON
    reports with jsonschema, whose dependency rpds-py has compiled code.
  • New entry pytooling.sphinx: python-aiohttp:p (pyTooling[pypi]), python-markupsafe:p (Sphinx); its extra
    reports adds what pyEDAA.Reports needs (jsonschema, lxml, ruamel.yaml) and docstr_coverage (PyYAML).
• The example package myPackage and myFramework.Extension lose their MinGW32/MinGW64 branches, tests/platform its
  MinGW testcases (Remove the MSYS2 runtime 'mingw32' #290, Remove the MSYS2 runtime 'mingw64' #291).

📖 Documentation

• SystemList: mingw32 and mingw64 removed (Remove the MSYS2 runtime 'mingw32' #290, Remove the MSYS2 runtime 'mingw64' #291).
• PythonVersionList: CPython 3.10 to 3.16, PyPy 3.11 and 3.12, with the icons of Parameters (Add PyPy 3.12 and Python 3.15, Python 3.16 as pre-release #292).
• Every template's page states the new defaults of python_version, python_version_list, system_list,
  exclude_list and disable_list; UnitTesting/ApplicationTesting drop mingw64_before_script (Remove the MSYS2 runtime 'mingw32' #290-Shift the relative Python versions of the verifications to Python 3.15 #293).
• ApplicationTesting: the inputs artifacts_pattern and artifacts_directory, and the download step (ApplicationTesting: download artifacts the application tests read #296).
• The published documentation counts its page views with GoatCounter - only a build on GitHub Actions adds the script;
  no cookies (Count the page views of the published documentation with GoatCounter #294).
• The documentation is rendered with pyTooling.Sphinx instead of sphinx_reports (Documentation rendered with pyTooling.Sphinx instead of sphinx-reports #297): its domain report keeps
  the directives; the configuration values are renamed (report_unittest_testsuites → pyTooling_Unittest_Testsuites,
  report_codecov_packages → pyTooling_CodeCoverage_Packages, report_doccov_packages →
  pyTooling_DocCoverage_Packages). |br|, |hr|, the style roles and :pycode: come from the extension.
• Directory structures are drawn by pyTooling.Sphinx' tree directive (Hierarchies in the documentation drawn by the 'tree' directive #298). CompletePipeline gets the topic
  Workflow Hierarchy: its 23 jobs with the reusable workflows and actions they use.

🧪 Unit Tests

• _Checking_Parameters: the relative test cases (py-0, py-1, ...) follow Python 3.15 as py-0; the default
  matrices expect 3.15 (MSYS2: ucrt64:3.14); Params_Systems checks windows clang64 ucrt64, Params_PythonVersions
pypy-3.11 pypy-3.12 (Remove the MSYS2 runtime 'mingw32' #290-Shift the relative Python versions of the verifications to Python 3.15 #293).
• _Checking_JobTemplates: unit tests also on 3.15 and pypy-3.12, platform tests on clang64 and ucrt64
  (Remove the MSYS2 runtime 'mingw64' #291, Add PyPy 3.12 and Python 3.15, Python 3.16 as pre-release #292). New job ExampleReport uploads an artifact Example-Report, which AppTesting downloads; the new
  testcase DownloadedArtifacts reads it from artifacts/Example-Report/report/ - pyTooling/upload-artifact keeps the
  file's path (ApplicationTesting: download artifacts the application tests read #296, AppTest: the example report is in 'report/' inside its artifact directory #300).
• _Checking_CleanupArtifacts: 3.14 3.15 (Shift the relative Python versions of the verifications to Python 3.15 #293).

Known Issues

• Python 3.16 isn't field-tested yet: 3.16.0a1 is due 2026-10-16. A job asking for 3.16 fails at setup until
  actions/python-versions lists it; no default list contains it.
• On PyPy 8.0 (pypy-3.11, pypy-3.12), packages without a pp80 wheel are built from source, e.g. Pillow (for
  matplotlib) fails on Linux for missing libjpeg headers - Skip the matplotlib testcases on PyPy 8.0 on Linux pyTooling#474.
• CompletePipeline.yml doesn't forward artifacts_pattern/artifacts_directory; pipelines with example jobs wire
  ApplicationTesting by hand.
• tests/pacman_packages.py, the standalone copy of ComputePacboyPackages, lags behind the action.
• The documentation requires pyTooling, pyTooling.Sphinx and pyEDAA.Reports from GitHub (@dev) until they are
  released; the doc extra of myPackage carries that URL requirement (Documentation rendered with pyTooling.Sphinx instead of sphinx-reports #297).
• The Dependencies dropdown on the CompletePipeline page is outdated against the YAML files; in the PDF, trees have
  no icons (Hierarchies in the documentation drawn by the 'tree' directive #298).
• Callers to clean up when moving to @r9: pyEDAA.CLITool passes mingw64_before_script; pyTooling names mingw32
  and mingw64 in system lists, pyEDAA.ProjectModel mingw64:* in a disable list.

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Related Issues and Pull-Requests

• Remove the MSYS2 runtime 'mingw32' #290 - MSYS2 runtime mingw32 removed.
• Remove the MSYS2 runtime 'mingw64' #291 - MSYS2 runtime mingw64 and mingw64_before_script removed.
• Add PyPy 3.12 and Python 3.15, Python 3.16 as pre-release #292 - PyPy 3.12 and Python 3.15, Python 3.16 as pre-release; Python 3.9, PyPy 3.9 and 3.10 removed.
• Shift the relative Python versions of the verifications to Python 3.15 #293 - the relative Python versions of the verifications shifted to Python 3.15.
• Count the page views of the published documentation with GoatCounter #294 - GoatCounter page views on the published documentation.
• ComputePacboyPackages: python-jsonschema for pyEDAA.Reports, entries for pyTooling.Sphinx #295 - ComputePacboyPackages: python-jsonschema for pyEDAA.Reports, entries for pyTooling.Sphinx.
• ApplicationTesting: download artifacts the application tests read #296 - ApplicationTesting: download artifacts the application tests read.
• Documentation rendered with pyTooling.Sphinx instead of sphinx-reports #297 - Documentation rendered with pyTooling.Sphinx instead of sphinx-reports.
• Hierarchies in the documentation drawn by the 'tree' directive #298 - Hierarchies in the documentation drawn by the tree directive.
• AppTest: the example report is in 'report/' inside its artifact directory #300 - AppTest: the example report is in report/ inside its artifact directory.
• pyTooling/download-artifact v1.11.0 (A single artifact matching a pattern is extracted into a directory named after it download-artifact#47) - a single matching artifact gets its directory.
• pyTooling/MiKTeX v1.7.0 (Map the release-note icons and 82 icons of AI assistants, bots and tools to the emoji font MiKTeX#36) - 88 more icons rendered by the emoji font.
• Previous release: v8.5.2 (v8.5.2 #288).

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[pytooling-claude]

Merged r9 into update/r9 by hand (af14396), because the pull-request conflicted in 10 workflow files:

• UpdateVersionBranch created r9 at r8 (v8.5.2), whose references are rewritten to @r8 ("Updating r8 from v8.5.2", Updating r8 from v8.5.2 #289).
• update/r9 is v9.0.0 with the references rewritten to @r9, so both sides changed the same lines.

Resolution: every conflicting reference keeps @r9. Compared with update/r9, the merge adds one line from r8: the documentation example pyTooling/Actions/releaser@r4 in doc/Action/Releaser.rst, as on r6 to r8 (main documents releaser@r0).

Until this is merged, @r9 serves v8.5.2.