build(deps): bump actions/setup-python from 6 to 7

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ jobs:
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ jobs:
     needs: build-test
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
       - name: Install dependencies

.github/workflows/documentation.yml

@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ jobs:
           Write-Host "GITHUB_PATH: $env:PATH"
           Write-Host "CAIROCFFI_DLL_DIRECTORIES: $env:CAIROCFFI_DLL_DIRECTORIES"
       - name: Check out the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
       - name: Install dependencies

.github/workflows/documentation_testbuild.yml

@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ jobs:
           Write-Host "GITHUB_PATH: $env:PATH"
           Write-Host "CAIROCFFI_DLL_DIRECTORIES: $env:CAIROCFFI_DLL_DIRECTORIES"
       - name: Check out the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
       - name: Install dependencies

.github/workflows/labeler.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Run Labeler
         uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-labeler@v6.0.0
         with:

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ windows-latest ]
-        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14' ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install dependencies

pyproject.toml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 name = "utils-COMobjects"
 description = "Package with various utilities to support COM object development with Python based on PyWin32"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 # only license identifier from https://spdx.org/licenses/ are allowed
 license = { text = "GPL-3.0-only" }
 # keywords for easier look-up on PyPI
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ authors = [
 # options under https://pypi.org/classifiers/
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
@@ -111,8 +110,8 @@ bump_map = {"feat" = "MINOR", "fix" = "PATCH", "BREAKING CHANGE" = "MAJOR"}
 # with Initial Commit in changelog
 commit_parser ="^(?P<change_type>[Ii]nitial [Cc]ommit|feat|fix|refactor|perf|docs|style|test|chore|build|ci|revert|BREAKING CHANGE)(\\((?P<scope>[^)]+)\\))?(:\\s(?P<message>.*))?"
 changelog_pattern = "^([Ii]nitial [Cc]ommit|feat|fix|docs|style|refactor|perf|test|chore|build|ci|revert|BREAKING CHANGE).*"
-change_type_map = { feat = "Features", fix = "Bug fixes", refactor = "Refactoring", perf = "performance improvements", docs = "Documentation", style = "Code style", test = "Testing", chore = "Chores", build = "Build system", ci = "Continuous Integration" }
-change_type_order = ["BREAKING CHANGE", "feat", "fix", "refactor", "perf", "docs", "style", "test", "chore", "build", "ci"]
+change_type_map = { feat = "Features", fix = "Bug fixes", refactor = "Code refactoring", perf = "Performance improvements", docs = "Documentation", style = "Code style", test = "Testing", chore = "Chores", build = "Build system", ci = "Continuous Integration" }
+change_type_order = ["BREAKING CHANGE", "Features", "Bug fixes", "Code refactoring", "Performance improvements", "Documentation", "Code style", "Testing", "Chore", "Build System", "Continuous Integration", "Initial Commit"]
 
 
 ##################
@@ -327,7 +326,7 @@ debug = "cov --no-cov -s --pdb --pdbcls=IPython.core.debugger:Pdb {args}"
 # Hatch testing environment matrix for various Python versions replacing the functionality of tox
 [[tool.hatch.envs.test.matrix]]
 template = ["test"]
-python = ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+python = ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
 
 # Hatch default linting environment for "hatch fmt"
 [tool.hatch.envs.hatch-static-analysis]

src/utils_COMobjects/version.py

@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@
 
 # ruff and mypy per file settings
 # others
-# ruff: noqa: PLC0415
+# ruff: noqa: E302, PLC0415
 
 # fmt: off
 
 
 def _get_hatch_version():
     """Compute the most up-to-date version number in a development environment.
 
-    Returns `None` if Hatchling is not installed, e.g. in a production environment.
-
     For more details, see <https://github.com/maresb/hatch-vcs-footgun-example/>.
     """
     import os
+    # preparation for Pathlib
+    # from  pathlib import path
 
     try:
         from hatchling.metadata.core import ProjectMetadata
@@ -33,9 +33,19 @@ def _get_hatch_version():
         err_msg = "pyproject.toml not found although hatchling is installed"
         raise RuntimeError(err_msg)
     root = os.path.dirname(pyproject_toml)
-    metadata = ProjectMetadata(root=root, plugin_manager=PluginManager())
-    # Version can be either statically set in pyproject.toml or computed dynamically:
-    return metadata.core.version or metadata.hatch.version.cached
+    # preparation for Pathlib
+    # root = Path(pyproject_toml).parent
+    # Temporarily set cwd to project root for PEP 517 compliance.
+    old_cwd = os.getcwd()
+    # preparation for Pathlib
+    # old_cwd = Path.cwd()
+    os.chdir(root)
+    try:
+        metadata = ProjectMetadata(root=str(root), plugin_manager=PluginManager())
+        # Version can be static in pyproject.toml or computed dynamically:
+        return metadata.core.version or metadata.hatch.version.cached
+    finally:
+        os.chdir(old_cwd)
 
 
 def _get_importlib_metadata_version():