ENH: update to latest anaconda=2024.10 and python=3.12 (#110)

* ENH: update to latest anaconda=2024.10 and python=3.12

* update README

* tst: remove build cache for full execution run

.github/workflows/cache.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
           auto-update-conda: true
           auto-activate-base: true
           miniconda-version: 'latest'
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
           environment-file: environment.yml
           activate-environment: quantecon
       - name: graphviz Support # TODO: required?

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
           auto-update-conda: true
           auto-activate-base: true
           miniconda-version: 'latest'
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
           environment-file: environment.yml
           activate-environment: quantecon
       - name: Graphics Support #TODO: Review if graphviz is needed
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Display Pip Versions
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: pip list
-      - name: Download "build" folder (cache)
-        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          workflow: cache.yml
-          branch: main
-          name: build-cache
-          path: _build
+      # - name: Download "build" folder (cache)
+      #   uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v6
+      #   with:
+      #     workflow: cache.yml
+      #     branch: main
+      #     name: build-cache
+      #     path: _build
       # # Build Assets (Download Notebooks and PDF via LaTeX)
       # - name: Build PDF from LaTeX
       #   shell: bash -l {0}

.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
-        python-version: ["3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           auto-update-conda: true
           auto-activate-base: true
           miniconda-version: 'latest'
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
           environment-file: environment.yml
           activate-environment: quantecon
       - name: Download "build" folder (cache)

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           auto-update-conda: true
           auto-activate-base: true
           miniconda-version: 'latest'
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
           environment-file: environment.yml
           activate-environment: quantecon
       - name: Install latex dependencies

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,28 @@
 
 An Undergraduate Lecture Series for the Foundations of Computational Economics (Chinese Language)
 
-## Description
+## Installing the quantecon environment
+
+When working on the lectures it is useful to install the quantecon environment for executing and building 
+the lectures locally. 
+
+This can be done using conda by:
+
+```bash
+conda env create -f environment.yml
+```
+
+or within China it is best to use the `environment-cn.yml`
+
+```bash
+conda env create -f environment-cn.yml
+```
+
+---
+
+## Translation Project Plan
+
+### Description
 
 This repo is a testing ground for the development of a high-quality Chinese language version of the
 introductory lecture site. 
@@ -12,8 +33,6 @@ with the eventual goal of automating as much of the conversion process as possib
 changes to see if we can (a) improve the initial AI conversion, and (b) think about the future editing experience for improvements
 to future workflows (ie. how to keep the english and chinese versions in sync ENGLISH -> CHINESE; ENGLISH<->CHINESE)
 
-## Plan
-
 ### Phase 1 (Short Term)
 
 **Aim:** To deliver a high quality Chinese language version of the [intro lecture series](https://intro.quantecon.org/intro.html)

environment-cn.yml

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ channels:
   - default
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.11
-  - anaconda=2024.06
+  - python=3.12
+  - anaconda=2024.10
   - pip
   - pip:
     - jupyter-book==0.15.1

environment.yml

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ channels:
   - default
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.11
-  - anaconda=2024.06
+  - python=3.12
+  - anaconda=2024.10
   - pip
   - pip:
     - jupyter-book==0.15.1
@@ -18,10 +18,4 @@ dependencies:
     - sphinxcontrib-youtube==1.1.0
     - sphinx-togglebutton==0.3.1
     - sphinx_reredirects==0.1.3
-    # Sandpit Requirements
-    # - PuLP
-    # - cvxpy
-    # - cvxopt
-    # - cylp
-    # - array-to-latex
-    # - prettytable
+