From 0a280e750f11ca669954334a23350e5ef91328a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Christian Y. Brenninkmeijer"
 <christian.brenninkmeijer@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 13:20:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] remove distutils

---
 setup.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 454f230..59780be 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import distutils.dir_util
 from setuptools import setup
 import os
+import shutil
 import sys
 
 
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
         this_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
         build_dir = os.path.join(this_dir, "build")
         if os.path.isdir(build_dir):
-            distutils.dir_util.remove_tree(build_dir)
+            shutil.rmtree(build_dir)
         egg_dir = os.path.join(this_dir, "SpiNNakerTestBase.egg-info")
         if os.path.isdir(egg_dir):
-            distutils.dir_util.remove_tree(egg_dir)
+            shutil.rmtree(egg_dir)
     setup()

From 1abf1f0f2f9bcd035fd63c3a108910aa93482506 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Christian Y. Brenninkmeijer"
 <christian.brenninkmeijer@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 13:36:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] python 3.12

---
 .github/workflows/python_actions.yml | 8 ++++----
 setup.cfg                            | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_actions.yml b/.github/workflows/python_actions.yml
index 9afdd8a..e68797b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_actions.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./support/actions/pytest
       with:
         tests: unittests
-        coverage: ${{ matrix.python-version == 3.8 }}
+        coverage: ${{ matrix.python-version == 3.12 }}
         cover-packages: spinnaker_testbase
         coveralls-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ jobs:
         exitcheck: 39
 
     - name: Run rat copyright enforcement
-      if: matrix.python-version == 3.8
+      if: matrix.python-version == 3.12
       uses: ./support/actions/check-copyrights
       with:
         config_file: rat_asl20.xml
 
     - name: Validate CITATION.cff
-      if: matrix.python-version == 3.8
+      if: matrix.python-version == 3.12
       uses: dieghernan/cff-validator@main
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2006f3d..1fbe4b0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ classifiers =
         Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
         Operating System :: MacOS
         Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-        Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
         Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
         Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
         Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
         Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+        Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
 maintainer = SpiNNakerTeam
 maintainer_email = spinnakerusers@googlegroups.com
 keywords =
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ keywords =
         test support
 
 [options]
-python_requires = >=3.7, <4
+python_requires = >=3.8, <4
 packages = find:
 zip_safe = True
 include_package_data = True