[petruki]

This pull request updates the project to add support for Python 3.15 throughout the codebase and CI/CD workflows, improves release candidate handling, and bumps a few dependencies. The most significant changes are grouped below.

Python 3.15 Support and CI/CD Updates:

• Updated all workflow files (master.yml, release.yml, release-test.yml, sonar.yml, staging.yml) and the .devcontainer/Dockerfile to use Python 3.15, including in version matrices, setup steps, and conda environments. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

• Updated the README to document support for Python 3.15.

Release Process Improvements:

• Enhanced the release-test workflow to support release candidate (RC) builds by introducing an rc_number input, dynamically generating RC versions, and ensuring the version is propagated to both PyPI and Anaconda package builds. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Dependency and Tooling Updates:

• Bumped pytest version from 9.1.1 to 9.2.0 in the Pipfile.
• Upgraded SonarCloud GitHub Action from v8.3.0 to v8.4.0 in relevant workflows. [1] [2]

[sonarqubecloud]

Quality Gate passed

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
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0.0% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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