MAINT: drop Python 3.7 & 3.8 support due to EOL (#64)

* DX: exclude `.constraints` dir from VS Code search
* MAINT: fix `linkcheck` problems
* MAINT: update pip constraints and pre-commit

.constraints/py3.10.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #    uv pip compile pyproject.toml -o .constraints/py3.10.txt --all-extras --no-annotate --python-version=3.10 --no-emit-package setuptools
 accessible-pygments==0.0.5
 alabaster==1.0.0
-anyio==4.4.0
+anyio==4.6.0
 argon2-cffi==23.1.0
 argon2-cffi-bindings==21.2.0
 arrow==1.3.0
@@ -17,41 +17,41 @@ certifi==2024.8.30
 cffi==1.17.1
 cfgv==3.4.0
 chardet==5.2.0
-charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+charset-normalizer==3.4.0
 click==8.1.7
 colorama==0.4.6
 comm==0.2.2
 contourpy==1.3.0
 cycler==0.12.1
-debugpy==1.8.5
+debugpy==1.8.7
 decorator==5.1.1
 defusedxml==0.7.1
-distlib==0.3.8
+distlib==0.3.9
 docutils==0.21.2
 exceptiongroup==1.2.2
 executing==2.1.0
 fastjsonschema==2.20.0
 filelock==3.16.1
-fonttools==4.53.1
+fonttools==4.54.1
 fqdn==1.5.1
-greenlet==3.1.0
+greenlet==3.1.1
 h11==0.14.0
-httpcore==1.0.5
+httpcore==1.0.6
 httpx==0.27.2
 identify==2.6.1
 idna==3.10
 imagesize==1.4.1
 importlib-metadata==8.5.0
 ipykernel==6.29.5
-ipython==8.27.0
+ipython==8.28.0
 ipywidgets==8.1.5
 isoduration==20.11.0
 jedi==0.19.1
 jinja2==3.1.4
 json5==0.9.25
 jsonpointer==3.0.0
 jsonschema==4.23.0
-jsonschema-specifications==2023.12.1
+jsonschema-specifications==2024.10.1
 jupyter-cache==1.0.0
 jupyter-client==8.6.3
 jupyter-core==5.7.2
@@ -67,21 +67,21 @@ jupyterlab-widgets==3.0.13
 kiwisolver==1.4.7
 latexcodec==3.0.0
 markdown-it-py==3.0.0
-markupsafe==2.1.5
+markupsafe==3.0.1
 matplotlib==3.9.2
 matplotlib-inline==0.1.7
 mdit-py-plugins==0.4.2
 mdurl==0.1.2
 mistune==3.0.2
-myst-nb==1.1.1
+myst-nb==1.1.2
 myst-parser==4.0.0
 nbclient==0.10.0
 nbconvert==7.16.4
 nbformat==5.10.4
 nest-asyncio==1.6.0
 nodeenv==1.9.1
 notebook-shim==0.2.4
-numpy==2.1.1
+numpy==2.1.2
 overrides==7.7.0
 packaging==24.1
 pandocfilters==1.5.1
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ pexpect==4.9.0
 pillow==10.4.0
 platformdirs==4.3.6
 pluggy==1.5.0
-pre-commit==3.8.0
-prometheus-client==0.20.0
-prompt-toolkit==3.0.47
+pre-commit==4.0.1
+prometheus-client==0.21.0
+prompt-toolkit==3.0.48
 psutil==6.0.0
 ptyprocess==0.7.0
 pure-eval==0.2.3
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pycparser==2.22
 pydata-sphinx-theme==0.15.4
 pygments==2.18.0
 pyparsing==3.1.4
-pyproject-api==1.7.2
+pyproject-api==1.8.0
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
 python-json-logger==2.0.7
 pyyaml==6.0.2
@@ -112,15 +112,15 @@ requests==2.32.3
 rfc3339-validator==0.1.4
 rfc3986-validator==0.1.1
 rpds-py==0.20.0
-ruff==0.6.5
+ruff==0.6.9
 send2trash==1.8.3
 six==1.16.0
 sniffio==1.3.1
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0
 soupsieve==2.6
-sphinx==8.0.2
-sphinx-api-relink==0.0.9
-sphinx-autobuild==2024.9.18
+sphinx==8.1.0
+sphinx-api-relink==0.0.10
+sphinx-autobuild==2024.10.3
 sphinx-book-theme==1.1.3
 sphinx-comments==0.0.3
 sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2
@@ -137,26 +137,26 @@ sphinxcontrib-qthelp==2.0.0
 sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==2.0.0
 sqlalchemy==2.0.35
 stack-data==0.6.3
-starlette==0.38.5
+starlette==0.39.2
 tabulate==0.9.0
 terminado==0.18.1
 tinycss2==1.3.0
-tomli==2.0.1
+tomli==2.0.2
 tornado==6.4.1
-tox==4.19.0
+tox==4.21.2
 traitlets==5.14.3
-types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20240906
+types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20241003
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
 uri-template==1.3.0
 urllib3==2.2.3
-uvicorn==0.30.6
-virtualenv==20.26.5
+uvicorn==0.31.1
+virtualenv==20.26.6
 watchfiles==0.24.0
 wcwidth==0.2.13
 webcolors==24.8.0
 webencodings==0.5.1
 websocket-client==1.8.0
-websockets==13.0.1
+websockets==13.1
 wheel==0.44.0
 widgetsnbextension==4.0.13
 zipp==3.20.2

.constraints/py3.11.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #    uv pip compile pyproject.toml -o .constraints/py3.11.txt --all-extras --no-annotate --python-version=3.11 --no-emit-package setuptools
 accessible-pygments==0.0.5
 alabaster==1.0.0
-anyio==4.4.0
+anyio==4.6.0
 argon2-cffi==23.1.0
 argon2-cffi-bindings==21.2.0
 arrow==1.3.0
@@ -17,40 +17,40 @@ certifi==2024.8.30
 cffi==1.17.1
 cfgv==3.4.0
 chardet==5.2.0
-charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+charset-normalizer==3.4.0
 click==8.1.7
 colorama==0.4.6
 comm==0.2.2
 contourpy==1.3.0
 cycler==0.12.1
-debugpy==1.8.5
+debugpy==1.8.7
 decorator==5.1.1
 defusedxml==0.7.1
-distlib==0.3.8
+distlib==0.3.9
 docutils==0.21.2
 executing==2.1.0
 fastjsonschema==2.20.0
 filelock==3.16.1
-fonttools==4.53.1
+fonttools==4.54.1
 fqdn==1.5.1
-greenlet==3.1.0
+greenlet==3.1.1
 h11==0.14.0
-httpcore==1.0.5
+httpcore==1.0.6
 httpx==0.27.2
 identify==2.6.1
 idna==3.10
 imagesize==1.4.1
 importlib-metadata==8.5.0
 ipykernel==6.29.5
-ipython==8.27.0
+ipython==8.28.0
 ipywidgets==8.1.5
 isoduration==20.11.0
 jedi==0.19.1
 jinja2==3.1.4
 json5==0.9.25
 jsonpointer==3.0.0
 jsonschema==4.23.0
-jsonschema-specifications==2023.12.1
+jsonschema-specifications==2024.10.1
 jupyter-cache==1.0.0
 jupyter-client==8.6.3
 jupyter-core==5.7.2
@@ -66,21 +66,21 @@ jupyterlab-widgets==3.0.13
 kiwisolver==1.4.7
 latexcodec==3.0.0
 markdown-it-py==3.0.0
-markupsafe==2.1.5
+markupsafe==3.0.1
 matplotlib==3.9.2
 matplotlib-inline==0.1.7
 mdit-py-plugins==0.4.2
 mdurl==0.1.2
 mistune==3.0.2
-myst-nb==1.1.1
+myst-nb==1.1.2
 myst-parser==4.0.0
 nbclient==0.10.0
 nbconvert==7.16.4
 nbformat==5.10.4
 nest-asyncio==1.6.0
 nodeenv==1.9.1
 notebook-shim==0.2.4
-numpy==2.1.1
+numpy==2.1.2
 overrides==7.7.0
 packaging==24.1
 pandocfilters==1.5.1
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ pexpect==4.9.0
 pillow==10.4.0
 platformdirs==4.3.6
 pluggy==1.5.0
-pre-commit==3.8.0
-prometheus-client==0.20.0
-prompt-toolkit==3.0.47
+pre-commit==4.0.1
+prometheus-client==0.21.0
+prompt-toolkit==3.0.48
 psutil==6.0.0
 ptyprocess==0.7.0
 pure-eval==0.2.3
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ pycparser==2.22
 pydata-sphinx-theme==0.15.4
 pygments==2.18.0
 pyparsing==3.1.4
-pyproject-api==1.7.2
+pyproject-api==1.8.0
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
 python-json-logger==2.0.7
 pyyaml==6.0.2
@@ -111,15 +111,15 @@ requests==2.32.3
 rfc3339-validator==0.1.4
 rfc3986-validator==0.1.1
 rpds-py==0.20.0
-ruff==0.6.5
+ruff==0.6.9
 send2trash==1.8.3
 six==1.16.0
 sniffio==1.3.1
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0
 soupsieve==2.6
-sphinx==8.0.2
-sphinx-api-relink==0.0.9
-sphinx-autobuild==2024.9.18
+sphinx==8.1.0
+sphinx-api-relink==0.0.10
+sphinx-autobuild==2024.10.3
 sphinx-book-theme==1.1.3
 sphinx-comments==0.0.3
 sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2
@@ -136,25 +136,25 @@ sphinxcontrib-qthelp==2.0.0
 sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==2.0.0
 sqlalchemy==2.0.35
 stack-data==0.6.3
-starlette==0.38.5
+starlette==0.39.2
 tabulate==0.9.0
 terminado==0.18.1
 tinycss2==1.3.0
 tornado==6.4.1
-tox==4.19.0
+tox==4.21.2
 traitlets==5.14.3
-types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20240906
+types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20241003
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
 uri-template==1.3.0
 urllib3==2.2.3
-uvicorn==0.30.6
-virtualenv==20.26.5
+uvicorn==0.31.1
+virtualenv==20.26.6
 watchfiles==0.24.0
 wcwidth==0.2.13
 webcolors==24.8.0
 webencodings==0.5.1
 websocket-client==1.8.0
-websockets==13.0.1
+websockets==13.1
 wheel==0.44.0
 widgetsnbextension==4.0.13
 zipp==3.20.2