SciTools · trexfeathers · Feb 24, 2025 · Oct 25, 2024 · Oct 25, 2024 · Oct 25, 2024
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
@@ -35,18 +35,18 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
-        python-version: ["3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.13"]
         session: ["doctest", "gallery", "linkcheck"]
         include:
           - os: "ubuntu-latest"
-            python-version: "3.12"
+            python-version: "3.13"
             session: "tests"
             coverage: "--coverage"
           - os: "ubuntu-latest"
-            python-version: "3.11"
+            python-version: "3.12"
             session: "tests"
           - os: "ubuntu-latest"
-            python-version: "3.10"
+            python-version: "3.11"
             session: "tests"
 
     env:

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-wheels.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         session: ["wheel"]
     env:
       ENV_NAME: "ci-wheels"

diff --git a/benchmarks/bm_runner.py b/benchmarks/bm_runner.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def _check_requirements(package: str) -> None:
 
 def _prep_data_gen_env() -> None:
     """Create or access a separate, unchanging environment for generating test data."""
-    python_version = "3.12"
+    python_version = "3.13"
     data_gen_var = "DATA_GEN_PYTHON"
     if data_gen_var in environ:
         echo("Using existing data generation environment.")

diff --git a/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst b/docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
 🔗 Dependencies
 ===============
 
-#. N/A
-
+#. `@stephenworsley`_ dropped support for ``py310`` and adopted support for ``py313``
+   as per the `SPEC 0`_ schedule. (:pull:`6195`)
 
 📚 Documentation
 ================
@@ -125,3 +125,5 @@ This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
 
 .. comment
     Whatsnew resources in alphabetical order:
+
+.. _SPEC 0: https://scientific-python.org/specs/spec-0000/
diff --git a/lib/iris/cube.py b/lib/iris/cube.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def xml(self, checksum=False, order=True, byteorder=True):
 
         # return our newly created XML string
         doc = Cube._sort_xml_attrs(doc)
-        return doc.toprettyxml(indent="  ")
+        return iris.util._print_xml(doc)
 
     def extract(self, constraints):
         """Filter each of the cubes which can be filtered by the given constraints.
@@ -3782,7 +3782,7 @@ def xml(
 
         # Print our newly created XML
         doc = self._sort_xml_attrs(doc)
-        return doc.toprettyxml(indent="  ")
+        return iris.util._print_xml(doc)
 
     def _xml_element(self, doc, checksum=False, order=True, byteorder=True):
         cube_xml_element = doc.createElement("cube")

diff --git a/lib/iris/tests/__init__.py b/lib/iris/tests/__init__.py
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ def assertXMLElement(self, obj, reference_filename):
         # this is to be compatible with stored test output where xml attrs are stored in alphabetical order,
         # (which was default behaviour in python <3.8, but changed to insert order in >3.8)
         doc = iris.cube.Cube._sort_xml_attrs(doc)
-        pretty_xml = doc.toprettyxml(indent="  ")
+        pretty_xml = iris.util._print_xml(doc)
         reference_path = self.get_result_path(reference_filename)
         self._check_same(pretty_xml, reference_path, type_comparison_name="XML")
 

diff --git a/lib/iris/tests/_shared_utils.py b/lib/iris/tests/_shared_utils.py
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ def assert_XML_element(obj, reference_filename):
     # this is to be compatible with stored test output where xml attrs are stored in alphabetical order,
     # (which was default behaviour in python <3.8, but changed to insert order in >3.8)
     doc = iris.cube.Cube._sort_xml_attrs(doc)
-    pretty_xml = doc.toprettyxml(indent="  ")
+    pretty_xml = iris.util._print_xml(doc)
     reference_path = get_result_path(reference_filename)
     _check_same(pretty_xml, reference_path, type_comparison_name="XML")
 

diff --git a/lib/iris/tests/test_coding_standards.py b/lib/iris/tests/test_coding_standards.py
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ def test_python_versions():
     Test is designed to fail whenever Iris' supported Python versions are
     updated, insisting that versions are updated EVERYWHERE in-sync.
     """
-    latest_supported = "3.12"
-    all_supported = ["3.10", "3.11", latest_supported]
+    latest_supported = "3.13"
+    all_supported = ["3.11", "3.12", latest_supported]
 
     root_dir = Path(__file__).parents[3]
     workflows_dir = root_dir / ".github" / "workflows"

diff --git a/lib/iris/tests/test_util.py b/lib/iris/tests/test_util.py
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@ def test_output_file(self, tmp_path):
         test_cube_a.standard_name = "relative_humidity"
         test_cube_a.units = cf_units.Unit("m")
 
-        with tmp_path / "tmp" as filename:
-            with open(filename, "w") as f:
-                iris.util.describe_diff(test_cube_a, test_cube_b, output_file=f)
-                f.close()
+        filename = tmp_path / "tmp"
+        with open(filename, "w") as f:
+            iris.util.describe_diff(test_cube_a, test_cube_b, output_file=f)
+            f.close()
 
-            _shared_utils.assert_files_equal(filename, "incompatible_cubes.str.txt")
+        _shared_utils.assert_files_equal(filename, "incompatible_cubes.str.txt")
diff --git a/lib/iris/util.py b/lib/iris/util.py
@@ -2320,3 +2320,26 @@ def equalise_cubes(
     # Return a CubeList result = the *original* cubes, as modified
     result = CubeList(cubes)
     return result
+
+
+def _print_xml(doc):
+    """Print xml in a standard fashion.
+
+    Modifies :meth: `xml.dom.minidom.Document.toprettyxml` to maintain backwards
+    compatibilitiy with the way Iris expects arrays to be represented. Changes to
+    xml introduced with https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/107947 mean that
+    newlines in attributes are escaped by default. This reverts to the old behaviour
+    by replacing the escaped newlines with proper newlines.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    doc : :class: `xml.dom.minidom.Document`
+        The xml document to be printed.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+        Standard string representation of xml document.
+    """
+    result = doc.toprettyxml(indent="  ")
+    return result.replace("&#10;", "\n")
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 nox.options.reuse_existing_virtualenvs = True
 
 #: Python versions we can run sessions under
-_PY_VERSIONS_ALL = ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+_PY_VERSIONS_ALL = ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 _PY_VERSION_LATEST = _PY_VERSIONS_ALL[-1]
 
 #: One specific python version for docs builds

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: Unix",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Atmospheric Science",
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ keywords = [
 ]
 license = {text = "BSD-3-Clause"}
 name = "scitools-iris"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 
 [project.urls]
 Code = "https://github.com/SciTools/iris"