[Priyankm23]

Fixes

• Fixes Update project to newest possible Python #214 by @TimidRobot

Description

This PR addresses #214 by updating the project Python environment and dependencies to Python 3.12.

Python 3.12 is targeted instead of 3.13 because all project dependencies (pandas, matplotlib, lxml, protobuf, google-api-python-client) have stable pre-built wheels, it matches Ubuntu 24.04 LTS defaults, and it adds the PEP 695 typing syntax needed for static typing in #212.

Technical details

• Updated Pipfile to require Python 3.12.
• Regenerated Pipfile.lock to lock SHA-256 package hashes and markers for Python 3.12 wheels.
• Updated .pre-commit-config.yaml default language version to python3.12.
• Updated GitHub Actions workflows (static_analysis.yml, test_scripts_help.yml, 1-fetch.yml, 2-process.yml.disabled, 3-report.yml.disabled) to use Python 3.12.
• No other feature changes included.

Tests

Tested locally on Ubuntu 24.04 (WSL) with Python 3.12.3 and Pipenv 2026.9.1:

• Ran ./dev/test_scripts_help.sh — all 14 scripts passed (exit code 0).
• Ran flake8, isort --check-only ., black --check ., and git diff --check (0 errors).
• Dry-ran scripts/3-report/zzz-notes.py --quarter 2026Q3 and scripts/2-process/wikipedia_process.py --quarter 2026Q3 (both completed cleanly).

Click to view test logs

$ pipenv run ./dev/test_scripts_help.sh
✅ scripts/1-fetch/arxiv_fetch.py
✅ scripts/1-fetch/gcs_fetch.py
✅ scripts/1-fetch/github_fetch.py
✅ scripts/1-fetch/smithsonian_fetch.py
✅ scripts/1-fetch/wikipedia_fetch.py
✅ scripts/2-process/gcs_process.py
✅ scripts/2-process/github_process.py
✅ scripts/2-process/smithsonian_process.py
✅ scripts/2-process/wikipedia_process.py
✅ scripts/3-report/gcs_report.py
✅ scripts/3-report/github_report.py
✅ scripts/3-report/smithsonian_report.py
✅ scripts/3-report/wikipedia_report.py
✅ scripts/3-report/zzz-notes.py
exit status: 0

$ pipenv run flake8
(Clean exit code: 0)

$ pipenv run isort --check-only .
Skipped 1 files (.git)
(Clean exit code: 0)

$ pipenv run black --check .
All done! ✨ 🍰 ✨
17 files would be left unchanged.
(Exit code: 0)

$ git diff --check
(Clean exit code: 0)

$ pipenv run ./scripts/3-report/zzz-notes.py --quarter 2026Q3
2026-10-17 11:51:38,521 - INFO - zzz-notes - Parsing command-line arguments
2026-10-17 11:51:38,522 - INFO - shared - Updating paths: replacing 2026Q4 with 2026Q3
2026-10-17 11:51:38,522 - INFO - shared - PATHS:
    repo: /home/priyank/projects/quantifying
        data:           ./data
        data_1-fetch:   ./data/2026Q3/1-fetch
        data_2-process: ./data/2026Q3/2-process
        data_3-report:  ./data/2026Q3/3-report
        data_phase:     ./data/2026Q3/3-report
        data_quarter:   ./data/2026Q3
2026-10-17 11:51:38,522 - INFO - shared - ordered_sections: ['gcs_report.py', 'github_report.py', 'smithsonian_report.py', 'wikipedia_report.py', 'zzz-notes.py']
2026-10-17 11:51:38,522 - INFO - shared - section_title: Notes
(Exit code: 0)

$ pipenv run ./scripts/2-process/wikipedia_process.py --quarter 2026Q3
2026-10-17 11:51:39,628 - INFO - wikipedia_process - Parsing command-line options
2026-10-17 11:51:39,629 - INFO - shared - Updating paths: replacing 2026Q4 with 2026Q3
2026-10-17 11:51:39,629 - INFO - shared - Updating paths: replacing 2026Q4 with 2026Q3
2026-10-17 11:51:39,629 - INFO - shared - PATHS:
    repo: /home/priyank/projects/quantifying
        data:           ./data
        data_1-fetch:   ./data/2026Q3/1-fetch
        data_2-process: ./data/2026Q3/2-process
        data_3-report:  ./data/2026Q3/3-report
        data_phase:     ./data/2026Q3/2-process
        data_quarter:   ./data/2026Q3
2026-10-17 11:51:39,629 - INFO - wikipedia_process - Output files already exists for 2026Q3
(Exit code: 0)

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