Implement several minor bug fixes (matplotlib 3.8+, GitHub actions, remove obsolete features)

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ name: Mark stale issues and pull requests
 
 on:
   schedule:
-  - cron: '32 22 * * *'
+    # Job will run at midnight on the 1st of each month (POSIX time syntax)
+    - cron: '0 0 1 * *'
 
 jobs:
   stale:
-
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       issues: write
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/stale@v5
       with:
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        stale-issue-message: 'Stale issue message'
-        stale-pr-message: 'Stale pull request message'
-        stale-issue-label: 'no-issue-activity'
-        stale-pr-label: 'no-pr-activity'
+        # Stale issue settings
+        days-before-issue-stale: 30
+        days-before-issue-close: 30
+        stale-issue-label: 'stale'
+        stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because it has been open for 30 days with no activity.'
+        close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been inactive for 30 days since being marked as stale."
+        # Never mark PRs as stale
+        days-before-pr-stale: -1
+        days-before-pr-close: -1

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ All notable changes to GCPy will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased] - TBD
+### Changed
+- Now require `matplotlib>=3.8` in `docs/environment_files/environment.yml`
+- Now run the `stale` GitHub action at 00:00 UTC on the 1st of each month
+
+### Fixed
+- Import error in `gcpy/examples/diagnostics/compare_diags.py`
+- Added missing `n_cores` to `gcpy/examples/diagnostics/compare_diags.yml`
+
+### Removed
+- Example script `gcpy/examples/plotting/mda8_o3_timeseries.py`
+- Removed `Pylint` GitHub action
+
 ## [1.4.2] - 2024-01-26
 ### Added
 - Example script `create_test_plot.py`, which can be used to check that GCPy has been installed properly

gcpy/examples/diagnostics/compare_diags.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import warnings
 import numpy as np
 from gcpy.util import add_missing_variables, compare_varnames, \
-    dataset_reader, read_config_file
+    dataset_reader, read_config_file, rename_and_flip_gchp_rst_vars
 from gcpy.constants import skip_these_vars
 from gcpy.plot.compare_single_level import compare_single_level
 from gcpy.plot.compare_zonal_mean import compare_zonal_mean
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ def read_data(config):
     # If the data is from a GCHP restart file, rename variables and
     # flip levels to match the GEOS-Chem Classic naming and level
     # conventions.  Otherwise no changes will be made.
-    refdata = util.rename_and_flip_gchp_rst_vars(refdata)
-    devdata = util.rename_and_flip_gchp_rst_vars(devdata)
+    refdata = rename_and_flip_gchp_rst_vars(refdata)
+    devdata = rename_and_flip_gchp_rst_vars(devdata)
 
     # Define dictionary for return
     data = {

gcpy/examples/diagnostics/compare_diags.yml

@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ options:
     filename: ''
     skip_small_diffs: True
     small_diff_threshold: 0.0000
+  n_cores: -1

gcpy/examples/timeseries/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """
 GCPy import script
 """
-from .mda8_o3_timeseries import *
 from .plot_timeseries import *