fix: Update more mentions of Python 3.11

And add back and comment the old 3.11 tests for when we drop future
major dependencies.

Author: feanil

.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml

@@ -55,7 +55,17 @@ jobs:
         # out when not in use to easily add/drop future support for any given major dependency.
         #
         # We're testing the older version of Ubuntu and running the xmodule tests since those rely on many
-        # dependent complex libraries and will hopefully catch most issues quickly.
+        # include:
+        #  - shard_name: "xmodule-with-cms"
+        #    python-version: "3.12"
+        #    django-version: "pinned"
+        #    mongo-version: "7.0"
+        #    os-version: "ubuntu-24.04"
+        #  - shard_name: "xmodule-with-lms"
+        #    python-version: "3.12"
+        #    django-version: "pinned"
+        #    mongo-version: "7.0"
+        #    os-version: "ubuntu-24.04"       # dependent complex libraries and will hopefully catch most issues quickly.
     steps:
       - name: checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v6

.readthedocs.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: "ubuntu-lts-latest"
   tools:
-    python: "3.11"
+    python: "3.12"
 
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py

README.rst

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ OS:
 
 Interpreters/Tools:
 
-* Python 3.11 or 3.12
+* Python 3.12
 
 * Node: See the ``.nvmrc`` file in this repository.
 

scripts/structures_pruning/README.rst

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Structures Pruning Scripts
 ==========================
 
-`This <https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/tree/master/scripts/structures_pruning>`_ directory contains mongo db structures pruning script that is migrated from the 
+`This <https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/tree/master/scripts/structures_pruning>`_ directory contains mongo db structures pruning script that is migrated from the
 `tubular <https://github.com/openedx/tubular>`_ repository.
 
 
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ To download the scripts, you can perform a partial clone of the edx-platform rep
 Create Python Virtual Environment
 ---------------------------------
 
-Create a Python virtual environment using Python 3.11:
+Create a Python virtual environment using Python 3.12:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    python3.11 -m venv ../venv
+    python3.12 -m venv ../venv
     source ../venv/bin/activate
 
 Install Pip Packages

scripts/user_retirement/README.rst

@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ To download the scripts, you can perform a partial clone of the edx-platform rep
 Create Python Virtual Environment
 ---------------------------------
 
-Create a Python virtual environment using Python 3.11:
+Create a Python virtual environment using Python 3.12:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    python3.11 -m venv ../venv
+    python3.12 -m venv ../venv
     source ../venv/bin/activate
 
 Install Pip Packages

tox.ini

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py{311} quality
+envlist = py{312} quality
 
 # This is needed to prevent the lms, cms, and openedx packages inside the "Open
 # edX" package (defined in pyproject.toml) from getting installed into site-packages