spec000 & GHA maint [2026-05-10]

[jGaboardi]

• drop Python 3.11 support
• bump oldest dependency versions
• bump GHA versions
• xref [spec000] drop Python 3.11 support pysal#1437

[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 96.2%. Comparing base (015e8bb) to head (385934e).
⚠️ Report is 28 commits behind head on main.

Additional details and impacted files

@@           Coverage Diff           @@
##            main    #101     +/-   ##
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+ Coverage   95.0%   96.2%   +1.2%     
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  Files          6       7      +1     
  Lines        480     473      -7     
  Branches     109       0    -109     
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- Hits         456     455      -1     
- Misses        14      18      +4     
+ Partials      10       0     -10     

see 4 files with indirect coverage changes

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