v3.0.0

Changed

• BREAKING: dropped support for Python 3.8 and 3.9.
• BREAKING: matplotlib>3.10 to remove internal warnings
• BREAKING: pandas>=2.3.0 for compatibility with pandas 3.0
• BREAKING: numpy>=1.26 for compatibility with python 3.12
• BREAKING: matplotlib>=3.10 to remove deprecation warnings from testing.
• BREAKING: Examination time changed from Normal distribution to truncated normal where lower bound is zero.
• MODEL: distributions module replaced by equivalent imports from sim-tools
• DOCS: updated development environment to use latest packages as of 10th Feb 2026.
• PYPI: publish to pypi using the Trust Publisher model.