Merge branch 'main' into py3.13-support

Author: freakboy3742

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
       run: briefcase package ${{ matrix.briefcase-target }} --update --adhoc-sign
 
     - name: Upload Logs
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.4
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.4.0
       if: failure()
       with:
         name: build-failure-logs-${{ matrix.backend }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ repos:
       - id: isort
         additional_dependencies: [toml]
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v3.16.0
+    rev: v3.17.0
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
         args: [--py38-plus]
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black-pre-commit-mirror
-    rev: 24.4.2
+    rev: 24.8.0
     hooks:
     - id: black
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-    rev: 7.1.0
+    rev: 7.1.1
     hooks:
       - id: flake8

tests/test_thirdparty.py

@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
 
 def xfail_if_not_installed(package_name):
     """A test decorator that xfails a test if the named package isn't installed.
-
     The third-party tests are dependant on packages being built. During pre-release some
     packages won't be compilable. So - the pyproject.toml installs third party packages
-    with a version conditional gate.
+    with some conditional gating.
 
     This decorator checks for app metadata (which is an indicator that the package has
     been installed). If the metadata exists, the test is executed; if it isn't we XFAIL