chore(ci): modernize GH ci (#1016)

Signed-off-by: Jan Kowalleck <[email protected]>

Author: jkowalleck

.github/workflows/python.yml

@@ -217,17 +217,10 @@ jobs:
           - "3.10"
           - "3.9"  # lowest supported -- handled in include
         exclude:
-          - os: macos-latest
+          - os: macos-latest  # macos-latest is incompatible with some PY versions
             python-version: "3.10"
-          - os: macos-latest
+          - os: macos-latest  # macos-latest is incompatible with some PY versions
             python-version: "3.9"
-        include:
-          - os: macos-13
-            python-version: "3.10"
-            unittest-args: []
-          - os: macos-13
-            python-version: "3.9"
-            unittest-args: []
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         # see https://github.com/actions/checkout

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ env:
   REPORTS_DIR: CI_reports
   DIST_DIR: dist
   DIST_ARTIFACT: python-dist
-  PYTHON_VERSION_DEFAULT: "3.12"
+  PYTHON_VERSION_DEFAULT: "3.14"
   POETRY_VERSION: "1.8.1"
 
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