Bump the minimum required GMT version to 6.2.0 (#1321)

Bump the minimum required GMT version from 6.1.1 to 6.2.0.
Also update GitHub Actions CI workflows to use GMT 6.2.0.
Official release of Generic Mapping Tools v6.2.0 is at
https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/gmt/releases/tag/6.2.0.

Co-authored-by: Dongdong Tian <seisman.info@gmail.com>

Author: weiji14

.github/workflows/cache_data.yaml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       # Install GMT and other required dependencies from conda-forge
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          conda install conda-forge/label/dev::gmt=6.2.0rc2 \
+          conda install gmt=6.2.0 \
                         numpy pandas xarray netCDF4 packaging matplotlib
 
       # Install the package that we want to test

.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml

@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       # Install GMT and other required dependencies from conda-forge
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          conda install conda-forge/label/dev::gmt=6.2.0rc2 \
-                        numpy pandas xarray netCDF4 packaging \
+          conda install gmt=6.2.0 numpy pandas xarray netCDF4 packaging \
                         ipython make myst-parser \
                         sphinx sphinx-copybutton sphinx-gallery sphinx_rtd_theme
 

.github/workflows/ci_tests.yaml

@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ jobs:
       # Install GMT and other required dependencies from conda-forge
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          conda install conda-forge/label/dev::gmt=6.2.0rc2 \
-                        numpy=${{ matrix.numpy-version }} \
+          conda install gmt=6.2.0 numpy=${{ matrix.numpy-version }} \
                         pandas xarray netCDF4 packaging \
                         ${{ matrix.optional-packages }} \
                         codecov coverage[toml] dvc ipython make \

doc/install.rst

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Which GMT?
 PyGMT requires Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) version 6 as a minimum, which is the
 latest released version that can be found at
 the `GMT official site <https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org>`__.
-We need the latest GMT (>=6.1.1) since there are many changes being made to GMT
+We need the latest GMT (>=6.2.0) since there are many changes being made to GMT
 itself in response to the development of PyGMT, mainly the new
 `modern execution mode <https://docs.generic-mapping-tools.org/latest/cookbook/introduction.html#modern-and-classic-mode>`__.
 

environment.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 name: pygmt
 channels:
-    - conda-forge/label/dev
     - conda-forge
     - defaults
 dependencies:
     # Required dependencies
     - pip
-    - gmt=6.2.0rc2
+    - gmt=6.2.0
     - numpy>=1.17
     - pandas
     - xarray

pygmt/clib/session.py

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class Session:
     """
 
     # The minimum version of GMT required
-    required_version = "6.1.1"
+    required_version = "6.2.0"
 
     @property
     def session_pointer(self):

pygmt/tests/test_clib.py

@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ def test_get_default():
     with clib.Session() as lib:
         assert lib.get_default("API_GRID_LAYOUT") in ["rows", "columns"]
         assert int(lib.get_default("API_CORES")) >= 1
-        assert Version(lib.get_default("API_VERSION")) >= Version("6.1.1")
+        assert Version(lib.get_default("API_VERSION")) >= Version("6.2.0")
 
 
 def test_get_default_fails():