updates some configs in owlbot, noxfile, and ymls to ensure that the correct version of python is used

Author: chalmerlowe

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.13"
+        python-version: "3.10"
     - name: Install nox
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools pip wheel
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.13"
+        python-version: "3.10"
     - name: Install nox
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools pip wheel

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.13"
+        python-version: "3.10"
     - name: Install nox
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools pip wheel

noxfile.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 LINT_PATHS = ["docs", "pandas_gbq", "tests", "noxfile.py", "setup.py"]
 
 DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION = "3.10"
-
+LINT_PYTHON_VERSION = "3.10"
 
 UNIT_TEST_PYTHON_VERSIONS = ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 UNIT_TEST_STANDARD_DEPENDENCIES = [
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
 nox.options.error_on_missing_interpreters = True
 
 
-@nox.session(python=DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION)
+@nox.session(python=LINT_PYTHON_VERSION)
 @_calculate_duration
 def lint(session):
     """Run linters.
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def format(session):
     )
 
 
-@nox.session(python=DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION)
+@nox.session(python=LINT_PYTHON_VERSION)
 @_calculate_duration
 def lint_setup_py(session):
     """Verify that setup.py is valid (including RST check)."""

owlbot.py

@@ -57,11 +57,16 @@
         "docs/multiprocessing.rst",
         "noxfile.py",
         "README.rst",
-        ".github/workflows/docs.yml",
+        ".github/workflows/docs.yml", # to avoid overwriting python version
+        ".github/workflows/lint.yml", # to avoid overwriting python version
         ".github/sync-repo-settings.yaml",
         # exclude this file as we have an alternate prerelease.cfg
         ".kokoro/presubmit/prerelease-deps.cfg",
         ".kokoro/presubmit/presubmit.cfg",
+        "renovate.json", # to avoid overwriting the ignorePaths list additions:
+                         # ".github/workflows/docs.yml AND lint.yml" specifically
+                         # the version of python referenced in each of those files.
+                         # Currently renovate bot wants to change 3.10 to 3.13.
     ],
 )
 

renovate.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     ":preserveSemverRanges",
     ":disableDependencyDashboard"
   ],
-  "ignorePaths": [".pre-commit-config.yaml", ".kokoro/requirements.txt", "setup.py", ".github/workflows/unittest.yml"],
+  "ignorePaths": [".pre-commit-config.yaml", ".kokoro/requirements.txt", "setup.py", ".github/workflows/unittest.yml", ".github/workflows/docs.yml", ".github/workflows/lint.yml"],
   "pip_requirements": {
     "fileMatch": ["requirements-test.txt", "samples/[\\S/]*constraints.txt", "samples/[\\S/]*constraints-test.txt"]
   }