[MNT] Try shifting to Ubuntu 22.04

.github/workflows/issue_comment_edited.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   pr-welcome-edited:
     if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Create app token

.github/workflows/issue_comment_posted.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   self-assign:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout

.github/workflows/periodic_github_maintenace.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   stale_branches:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Create app token

.github/workflows/periodic_tests.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   check-manifest:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           extra_args: check-manifest --hook-stage manual
 
   pre-commit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           extra_args: --all-files
 
   run-notebook-examples:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
           key: numba-run-notebook-examples-${{ runner.os }}-3.10-${{ env.CURRENT_DATE }}
 
   test-no-soft-deps:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-20.04, macOS-14, windows-2022 ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-22.04, macOS-14, windows-2022 ]
         python-version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]
 
     steps:
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
           key: numba-pytest-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version}}-${{ env.CURRENT_DATE }}
 
   codecov:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout

.github/workflows/pr_examples.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   run-notebook-examples:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout

.github/workflows/pr_opened.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   # based on the scikit-learn 1.3.1 PR labelers
   labeler:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout

.github/workflows/pr_precommit.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   pre-commit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Create app token

.github/workflows/pr_pytest.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   test-no-soft-deps:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-20.04, macOS-14, windows-2022 ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-22.04, macOS-14, windows-2022 ]
         python-version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]
         # skip python versions unless the PR has the 'full pytest actions' label
         pr-testing:
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
     # run the code coverage job if a PR has the 'codecov actions' label
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'codecov actions') }}
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout

.github/workflows/precommit_autoupdate.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   pre-commit-auto-update:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   check-manifest:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-project:
     needs: check-manifest
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-20.04, macOS-14, windows-2022 ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-22.04, macOS-14, windows-2022 ]
         python-version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]
 
     steps:
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
 
   upload-wheels:
     needs: test-wheels
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4

.github/workflows/scorecard.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ permissions: read-all
 jobs:
   analysis:
     name: Scorecard analysis
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
       # Needed to upload the results to code-scanning dashboard.
       security-events: write

.github/workflows/update_contributors.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   generate-markdown-and-commit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4