This is 1.4b2 (#3159)

* This is 1.4b2

* Bump version

CHANGES.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
-Next (TBD)
-----------
+1.4b2 (2024-08-30)
+------------------
 
 Bug fixes:
 

rasterio/__init__.py

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import logging
 from logging import NullHandler
 import os
 import platform
-import warnings
 
 # On Windows we must explicitly register the directories that contain
 # the GDAL and supporting DLLs starting with Python 3.8. Presently, we
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ except ImportError:
     have_vsi_plugin = False
 
 __all__ = ['band', 'open', 'pad', 'Band', 'Env', 'CRS']
-__version__ = "1.4b2.dev"
+__version__ = "1.4.0dev"
 __gdal_version__ = gdal_version()
 __proj_version__ = ".".join([str(version) for version in get_proj_version()])
 __geos_version__ = ".".join([str(version) for version in get_geos_version()])
@@ -96,16 +95,6 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 log.addHandler(NullHandler())
 
 
-# Remove this in 1.4.0 (see comment on gh-2423).
-def parse_path(path):
-    warnings.warn(
-        "rasterio.parse_path will be removed in version 1.4.",
-        RasterioDeprecationWarning,
-        stacklevel=2,
-    )
-    return _parse_path(path)
-
-
 @ensure_env_with_credentials
 def open(
     fp,

setup.py

@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@ if "clean" not in sys.argv:
         int, re.findall("[0-9]+", gdalversion)[:3]
     )
 
-    if (gdal_major_version, gdal_minor_version) < (3, 3):
-        raise SystemExit("ERROR: GDAL >= 3.3 is required for rasterio. "
-                 "Please upgrade GDAL.")
-
 # Conditionally copy the GDAL data. To be used in conjunction with
 # the bdist_wheel command to make self-contained binary wheels.
 if os.environ.get('PACKAGE_DATA'):
@@ -298,6 +294,7 @@ setup_args = dict(
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
         "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Graphics Conversion",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS",