James Gaboardi

[Release failed](https://github.com/pysal/libpysal/actions/runs/6372923548/job/17296195063#step:5:2094), I think because there is no `README.md` in `libpysal`... it's [`README.rst`](https://github.com/pysal/libpysal/blob/main/README.rst).

@knaaptime @martinfleis `v4.8.0rc2` is [tagged](https://github.com/pysal/libpysal/releases) and up on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/libpysal/4.8.0rc2/) with [docs built successfully](https://pysal.org/libpysal/). Please give a once over. If everything looks kosher, I will cut `v4.8.0`.

Do you or Eli want to do the honors since yall put in that hard work? Or shall I go ahead and cut it?

xref #712

xref #562

> Well, this is probably not just a missing coverage but a bug, no? Yes, maybe all of the above and more. That's the scary part...

xref #562

I guess first we can simply archive [pysal/submodule_template](https://github.com/pysal/submodule_template). Any detractors?

The PR to implement `numba` support for Python 3.12 is now under review --> xref: https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/9246

There is now Python 3.12 support for `numba` --> https://github.com/numba/numba/issues/9197#issuecomment-1923489918 🎆