TPT-4324: Allow dict passthrough for config_create 'devices' field; update repo to reflect 3.9 EOL

[lgarber-akamai]

📝 Description

Adds backwards-compatible support for passing a raw device mapping dict to the devices parameter of Instance.config_create(...), allowing callers to explicitly specify the sdX key for a device during config creation.

This resolves an issue in ansible_linode that is currently blocking the release of Block Storage Volume Limits Increase.

✔️ How to Test

Unit Testing

make test-unit

Integration Testing

make test-int TEST_COMMAND=models/volume
make test-int TEST_COMMAND=models/linode

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Pull request overview

Adds backwards-compatible support for passing a raw device mapping dict into Instance.config_create(..., devices=...), enabling explicit sdX key selection during config creation (needed for ansible_linode workflows around expanded volume limits).

Changes:

• Update Instance.config_create to accept a raw device-map dict and to normalize/serialize device inputs more flexibly.
• Add a unit test to ensure device-map dicts are passed through unchanged.
• Add an integration test validating config creation using an explicit device-map key.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
linode_api4/objects/linode.py	Extends config_create input handling/typing to support device-map dict passthrough; also adjusts clone defaults/normalization.
test/unit/objects/linode_test.py	Adds unit coverage asserting raw device-map dict passthrough in config_create.
test/integration/models/volume/test_blockstorage.py	Adds integration coverage for creating a config using an explicit device-map key.

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[lgarber-akamai]

Per our support policy, we stop supporting Python versions as soon as they EOL.

I can split this out into a separate PR if needed. Just wanted to use the fancy new type hint syntax.

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pyproject.toml:15

• This PR also raises the minimum supported Python version to 3.10 and updates the supported-version classifiers. That’s a user-facing breaking change but isn’t mentioned in the PR description; please confirm it’s intended and update the PR description/release notes accordingly (or split this into a separate PR if unrelated).

readme = "README.rst"
requires-python = ">=3.10"
keywords = [
    "akamai",
    "Akamai Connected Cloud",
    "linode",

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