Desupport Python 3.6 to 3.9

Author: Cito

.github/workflows/release-docs.yml

@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python 3.11
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - name: Set up Python 3.12
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
-        python-version: "3.11"
+        python-version: "3.12"
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         make html
         touch _build/html/.nojekyll
     - name: Deploy docs to GitHub pages
-      uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
+      uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4
       with:
         github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         publish_branch: gh-pages

.github/workflows/test-package.yml

@@ -10,24 +10,24 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 6
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', 'pypy-3.9']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', 'pypy-3.10', 'pypy-3.11']
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install .[tests] --use-pep517
+        pip install .[tests]
     - name: Lint with flake8
-      if: matrix.python-version == '3.11'
+      if: matrix.python-version == '3.12'
       run: |
         flake8 webware --count --exit-zero --statistics
     - name: Lint with pylint
-      if: matrix.python-version == '3.11'
+      if: matrix.python-version == '3.12'
       run: |
         pylint webware
     - name: Run all unit tests

.pylintrc

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ indent-after-paren = 4
 
 max-attributes = 40
 max-args = 10
+max-positional-arguments = 10
 max-branches = 40
 max-line-length = 79
 max-locals = 30

docs/changes.rst

@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 List of Changes
 ===============
 
-What's new in Webware for Python 3
-----------------------------------
+What's new in Webware for Python 3.0
+------------------------------------
 
 This is the full list of changes in Webware for Python 3 (first version 3.0.0) compared with Webware for Python 2 (last version 1.2.3):
 
-* Webware for Python 3 now requires Python 3.6 or newer, and makes internal use of newer Python features where applicable. Webware applications must now be migrated to or written for Python 3.
+* Webware for Python 3.0 now requires Python 3.6 or newer, and makes internal use of newer Python features where applicable. Webware applications must now be migrated to or written for Python 3.
 * The "Application" instance is now callable and usable as a WSGI application.
 * The application server ("AppServer" class and subclasses including the "ThreadedAppServer") and the various adapters and start scripts and other related scripts for the application server are not supported anymore. Instead, Webware applications are now supposed to be served as WSGI applications using a WSGI server such as waitress, which is now used as the development server.
 * The "ASSStreamOut" class has been replaced by a "WSGIStreamOut" class. The "Message" class has been removed, since it was not really used for anything, simplifying the class hierarchy a bit.
@@ -31,3 +31,10 @@ This is the full list of changes in Webware for Python 3 (first version 3.0.0) c
 See also the list of `releases`_ on GitHub for all changes in newer releases of Webware for Python 3 since the first alpha release 3.0.0a0.
 
 .. _releases: https://github.com/WebwareForPython/w4py3/releases
+
+What's new in Webware for Python 3.1
+------------------------------------
+
+Webware for Python 3.1 is a minor update making the following changes:
+
+* Webware for Python 3.1 now requires Python 3.10 and supports versions up to Python 3.14.

docs/deploy.rst

@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ If your performance requirements are not that high, you can use `waitress`_ as W
 
 Installation on the Production System
 -------------------------------------
-In order to install your Webware for Python 3 application on the production system, first make sure the minimum required Python 3.6 version is already installed. One popular and recommended option is running a Linux distribution on your production system - see `Installing Python 3 on Linux`_.
+In order to install your Webware for Python 3 application on the production system, first make sure the minimum required Python version is already installed. One popular and recommended option is running a Linux distribution on your production system - see `Installing Python 3 on Linux`_.
 
 .. _Installing Python 3 on Linux: https://docs.python-guide.org/starting/install3/linux/
 
+Note that Webware for Python 3.0 supports Python 3.6 to 3.12, and Webware for Python 3.1 supports Python 3.10 to 3.14.
+
 Next, we recommend creating a virtual environment for your Webware for Python 3 application. We also recommend creating a dedicated user as owner of your application, and placing the virtual environment into the home directory of that user. When you are logged in as that user under Linux, you can create the virtual environment with the following command. If you get an error, you may need to install ``python3-venv`` as an additional Linux package before you can run this command::
 
     python3 -m venv .venv

docs/install.rst

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Installation
 Python Version
 --------------
 
-Webware for Python 3 requires at least Python version 3.6.
+Webware for Python 3.1 requires at least Python version 3.10.
 
 
 Create a Virtual Environment

docs/migrate.rst

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ First you should check whether the plug-ins your application is using are still
 Migrate your application to Python 3
 ------------------------------------
 
-The main migration effort will be porting your Webware application from Python 2 to Python 3. More precisely, Webware for Python 3 requires Python 3.6 or newer. This effort is necessary anyway, if you want to keep your Webware application alive for some more years, because the Python foundation declared to end Python 2 support on January 1st 2020, which means that Python 2 will also not be supported by newer operating systems anymore and not even get security updates anymore. The positive aspect of this is that your Webware application will run slightly faster and you can now make use of all the modern Python features and libraries in your application. Particularly, f-strings can be very handy when creating Webware applications.
+The main migration effort will be porting your Webware application from Python 2 to Python 3. More precisely, Webware for Python 3.0 requires Python 3.6 to 3.12, while Webware for Python 3.1 requires Python 3.10 to 3.14. This effort is necessary anyway, if you want to keep your Webware application alive for some more years, because the Python foundation declared to end Python 2 support on January 1st 2020, which means that Python 2 will also not be supported by newer operating systems anymore and not even get security updates anymore. The positive aspect of this is that your Webware application will run slightly faster and you can now make use of all the modern Python features and libraries in your application. Particularly, f-strings can be very handy when creating Webware applications.
 
 We will not go into the details of migrating your application from Python 2 to Python 3 here, since much good advice is already available on the Internet, for instance:
 

docs/plugins.rst

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The ``Properties.py`` file should contain a number of assignments::
     name = "Plugin name"
     version = (1, 0, 0)
     status = 'beta'
-    requiredPyVersion = (3, 6)
+    requiredPyVersion = (3, 10)
     requiredOpSys = 'posix'
     synopsis = """A paragraph-long description of the plugin"""
     webwareConfig = {

pyproject.toml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["web", "framework", "servlets"]
 license = {text = "MIT"}
 # must match properties.requiredPyVersion
-requires-python = ">=3.6"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "Environment :: Web Environment",
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -45,38 +41,38 @@ Documentation = "https://webwareforpython.github.io/w4py3/"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "Pygments>=2.14,<3",
+    "Pygments>=2.19,<3",
     "WebTest>=3,<4",
-    "waitress>=2,<3",
-    "hupper>=1.10,<2",
+    "waitress>=3,<4",
+    "hupper>=1.12,<2",
 ]
 docs = [
-    "Sphinx>=5,<7",
-    "sphinx_rtd_theme>=1.1",
+    "Sphinx>=8,<9",
+    "sphinx_rtd_theme>=3,<4",
 ]
 examples = [
     "DBUtils>=3,<4",
-    "dominate>=2.7,<3",
-    "yattag>=1.15,<2",
-    "Pygments>=2.14,<3",
-    "Pillow>=8,<12",
+    "dominate>=2.9,<3",
+    "yattag>=1.16,<2",
+    "Pillow>=11,<12",
+    "Pygments>=2.19,<3",
 ]
 tests = [
-    "psutil>=5.9,<7",
-    "flake8>=5,<7",
-    "pylint>=2.13,<3",
-    "tox>=3.28,<5",
+    "psutil>=7,<8",
+    "flake8>=7,<8",
+    "pylint>=3,<4",
+    "tox>=4,<5",
     "pywin32>=300,<400; sys_platform=='win32' and implementation_name=='cpython'",
     # include dev dependencies
-    "Pygments>=2.14,<3",
+    "Pygments>=2.19,<3",
     "WebTest>=3,<4",
-    "waitress>=2,<3",
-    "hupper>=1.10,<2",
+    "waitress>=3,<4",
+    "hupper>=1.12,<2",
     # include example dependencies
     "DBUtils>=3,<4",
-    "dominate>=2.7,<3",
-    "yattag>=1.15,<2",
-    "Pillow>=8,<12",
+    "dominate>=2.9,<3",
+    "yattag>=1.16,<2",
+    "Pillow>=11,<12",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]

tox.ini

@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py{36,37,38,39,310,311,312}, pypy3, flake8, pylint, docs, manifest
+envlist = py3{10,11,12}, pypy3{10,11}, flake8, pylint, docs, manifest
 
 [testenv:flake8]
-basepython = python3.11
-deps = flake8>=6,<7
+basepython = python3.12
+deps = flake8>=7,<8
 commands =
     flake8 webware
 
 [testenv:pylint]
-basepython = python3.11
-deps = pylint>=2.16,<3
+basepython = python3.12
+deps = pylint>=3,<4
 commands =
     pylint webware
 
 [testenv:docs]
-basepython = python3.11
+basepython = python3.12
 extras =
     docs
 commands =
     sphinx-build -b html -nEW docs docs/_build/html
 
 [testenv:manifest]
-basepython = python3.11
-deps = check-manifest>=0.49
+basepython = python3.12
+deps = check-manifest>=0.50
 commands =
     check-manifest -v