From cabf1527bc66f8c1975df7a9a1bb5d7c55e79ab0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude Paroz <claude@2xlibre.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 14:35:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Drop support for Python 3.9

Python 3.9 is EOL end of October 2025.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/test.yml    | 4 ++--
 CHANGES.rst                   | 2 +-
 docs/requirements.rst         | 2 +-
 pyproject.toml                | 3 +--
 tox.ini                       | 7 +++----
 6 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index cc3a4ddf8..17820dc87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: 3.10
 
       - name: Get pip cache dir
         id: pip-cache
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 41abd8d2a..d25fb91ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.9', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.13']
         target: [pil, imagemagick, graphicsmagick, redis, wand, dbm]
 
         include:
-          - python-version: '3.9'
+          - python-version: '3.10'
             target: 'qa'
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index f6ad2f580..1d02c7c4b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Unreleased
   storage OPTIONS (like bucket names and credentials) are preserved when thumbnails are
   cached and retrieved. Fixes issues with S3, Google Cloud Storage, and other cloud backends.
 * Confirmed support for Python 3.13 (on Django 5.1+).
-* Drop support for Python 3.8.
+* Drop support for Python 3.8 and 3.9.
 * Add support for Django 5.2
 
 12.11.0
diff --git a/docs/requirements.rst b/docs/requirements.rst
index 6f170d766..893a1576a 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.rst
+++ b/docs/requirements.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Requirements
  
 Base requirements
 =================
-- `Python`_ 3.9+
+- `Python`_ 3.10+
 - `Django`_
 - :ref:`kvstore-requirements`
 - :ref:`image-library`
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b58f00727..81d0eb401 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ authors = [
 maintainers = [
   {name = "Jazzband", email = "roadies@jazzband.co"}
 ]
-requires-python = ">= 3.9"
+requires-python = ">= 3.10"
 classifiers=[
     'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
     'Environment :: Web Environment',
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ classifiers=[
     'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
     'Operating System :: OS Independent',
     'Programming Language :: Python',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 610a5084f..9755b5d5d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-  3.9: py39
   3.10: py310
   3.11: py311
   3.12: py312
@@ -24,8 +23,8 @@ TARGET =
 [tox]
 skipsdist = True
 envlist =
-  py39-qa,
-  py{39,310,311,312}-django{42}-{pil,imagemagick,graphicsmagick,redis,dynamodb,wand,pgmagick,dbm,vipsthumbnail}
+  py310-qa,
+  py{310,311,312}-django{42}-{pil,imagemagick,graphicsmagick,redis,dynamodb,wand,pgmagick,dbm,vipsthumbnail}
   py{310,311,312}-django{50}-{pil,imagemagick,graphicsmagick,redis,dynamodb,wand,pgmagick,dbm,vipsthumbnail}
   py{310,311,312,313}-django{51}-{pil,imagemagick,graphicsmagick,redis,dynamodb,wand,pgmagick,dbm,vipsthumbnail}
   py{310,311,312,313}-django{52}-{pil,imagemagick,graphicsmagick,redis,dynamodb,wand,pgmagick,dbm,vipsthumbnail}
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ commands =
   coverage report -m
   coverage xml
 
-[testenv:py39-qa]
+[testenv:py310-qa]
 skip_install = True
 deps =
   ruff