ci: drop python/3.9

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This file is a template, and might need editing before it works on your project.
 # Official language image. Look for the different tagged releases at:
 # https://hub.docker.com/r/library/python/tags/
-image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.9
+image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.10
 #commands to run in the Docker container before starting each job.
 variables:
   DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
@@ -91,23 +91,16 @@ tests:
         coverage_format: cobertura
         path: coverage.xml
 
-#tests-3.9-pyqt5: #todo enable when we decide what qt distributions we want to support
+#tests-3.10-pyqt5: #todo enable when we decide what qt distributions we want to support
 #  extends: "tests"
 #  stage: AdditionalTests
-#  image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.9
+#  image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.10
 #  script:
 #    - apt-get update
 #    - apt-get install -y libgl1-mesa-glx libegl1-mesa x11-utils libxkbcommon-x11-0 libdbus-1-3
 #    - pip install .[dev,pyqt5]
 #    - pytest -v --random-order ./tests
 
-tests-3.10:
-  extends: "tests"
-  stage: AdditionalTests
-  image: $CI_DOCKER_REGISTRY/python:3.10
-  allow_failure: true
-
-
 tests-3.11:
   extends: "tests"
   stage: AdditionalTests

.pylintrc

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ persistent=yes
 
 # Minimum Python version to use for version dependent checks. Will default to
 # the version used to run pylint.
-py-version=3.9
+py-version=3.10
 
 # When enabled, pylint would attempt to guess common misconfiguration and emit
 # user-friendly hints instead of false-positive error messages.

.readthedocs.yaml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-20.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.9"
+    python: "3.10"
 
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:

docs/user/installation.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Before installing BEC Widgets, please ensure the following requirements are met:
 
-1. **Python Version:** BEC Widgets requires Python version 3.9 or higher. Verify your Python version to ensure compatibility.
+1. **Python Version:** BEC Widgets requires Python version 3.10 or higher. Verify your Python version to ensure compatibility.
 2. **BEC Installation:** BEC Widgets works in conjunction with BEC. While BEC is a dependency and will be installed automatically, you can find more information about BEC and its installation process in the [BEC documentation](https://beamline-experiment-control.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
 
 **Standard Installation**

setup.cfg

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ classifiers =
 package_dir =
     = .
 packages = find:
-python_requires = >=3.9
+python_requires = >=3.10
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = .