Merge pull request #449 from hoijnet/fix/minimum-version-python

Fix/minimum version python

Author: hoijnet

.github/workflows/python.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Thanks for interested to contribute to TerminusDB Client, to get started, fork t
 
 ## Setting up dev environment 💻
 
-Make sure you have Python>=3.8 installed. We use [pipenv](https://pipenv-fork.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) for dev environment, to install pipenv:
+Make sure you have Python>=3.9 installed. We use [pipenv](https://pipenv-fork.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) for dev environment, to install pipenv:
 
 `pip3 install pipenv --upgrade`
 

README.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ graph all through a simple document API, with full git-for-data version control.
 ## Requirements
 
 - [TerminusDB v11.1](https://github.com/terminusdb/terminusdb-server)
-- [Python >=3.8](https://www.python.org/downloads)
+- [Python >=3.9](https://www.python.org/downloads)
 
 ## Release Notes and Previous Versions
 

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 
 ## v11.1.0
 
-- Add support for python 3.12
+- Add support for python 3.12 and deprecate python 3.8 (end of life)
 - Aligned with TerminusDB 11.1 overall and general preparation for v11.2.0
 
-### Bug fixes
+### Bug fixes and maintenance
 
 - Fix schema parameter to database construction
+- Update minimum Python version to 3.9 for urllib3 2.5.0 compatibility
+- Include latest security updates
 
 ## v10.2.6
 

docs/release_steps.md

@@ -24,14 +24,21 @@ git push origin main --tags
 
 ## Details
 
+### Create tag manually
+
+```bash
+git tag -s v11.1.0 -m "Release v11.1.0"
+git push origin main --tags
+```
+
 ### What bumpversion updates
 - `terminusdb_client/__version__.py`
 - `pyproject.toml`
 - `.bumpversion.cfg`
 
 ### Automated deployment
 Pushing a tag triggers GitHub Actions to:
-- Run tests (Python 3.8-3.12)
+- Run tests (Python 3.9-3.12)
 - Build with Poetry
 - Publish to PyPI
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "Apache Software License"
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.8.0,<3.13"
+python = ">=3.9.0,<3.13"
 requests = "^2.31.0"
 numpy = ">= 1.13.0"
 numpydoc = "*"