Support only Python 3.9 and higher

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: GNU/Linux & macOS Build
+name: "🧪 Test"
 
 # Controls when the action will run. Triggers the workflow on push or
 # pull request events but only for the master branch
@@ -8,66 +8,71 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ master ]
 
-# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run
-# sequentially or in parallel
 jobs:
-  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
-  build:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+  test:
+    name: "${{ matrix.os.name }} (${{ matrix.cpython }})"
+    runs-on: "${{ matrix.os.runner }}"
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: "bash"
 
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        os:
+          - name: "Linux"
+            runner: "ubuntu-latest"
+          - name: "macOS"
+            runner: "macos-latest"
+        cpython:
+          - "3.9"
+          - "3.10"
+          - "3.11"
+          - "3.12"
 
-    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part
-    # of the job
     steps:
-      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job
-      # can access it
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: setup prerequisites
-        shell: bash
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.cpython }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.cpython }}
+
+      - name: setup prerequisites (Linux)
+        if: matrix.os.name == 'Linux'
         run: |
-          if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ]; then
-            sudo apt install libpcsclite-dev python3-all-dev python3-setuptools swig
-          elif [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "macOS" ]; then
-            brew install swig pylint
-          else
-            echo "$RUNNER_OS not supported"
-            exit 1
-          fi
+          sudo apt install libpcsclite-dev python3-all-dev python3-setuptools swig
+
+      - name: setup prerequisites (macOS)
+        if: matrix.os.name == 'macOS'
+        run: |
+          brew install swig pylint
 
       - name: build
-        shell: bash
         run: |
           python3 -m venv temp
           source temp/bin/activate
           pip install -r dev-requirements.txt 
           make
 
       - name: test run
-        shell: bash
         run: |
           source temp/bin/activate
           make test
 
       - name: coverage
-        shell: bash
         run: |
           source temp/bin/activate
           python3 -m coverage erase
-          python3 -m coverage run $PYTHON -m pytest
+          python3 -m coverage run -m pytest
           python3 -m coverage report
 
-      - name: Covealls
+      - name: Coveralls
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         uses: AndreMiras/coveralls-python-action@develop
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: pylint
-        # pylint on Ubuntu 22.04 is too old
-        if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
-        shell: bash
-        run: pylint --errors-only smartcard || true
+        run: |
+          pylint --errors-only smartcard || true

.github/workflows/windows.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
         windows-arch: ['x86', 'x64']
 
     steps:

ChangeLog

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Unreleased changes
 ==================
    * Remove Python 2 conditional code
    * Migrate a `src/` layout.
+   * Support only Python 3.9 and higher
 
 2.1.1 (September 2024)
 ======================

setup.py

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ def run(self):
       'url': "https://github.com/LudovicRousseau/pyscard",
       'long_description': 'Smartcard package for Python',
       'platforms': ['linux', 'win32'],
+      'python_requires': '>=3.9',
       'packages': ["smartcard",
                    "smartcard.pcsc",
                    "smartcard.pyro",
@@ -134,15 +135,10 @@ def run(self):
           'Operating System :: Unix',
           'Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows',
           'Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-          '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',
           'Topic :: Security',
           ]
       }

src/smartcard/doc/index.rst

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pyscard - Python for smart cards
 
 `pyscard - Python smart card library -
 <https://github.com/LudovicRousseau/pyscard>`_ is a Python module adding
-smart cards support to `Python <http://www.python.org/>`_.
+smart cards support to `Python <http://www.python.org/>`_ 3.9 and higher.
 
 Download
 ********

tox.ini

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 [tox]
 envlist =
     pylint
-    py311
-    py312
+    py3.9
+    py3.10
+    py3.11
+    py3.12
+skip_missing_interpreters = True
 
 [testenv]
 deps =