From 54f39d43043d141d906f6066cd28eadf720ec97a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Joanis <eric.joanis@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:57:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] build(deps): drop support for Python 3.9

---
 .github/workflows/matrix-tests.yml |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/tests.yml        |  4 ++--
 README.md                          |  4 ++--
 pyproject.toml                     |  3 +--
 readalongs/__init__.py             | 17 -----------------
 run_tests.py                       |  5 +----
 6 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/matrix-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/matrix-tests.yml
index c8d7f672..795500ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/matrix-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/matrix-tests.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-24.04, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 7ec12f04..12320d5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.9"
+          python-version: "3.10"
           cache: "pip"
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.9"
+          python-version: "3.10"
           cache: "pip"
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9aadd564..658b5f34 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Optionally a book can be generated as a standalone HTML page, XHTML, Praat TextG
 
 ### The short version
 
-Install [FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/) and Python 3.9 or higher.
+Install [FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/) and Python 3.10 or higher.
 
 Run:
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Run:
 
 Before you can install the ReadAlong Studio, you will need to install these dependencies:
 
- - Python, version 3.9 or higher,
+ - Python, version 3.10 or higher,
  - [FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/),
  - a C compiler (sometimes required for some dependant libraries),
  - Git (optional, needed to get the current development version).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7b5b3dcf..db29f1f1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 [project]
 name = "readalongs"
 dynamic = ["version"]
-requires-python = ">= 3.9"
+requires-python = ">= 3.10"
 description = "ReadAlong Studio: Audiobook alignment for Indigenous languages"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
diff --git a/readalongs/__init__.py b/readalongs/__init__.py
index 8ae054c2..e69de29b 100644
--- a/readalongs/__init__.py
+++ b/readalongs/__init__.py
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Root module for the readalongs text/audio aligner.
-
-Version for setuptools is changed here
-Minimum Python version requirements is also validated here
-
-The command line interface is defined in readalongs.cli.
-The main alignment module is readalongs.align.
-"""
-
-import sys
-
-if sys.version_info < (3, 9, 0):  # pragma: no cover
-    sys.exit(
-        f"Python 3.9 or more recent is required. You are using {sys.version}. "
-        "Please use a newer version of Python."
-    )
diff --git a/run_tests.py b/run_tests.py
index 717a9bcb..1593193a 100755
--- a/run_tests.py
+++ b/run_tests.py
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ def pytest_collection_modifyitems(self, session, config, items):
 def list_tests(suite: List[str]):
     plugin = PytestCollectorPlugin()
     pytest_args = ["--collect-only", *suite, "-q"]
-    if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
-        with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()):  # broken with py 3.8/3.9...
-            pytest.main(pytest_args, plugins=[plugin])
-    else:
+    with redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()):
         pytest.main(pytest_args, plugins=[plugin])
     # print("===========\n", o.getvalue(), "\n================")
     return plugin.collected