From 31c58c29d5a892e9d534493afe806a11972b668e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 18:53:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove references to Python 3.9

---
 .github/workflows/test_linux.yml | 2 +-
 README.md                        | 2 +-
 novelwriter/__init__.py          | 4 ++--
 pyproject.toml                   | 3 +--
 setup/debian/control             | 6 +++---
 setup/description_pypi.md        | 2 +-
 setup/launchpad_setup.cfg        | 3 +--
 7 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml
index 83db7924..4c967dba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
   testLinux:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
       fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e690554..3ac3c385 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ documentation.
 
 ## Implementation
 
-novelWriter is written with Python 3 (3.9+) using Qt5 and PyQt5 (5.15 only), and is released on
+novelWriter is written with Python 3 (3.10+) using Qt5 and PyQt5 (5.15 only), and is released on
 Linux, Windows and macOS. It can in principle run on any Operating System that also supports Qt,
 PyQt and Python.
 
diff --git a/novelwriter/__init__.py b/novelwriter/__init__.py
index 3eaf6cdd..7e9f74f1 100644
--- a/novelwriter/__init__.py
+++ b/novelwriter/__init__.py
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ def main(sysArgs: list | None = None) -> GuiMain | None:
     # Check Packages and Versions
     errorData = []
     errorCode = 0
-    if sys.hexversion < 0x030900f0:
+    if sys.hexversion < 0x030a00f0:
         errorData.append(
-            "At least Python 3.9 is required, found %s" % CONFIG.verPyString
+            "At least Python 3.10 is required, found %s" % CONFIG.verPyString
         )
         errorCode |= 0x04
     if CONFIG.verQtValue < 0x050f00:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 08f4d999..79ecd45b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ readme = {file = "setup/description_pypi.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
 license = {text = "GNU General Public License v3"}
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Natural Language :: English",
     "Topic :: Text Editors",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     "pyqt5>=5.15",
     "pyenchant>=3.0.0",
diff --git a/setup/debian/control b/setup/debian/control
index 6e5504a2..9f9e5756 100644
--- a/setup/debian/control
+++ b/setup/debian/control
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ Source: novelwriter
 Maintainer: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <code@vkbo.net>
 Section: text
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: dh-python, python3-setuptools, python3-all, debhelper (>= 9), python3 (>=3.9), python3-pyqt5 (>= 5.15), python3-enchant (>= 2.0)
+Build-Depends: dh-python, python3-setuptools, python3-all, debhelper (>= 9), python3 (>=3.10), python3-pyqt5 (>= 5.15), python3-enchant (>= 2.0)
 Standards-Version: 4.5.1
 Homepage: https://novelwriter.io
-X-Python3-Version: >= 3.9
+X-Python3-Version: >= 3.10
 
 Package: novelwriter
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, python3 (>=3.9), python3-pyqt5 (>= 5.15), python3-enchant (>= 2.0)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, python3 (>=3.10), python3-pyqt5 (>= 5.15), python3-enchant (>= 2.0)
 Description: A markdown-like text editor for planning and writing novels
  novelWriter is a plain text editor designed for writing novels assembled from
  many smaller text documents. It uses a minimal formatting syntax inspired by
diff --git a/setup/description_pypi.md b/setup/description_pypi.md
index a774e10b..336a2e1c 100644
--- a/setup/description_pypi.md
+++ b/setup/description_pypi.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ synchronisation tools. All text is saved as plain text files with a meta data he
 project structure is stored in a single project XML file, and other meta data is primarily saved as
 JSON files.
 
-The application is written with Python 3 (3.9+) using Qt5 and PyQt5 (5.10+). It is developed on
+The application is written with Python 3 (3.10+) using Qt5 and PyQt5 (5.10+). It is developed on
 Linux, but should in principle work fine on other operating systems as well as long as dependencies
 are met. It is regularly tested on Debian and Ubuntu Linux, Windows, and MacOS.
 
diff --git a/setup/launchpad_setup.cfg b/setup/launchpad_setup.cfg
index e2dcb12c..74b3360d 100644
--- a/setup/launchpad_setup.cfg
+++ b/setup/launchpad_setup.cfg
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ license_files = LICENSE.md
 license = GNU General Public License v3
 classifiers =
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ project_urls =
 
 [options]
 zip_safe = False
-python_requires = >=3.9
+python_requires = >=3.10
 include_package_data = True
 packages = find_namespace:
 install_requires =