From e676bdc3222045a47e3e06ed702dd7f1c7ba15a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 21:23:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Drop support for Python 3.10

---
 .github/workflows/test_linux.yml | 1 -
 novelwriter/__init__.py          | 4 ++--
 pyproject.toml                   | 5 ++---
 setup/debian/control             | 6 +++---
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml
index b900128f..1f84fa95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
           - "3.12"
           - "3.13"
diff --git a/novelwriter/__init__.py b/novelwriter/__init__.py
index 82200f17..17c0298e 100644
--- a/novelwriter/__init__.py
+++ b/novelwriter/__init__.py
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ def main(sysArgs: list | None = None) -> GuiMain | None:
     # Check Packages and Versions
     errorData = []
     errorCode = 0
-    if sys.hexversion < 0x030a00f0:
+    if sys.hexversion < 0x030b00f0:
         errorData.append(
-            f"At least Python 3.10 is required, found {CONFIG.verPyString}"
+            f"At least Python 3.11 is required, found {CONFIG.verPyString}"
         )
         errorCode |= 0x04
     if CONFIG.verQtValue < 0x060400:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d8ebd34f..fe42db85 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ readme = { file = "setup/description_pypi.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later AND Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0"
 license-files = ["LICENSE.md", "setup/LICENSE-Apache-2.0.txt"]
 dynamic = ["version"]
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ include = ["novelwriter"]
 exclude = ["**/__pycache__"]
 
 reportIncompatibleMethodOverride = false
-pythonVersion = "3.10"
+pythonVersion = "3.11"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 log_level = "DEBUG"
diff --git a/setup/debian/control b/setup/debian/control
index 30c7921c..06d63fa8 100644
--- a/setup/debian/control
+++ b/setup/debian/control
@@ -9,21 +9,21 @@ Build-Depends:
   python3-setuptools,
   python3-all,
   debhelper (>= 9),
-  python3 (>=3.10),
+  python3 (>=3.11),
   python3-pyqt6 (>= 6.4),
   python3-pyqt6.qtsvg (>= 6.4),
   python3-enchant (>= 2.0),
   qt6-image-formats-plugins (>= 6.4)
 Standards-Version: 4.5.1
 Homepage: https://novelwriter.io
-X-Python3-Version: >= 3.10
+X-Python3-Version: >= 3.11
 
 Package: novelwriter
 Architecture: all
 Depends:
   ${misc:Depends},
   ${python3:Depends},
-  python3 (>=3.10),
+  python3 (>=3.11),
   python3-pyqt6 (>= 6.4),
   python3-pyqt6.qtsvg (>= 6.4),
   python3-enchant (>= 2.0),