drop Python 3.9 support (#172)

.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml

@@ -35,41 +35,40 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
           show-diff-on-failure: false
 
-#  docs-style:
-#    name: Documentation style check
-#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-#    steps:
-#      - name: PyAnsys documentation style checks
-#        uses: ansys/actions/doc-style@v4
-#        with:
-#          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  #  docs-style:
+  #    name: Documentation style check
+  #    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #    steps:
+  #      - name: PyAnsys documentation style checks
+  #        uses: ansys/actions/doc-style@v4
+  #        with:
+  #          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
   smoke-tests:
     name: Build and smoke tests
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    needs: [style]
+    needs: [ style ]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.11', '3.12' ]
     steps:
       - name: Build wheelhouse and perform smoke test
         uses: ansys/actions/build-wheelhouse@v8
         with:
           library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
-          library-namespace: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAMESPACE }}
           operating-system: ${{ matrix.os }}
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
   test:
     name: Testing
-    needs: [smoke-tests]
+    needs: [ smoke-tests ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
-        python-version: [ '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.11', '3.12' ]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
   docs:
     name: Build docs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-#    needs: [docs-style]
+    #    needs: [docs-style]
     steps:
       - name: Run Ansys documentation building action
         uses: ansys/actions/doc-build@v8
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
 
   package:
     name: Package library
-    needs: [test, docs]
+    needs: [ test, docs ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Build library source and wheel artifacts
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
   release:
     name: Release project
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    needs: [package]
+    needs: [ package ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Release to the public PyPI repository
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Upload dev documentation
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [package]
+    needs: [ package ]
     steps:
       - name: Deploy the latest documentation
         uses: ansys/actions/doc-deploy-dev@v8
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Upload release documentation
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [release]
+    needs: [ release ]
     steps:
       - name: Deploy the stable documentation
         uses: ansys/actions/doc-deploy-stable@v8
@@ -178,12 +177,11 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           bot-user: ${{ secrets.PYANSYS_CI_BOT_USERNAME }}
           bot-email: ${{ secrets.PYANSYS_CI_BOT_EMAIL }}
-          python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
   build-failure:
     name: Teams notify on failure
     if: failure() && (github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.ref_type == 'tag')
-    needs: [ style, test]
+    needs: [ style, test ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/nightly-docs.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 name: Nightly Documentation Build
 
 on:
-  schedule:  # UTC at 0400 - 12am EDT
-    - cron:  '0 4 * * *'
+  schedule: # UTC at 0400 - 12am EDT
+    - cron: '0 4 * * *'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:

.github/workflows/nightly.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
-  MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION: '3.12'
+  MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION: '3.10'
   PACKAGE_NAME: 'ansys-dynamicreporting-core'
   PACKAGE_NAMESPACE: 'ansys.dynamicreporting.core'
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
-        python-version: [ '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.10', '3.11', '3.12' ]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.gitignore

@@ -74,3 +74,4 @@ doc/_build
 # TIFF files
 *.tiff
 _test_enhanced_images.py
+test_adr_sls.py

README.rst

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ To reach the project support team, email `[email protected] <pyansys.core@a
 
 Installation
 ------------
-The ``pydynamicreporting`` package supports Python 3.9 through 3.12 on
+The ``pydynamicreporting`` package supports Python 3.10 through 3.12 on
 Windows and Linux. It is currently available on the PyPi
 `repository <https://pypi.org/project/ansys-dynamicreporting-core/>`_.
 
@@ -76,17 +76,6 @@ To install the package, simply run
 
    pip install ansys-dynamicreporting-core
 
-
-Alternatively, the user can download the repository and locally build the
-package. Two modes of installation are available:
-
-- Developer installation
-- User installation
-
-
-The code provided for both installation modes use a `virtual environment
-<https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html>`_.
-
 Developer installation
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 To clone and install the ``pydynamicreporting`` package in development mode,
@@ -101,16 +90,15 @@ run this code:
    source venv/bin/activate  # (.\venv\Scripts\activate for Windows shell)
    make install-dev  # install pydynamicreporting in editable mode
 
-
 The preceding code creates an "editable" installation that lets you develop and test
 PyDynamicReporting at the same time.
 
-User installation
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-To build and create a production-like installation:
+To build and create a production-like installation, first install
+`chocolatey <https://chocolatey.org/install>`_. Then:
 
 .. code::
 
+   choco install make  # install make
    make clean  # clean
    make build   # build
    # this replaces the editable installation done previously. If you don't want to replace,
@@ -119,12 +107,15 @@ To build and create a production-like installation:
    # you can skip the steps above and just do 'make all'
    make smoketest  # test import
 
-
 Local GitHub Actions
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 To run GitHub Actions on your local desktop (recommended), install the
 `act <https://github.com/nektos/act#readme>`_ package.
 
+.. code::
+
+   choco install act-cli
+
 To run a job, such as the ``style`` job from the ``ci_cd.yml`` file, use
 this command, where ``style`` is the job name:
 
@@ -142,6 +133,9 @@ Dependencies
 To use PyDynamicReporting, you must have a locally installed and licensed copy
 of Ansys 2023 R2 or later.
 
+To use PyDynamicReporting Serverless (ansys.dynamicreporting.core.serverless),
+you must have a locally installed and licensed copy of Ansys 2025 R1 or later.
+
 Basic usage
 -----------
 This code shows how to start the simplest PyDynamicReporting session:

pyproject.toml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ requires = [
 
 [project]
 name = "ansys-dynamicreporting-core"
-version = "0.8.0.dev0"
+version = "0.9.0.dev0"
 authors = [
     {name = "ANSYS, Inc.", email = "[email protected]"},
 ]
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ maintainers = [
 ]
 description = "Python interface to Ansys Dynamic Reporting"
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 keywords = ["dynamicreporting", "pydynamicreporting", "pyansys", "ansys"]
 license = {text = "MIT"}
 classifiers = [
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Natural Language :: English",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",