Drop support for Python 3.9 (#9781)

Author: auvipy

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version:
-        - '3.9'
         - '3.10'
         - '3.11'
         - '3.12'
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       run: tox run -f py$(echo ${{ matrix.python-version }} | tr -d . | cut -f 1 -d '-')
 
     - name: Run extra tox targets
-      if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.9' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.13' }}
       run: |
         tox -e base,dist,docs
 
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
-        python-version: '3.9'
+        python-version: '3.13'
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: pip install -r requirements/requirements-documentation.txt

README.md

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Some reasons you might want to use REST framework:
 
 # Requirements
 
-* Python 3.9+
+* Python 3.10+
 * Django 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2
 
 We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest patch release of

docs/index.md

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ continued development by **[signing up for a paid plan][funding]**.
 REST framework requires the following:
 
 * Django (4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2)
-* Python (3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13)
+* Python (3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13)
 
 We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest patch release of
 each Python and Django series.

pyproject.toml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description = "Web APIs for Django, made easy."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 authors = [ { name = "Tom Christie", email = "[email protected]" } ]
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
   "Environment :: Web Environment",
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Operating System :: OS Independent",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "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",

tox.ini

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
 envlist =
-       {py39}-{django42}
        {py310}-{django42,django51,django52}
        {py311}-{django42,django51,django52}
        {py312}-{django42,django51,django52,djangomain}