# HG changeset patch
# User Mads Kiilerich <mads@kiilerich.com>
# Date 2025-10-05 13:57:28
# Node ID 3adaa1a904200e0553a244c185b562133ccc224a
# Parent  7a953fc22c99957d9a63fb549c6e141a6b4ba296

setup: bump minimum Python version to 3.9

3.8 was EOL a year ago. Mercurial also only supports 3.9 and later.

diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst
--- a/docs/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing.rst
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ of Mercurial's (https://www.mercurial-sc
 consistency with existing code. Run ``scripts/run-all-cleanup`` before
 committing to ensure some basic code formatting consistency.
 
-We support Python 3.6 and later.
+We support Python 3.9 and later.
 
 We try to support the most common modern web browsers. IE9 is still supported
 to the extent it is feasible, IE8 is not.
diff --git a/docs/overview.rst b/docs/overview.rst
--- a/docs/overview.rst
+++ b/docs/overview.rst
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Python environment
 ------------------
 
 **Kallithea** is written entirely in Python_ and requires Python version
-3.6 or higher.
+3.9 or higher.
 
 Given a Python installation, there are different ways of providing the
 environment for running Python applications. Each of them pretty much
diff --git a/kallithea/__init__.py b/kallithea/__init__.py
--- a/kallithea/__init__.py
+++ b/kallithea/__init__.py
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ import sys
 import celery
 
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
-    raise Exception('Kallithea requires python 3.6 or later')
+if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+    raise Exception('Kallithea requires python 3.9 or later')
 
 VERSION = (0, 7, 0)
 BACKENDS = {
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import setuptools
 from setuptools.command import sdist
 
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
-    raise Exception('Kallithea requires Python 3.6 or later')
+if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+    raise Exception('Kallithea requires Python 3.9 or later')
 
 
 here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ requirements = [
     "pip >= 20.0, < 24.1",
     "chardet >= 3",
 ]
-if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    requirements.append("importlib-metadata < 5")
 
 dependency_links = [
 ]
@@ -88,9 +86,7 @@ classifiers = [
     'Intended Audience :: Developers',
     'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)',
     'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13',
     'Topic :: Software Development :: Version Control',
 ]