From 3f1f6744396c9cf4bb3af5fe87dbb15a285f11b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nstelter-slac <nstelter@slac.stanford.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 11:06:51 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] MNT: support python 3.9+, since 3.8 and older are at
 end-of-life

---
 .github/workflows/run-tests.yml | 2 +-
 README.md                       | 2 +-
 conda-recipe/meta.yaml          | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index 65e7192b8..b2ef7c864 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10']
         pyqt-version: [5.12.3, 5.15.9]
     env:
       DISPLAY: ':99.0'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a71f6a16..cc58e6c31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ as the abstraction layer for the Qt Python wrappers (PyQt5/PyQt4/PySide2/PySide)
 **All tests are performed with PyQt5**.
 
 # Prerequisites
-* Python 3.7+
+* Python 3.9+
 * Qt 5.6 or higher
 * qtpy
 * PyQt5 >= 5.7 or any other Qt Python wrapper.
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 4a13dbe23..1d5a69b8f 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ build:
 
 requirements:
   host:
-    - python
+    - python >=3.9
     - pip
     - setuptools
     - pyqt =5
     - qtpy
   run:
-    - python
+    - python >=3.9
     - six
     - numpy
     - scipy