fixed #13758 - removed support for Python 3.6

Author: firewave

.github/workflows/scriptcheck.yml

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         include:
           - python-version: '3.13'
             python-latest: true
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.python-latest
         run: |
           shopt -s globstar
-          pylint --jobs $(nproc) --py-version 3.6 addons/**/*.py htmlreport/cppcheck-htmlreport htmlreport/**/*.py test/**/*.py tools/**/*.py
+          pylint --jobs $(nproc) --py-version 3.7 addons/**/*.py htmlreport/cppcheck-htmlreport htmlreport/**/*.py test/**/*.py tools/**/*.py
 
       - name: check .json files
         if: matrix.python-latest
@@ -156,9 +156,7 @@ jobs:
           test/tools/htmlreport/test_htmlreport.py
           test/tools/htmlreport/check.sh
 
-      # Python 3.6 is excluded as it is not supported by setuptools-scm package for getting package version
       - name: test htmlreport (pip)
-        if: matrix.python-version != '3.6'
         run: |
           python -m venv venv
           source venv/bin/activate

cmake/findDependencies.cmake

@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ if(NOT Python_Interpreter_FOUND)
         set(USE_MATCHCOMPILER_OPT "Off")
     endif()
 else()
-    if(${Python_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.6)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "The minimum supported Python version is 3.6 - found ${Python_VERSION}")
+    if(${Python_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.7)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "The minimum supported Python version is 3.7 - found ${Python_VERSION}")
     endif()
 endif()
 

releasenotes.txt

@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ Other:
 - added CMake target `run-clang-tidy-csa` to run Clang Static Analyzer
 - added CMake option `ENABLE_CSA_ALPHA` to enable the Clang Static Analyzer alpha checkers
 - Updated TinyXML-2 to v11.0.0
+- The minimum supported Python version has been bumped to 3.7.
 -

tools/donate-cpu.py

@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@
         print('Unhandled argument: ' + arg)
         sys.exit(1)
 
-if sys.version_info.major < 3 or (sys.version_info.major == 3 and sys.version_info.minor < 6):
+if sys.version_info.major < 3 or (sys.version_info.major == 3 and sys.version_info.minor < 7):
     print("#" * 80)
     print("IMPORTANT")
-    print("Please run the client with at least Python 3.6, thanks!")
+    print("Please run the client with at least Python 3.7, thanks!")
     print("#" * 80)
     time.sleep(2)
     sys.exit(1)