removed ubuntu-20.04 from CI / fixed #13758 - removed support for Python 3.6

.github/workflows/CI-unixish.yml

@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, macos-13]
-        include:
-          - use_qt6: On
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
-            use_qt6: Off
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, macos-13]
       fail-fast: false # Prefer quick result
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -44,13 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ matrix.os }}
 
       - name: Install missing software on ubuntu
-        if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') && matrix.use_qt6 == 'Off'
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils libtinyxml2-dev qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev libqt5charts5-dev qtchooser
-
-      - name: Install missing software on ubuntu
-        if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') && matrix.use_qt6 == 'On'
+        if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils libtinyxml2-dev
@@ -68,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: CMake build on ubuntu (with GUI / system tinyxml2)
         if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
         run: |
-          cmake -S . -B cmake.output.tinyxml2 -G "Unix Makefiles" -DHAVE_RULES=On -DBUILD_TESTS=On -DBUILD_GUI=On -DUSE_QT6=${{ matrix.use_qt6 }} -DWITH_QCHART=On -DBUILD_TRIAGE=On -DUSE_BUNDLED_TINYXML2=Off -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=On -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
+          cmake -S . -B cmake.output.tinyxml2 -G "Unix Makefiles" -DHAVE_RULES=On -DBUILD_TESTS=On -DBUILD_GUI=On -DUSE_QT6=On -DWITH_QCHART=On -DBUILD_TRIAGE=On -DUSE_BUNDLED_TINYXML2=Off -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=On -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
           cmake --build cmake.output.tinyxml2 -- -j$(nproc)
 
       - name: CMake build on macos (with GUI / system tinyxml2)
@@ -85,11 +75,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, macos-13]
-        include:
-          - use_qt6: On
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
-            use_qt6: Off
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, macos-13]
       fail-fast: false # Prefer quick result
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -108,12 +94,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           key: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ matrix.os }}
 
-      - name: Install missing software on ubuntu
-        if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') && matrix.use_qt6 == 'Off'
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev libqt5charts5-dev qtchooser
-
       # TODO: move latest compiler to separate step
       # TODO: bail out on warnings with latest GCC
       - name: Set up GCC
@@ -129,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "CXX=g++-13" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Install missing software on ubuntu
-        if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') && matrix.use_qt6 == 'On'
+        if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils
@@ -147,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run CMake on ubuntu (with GUI)
         if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
         run: |
-          cmake -S . -B cmake.output -G "Unix Makefiles" -DHAVE_RULES=On -DBUILD_TESTS=On -DBUILD_GUI=On -DUSE_QT6=${{ matrix.use_qt6 }} -DWITH_QCHART=On -DBUILD_TRIAGE=On -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=On -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cppcheck-cmake-install
+          cmake -S . -B cmake.output -G "Unix Makefiles" -DHAVE_RULES=On -DBUILD_TESTS=On -DBUILD_GUI=On -DUSE_QT6=On -DWITH_QCHART=On -DBUILD_TRIAGE=On -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=On -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cppcheck-cmake-install
 
       - name: Run CMake on macos (with GUI)
         if: contains(matrix.os, 'macos')
@@ -175,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, macos-13]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, macos-13]
       fail-fast: false # Prefer quick result
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -209,7 +189,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, macos-13]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, macos-13]
       fail-fast: false # Prefer quick result
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -243,7 +223,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, macos-13]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, macos-13]
       fail-fast: false # Prefer quick result
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -267,7 +247,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, macos-13]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, macos-13]
         include:
           - xdist_n: auto
           # FIXME: test_color_tty fails with xdist

.github/workflows/scriptcheck.yml

@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   build:
 
-    # 'ubuntu-22.04' removes Python 3.6 so keep the previous LTS version
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -46,11 +45,10 @@ jobs:
   scriptcheck:
 
     needs: build
-    # 'ubuntu-22.04' removes Python 3.6 so keep the previous LTS version
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    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
@@ -107,7 +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
@@ -158,9 +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)