From 6c890a841dd6e40b6e6b6862ca12b785d372740c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leandro Lucarella <luca-frequenz@llucax.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:11:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Widen pytest version upper bound to accept v9.x

Signed-off-by: Leandro Lucarella <luca-frequenz@llucax.com>
---
 RELEASE_NOTES.md | 34 +---------------------------------
 pyproject.toml   |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 15f6883b..d0c0b638 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,37 +1,5 @@
 # Frequenz Repository Configuration Release Notes
 
-## Summary
-
-<!-- Here goes a general summary of what this release is about -->
-
-## Upgrading
-
-<!-- Here goes notes on how to upgrade from previous versions, including deprecations and what they should be replaced with -->
-
-### Cookiecutter template
-
-All upgrading should be done via the migration script or regenerating the templates.
-
-```bash
-curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/frequenz-floss/frequenz-repo-config-python/v0.12/cookiecutter/migrate.py | python3
-```
-
-But you might still need to adapt your code:
-
-<!-- Here upgrade steps for cookiecutter specifically -->
-
 ## New Features
 
-* Pylint4 is now supported.
-
-### Cookiecutter template
-
-- Dependencies have been updated.
-
-## Bug Fixes
-
-<!-- Here goes notable bug fixes that are worth a special mention or explanation -->
-
-### Cookiecutter template
-
-<!-- Here bug fixes for cookiecutter specifically -->
+* Pytest v9.x is now supported.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1f90aaaa..87f461f2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ lib = []
 model = []
 extra-lint-examples = [
   "pylint >= 2.17.3, < 5",
-  "pytest >= 7.3.0, < 9",
+  "pytest >= 7.3.0, < 10",
   "sybil >= 6.1.1, < 10",
 ]
 dev-flake8 = [

From ee7d45189a0b3eeb5d532e460c2bb696e471c10e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leandro Lucarella <luca-frequenz@llucax.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:51:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Bump pytest and pylint dependencies

Signed-off-by: Leandro Lucarella <luca-frequenz@llucax.com>
---
 pyproject.toml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 87f461f2..67085712 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ dev-pylint = [
   "setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 81", # Should match the api dependency
 ]
 dev-pytest = [
-  "pytest == 8.3.5",
-  "pylint == 4.0.0", # We need this to check for the examples
+  "pytest == 9.0.1",
+  "pylint == 4.0.3", # We need this to check for the examples
   "cookiecutter == 2.6.0", # For checking the cookiecutter scripts
   "jinja2 == 3.1.6", # For checking the cookiecutter scripts
   "sybil >= 6.1.1, < 10", # Should be consistent with the extra-lint-examples dependency