Deprecate python 3.7 support on Linux, 3.9 is minimum now

.github/workflows/build-and-release.yaml

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-20.04'
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        py_version: [ "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11" ]
+        py_version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13" ]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ OpenAstroTech FirmWare Graphical User Interface -- A graphical way to build and
 ## Supported platforms
 - Windows 64 bit
 - Linux 64 bit
-  - Requires Python 3.7..3.11, git, libc >= 2.28 (check with `ldd --version`)
+  - Requires Python 3.9..3.13, git, libc >= 2.28 (check with `ldd --version`)
 
 MacOS support [is in progress](https://github.com/OpenAstroTech/OATFWGUI/commits/feature/js/official-mac-support/), but isn't reliable yet.
 

requirements.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-platformio==6.1.13
-PySide6-Essentials==6.5.3  # Last version that supports python 3.7
-requests~=2.28.1
+platformio==6.1.16  # Hard-pin version so that issues can be reproduced
+PySide6-Essentials~=6.8.1
+requests~=2.32.3
 semver~=2.13.0
-pygments~=2.13.0
+pygments~=2.18.0

scripts/OATFWGUI_Linux.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 set -e
 # This is the entry point for the "compiled" Linux app
 
-# list_include_item "10 11 12" "2"
 function list_include_item {
   local list="$1"
   local item="$2"
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ function check_ldd_version {
     return 1
   fi
   # Only support >= 28
+  # 2.28 from: https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/supported-platforms.html#availability-of-packages
   if [ "$LIBC_VER_MIN" -lt 28 ]; then
     echo "LIBC minor version $LIBC_VER_MIN ($LIBC_VER_ALL) is not supported"
     return 1
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function check_py_version {
     return 1
   fi
   # Only support 3.7+
-  if ! list_include_item '7 8 9 10 11' "$PY_VER_MIN"; then
+  if ! list_include_item '9 10 11 12 13' "$PY_VER_MIN"; then
     echo "Python minor version $PY_VER_MIN ($PY_VER_ALL) is not supported"
     return 1
   fi