From 3aa6d4f3f1acca5862eed5c3d2caea44ce0051d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Manivong <christian.manivong@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:19:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: Python 3.12 is the floor (NAPALM/driver-standard#6)

netOrk runs every driver in its own containers on Python 3.12, so 3.10
and 3.11 are no longer supported or tested. requires-python, mypy and
ruff move to 3.12, along with what ruff's pyupgrade rules then rewrite.
---
 CHANGELOG.md   | 4 ++++
 README.md      | 2 +-
 pyproject.toml | 8 +++-----
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52ff979..4e01d85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ All notable changes to this driver. The format follows
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- Python 3.12 is the floor (`requires-python = ">=3.12"`): netOrk runs every driver
+  on 3.12, so 3.10 and 3.11 are no longer tested (NAPALM/driver-standard#6).
+
 ## [0.5.0] - 2026-10-23
 
 The first release on PyPI through the shared workflow; 0.1.0 and 0.1.1 there are an old upload.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 748e27b..7c735f4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ NAPALM community driver for **TP-Link Jetstream** managed switches (T1500G, T160
 
 | Dependency | Minimum version |
 |---|---|
-| Python | 3.10 |
+| Python | 3.12 |
 | NAPALM | 4.0 |
 | Netmiko | 4.0 |
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dd06ecb..99abebe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,15 +8,13 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 description = "NAPALM driver for TP-Link Jetstream managed switches"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 authors = [
     { name = "Christian Manivong" },
 ]
 classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Utilities",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
     "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ napalm_tplink_jetstream = ["py.typed"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = "py310"
+target-version = "py312"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 select = ["E", "F", "I", "UP", "B"]
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ select = ["E", "F", "I", "UP", "B"]
 "tests/**" = ["E501"]
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.10"
+python_version = "3.12"
 strict = true
 # napalm itself is untyped, so every driver subclasses Any.
 disallow_subclassing_any = false