From 15740f9e05d5b30600f2cb94b44de4ed30df9198 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Manivong <christian.manivong@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:19:01 +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 ++++
 pyproject.toml | 8 +++-----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b69c0b5..1306a88 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).
+
 ## [0.2.0] - 2026-10-23
 
 The first release on PyPI.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 48c6c1f..7d942e3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "napalm-windows"
 version = "0.2.0"
 description = "NAPALM driver for Windows hosts via PowerShell Remoting (WinRM)"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 authors = [
     { name = "Christian Manivong", email = "christian@manivong.de" },
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: System Administrators",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
     "Topic :: System :: Networking",
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@ napalm_windows = ["py.typed"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = "py310"
+target-version = "py312"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 select = ["E", "F", "I", "UP", "B"]
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@ 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