Remove Python 3.9 support

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          python-version: "3.14"
       - name: Install black
         run: |
-          pip install black==25.1.0
+          pip install black==26.5.1
       - name: Run black
         run: |
           black --check --diff .
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ jobs:
             INSTALL_OPENCV: "true"
 
           # MacOS env with OpenMP installed through homebrew
-          - name: py39_conda_homebrew_libomp
+          - name: py310_conda_homebrew_libomp
             os: macos-latest
-            PYTHON_VERSION: "3.9"
+            PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10"
             PACKAGER: "conda"
             BLAS: "openblas"
             CC_OUTER_LOOP: "clang"
@@ -101,16 +101,16 @@ jobs:
 
           # Linux environments to test that packages that comes with Ubuntu 22.04
           # are correctly handled.
-          - name: py39_ubuntu_atlas_gcc_gcc
+          - name: py310_ubuntu_atlas_gcc_gcc
             os: ubuntu-22.04
-            PYTHON_VERSION: "3.9"
+            PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10"
             PACKAGER: "ubuntu"
             APT_BLAS: "libatlas3-base libatlas-base-dev"
             CC_OUTER_LOOP: "gcc"
             CC_INNER_LOOP: "gcc"
-          - name: py39_ubuntu_openblas_gcc_gcc
+          - name: py310_ubuntu_openblas_gcc_gcc
             os: ubuntu-22.04
-            PYTHON_VERSION: "3.9"
+            PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10"
             PACKAGER: "ubuntu"
             APT_BLAS: "libopenblas-base libopenblas-dev"
             CC_OUTER_LOOP: "gcc"
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ jobs:
             CC_INNER_LOOP: "gcc"
             INSTALL_OPENCV: "true"
 
-          # Linux + Python 3.9 and homogeneous runtime nesting.
-          - name: py39_conda_openblas_clang_clang
+          # Linux + Python 3.10 and homogeneous runtime nesting.
+          - name: py310_conda_openblas_clang_clang
             os: ubuntu-latest
             PACKAGER: "conda"
-            PYTHON_VERSION: "3.9"
+            PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10"
             BLAS: "openblas"
             CC_OUTER_LOOP: "clang-18"
             CC_INNER_LOOP: "clang-18"

CHANGES.md

@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
   closures that can abort after ``os.fork()`` on some libffi builds.
   https://github.com/joblib/threadpoolctl/pull/242
 
+- Dropped official support for Python 3.9.
+  https://github.com/joblib/threadpoolctl/pull/255
+
 3.6.0 (2025-03-13)
 ==================
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 name = "threadpoolctl"
 authors = [{name = "Thomas Moreau", email = "thomas.moreau.2010@gmail.com"}]
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 dynamic = ["version", "description"]
 classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ homepage = "https://github.com/joblib/threadpoolctl"
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 88
-target_version = ['py39', 'py310', 'py311', 'py312', 'py313']
+target_version = ['py310', 'py311', 'py312', 'py313', 'py314']
 preview = true
 
 [tool.ruff]

tests/test_threadpoolctl.py

@@ -595,9 +595,6 @@ def test_command_line_command_flag():
         assert lib_info in this_process_info
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    sys.version_info < (3, 7), reason="need recent subprocess.run options"
-)
 def test_command_line_import_flag():
     result = subprocess.run(
         [

threadpoolctl.py

@@ -1664,17 +1664,15 @@ def _warn_if_incompatible_openmp(self):
             return
 
         prefixes = [lib_controller.prefix for lib_controller in self.lib_controllers]
-        msg = textwrap.dedent(
-            """
+        msg = textwrap.dedent("""
             Found Intel OpenMP ('libiomp') and LLVM OpenMP ('libomp') loaded at
             the same time. Both libraries are known to be incompatible and this
             can cause random crashes or deadlocks on Linux when loaded in the
             same Python program.
             Using threadpoolctl may cause crashes or deadlocks. For more
             information and possible workarounds, please see
                 https://github.com/joblib/threadpoolctl/blob/master/multiple_openmp.md
-            """
-        )
+            """)
         if "libomp" in prefixes and "libiomp" in prefixes:
             warnings.warn(msg, RuntimeWarning)