MAINT: Renovation (Drop Python 3.8/3.9)

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install requirements
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel setuptools-scm[toml] importlib-metadata
+        pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel setuptools-scm[toml]
         pip install flake8 pytest pytest-cov pytz
         if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
         pip install .

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -38,6 +38,25 @@ Security
 ^^^^^^^^
 
 
+[Unreleased]
+------------
+
+
+Added
+^^^^^
+
+- Test with Python 3.14 in CI workflow
+
+
+Removed
+^^^^^^^
+
+- Dropped support for Python 3.7 and 3.8 in CI workflow. ``importlib.metadata``
+  (used for storage broker entry-point discovery) is only available in the
+  standard library from Python 3.8 onwards, and ``actions/setup-python`` no
+  longer provides 3.7/3.8 builds on ``ubuntu-latest``
+
+
 [3.19.0] - 2024-12-16
 ---------------------
 

dtoolcore/__init__.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 """
 
 import os
-import sys
 
 import datetime
 import logging
@@ -62,9 +61,11 @@ def _generate_storage_broker_lookup():
 
     from importlib.metadata import entry_points
     eps = entry_points()
-    if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
+    if hasattr(eps, 'select'):
+        # Python 3.10+ / importlib_metadata >= 3.6
         entrypoints = eps.select(group="dtool.storage_brokers")
     else:
+        # Python 3.9 and earlier - eps is a dict
         entrypoints = eps.get("dtool.storage_brokers", [])
 
     for entrypoint in entrypoints: