update python versions (#313)

* update python versions

* 3.8 no longer works

* ++version

Author: mscroggs

.github/workflows/run-tests.yml

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4

.github/workflows/test-packages.yml

@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: v2025.6.0
+          ref: v2025.9.0
         name: Get latest Symfem version
       - run: rm -rf symfem VERSION
         name: Remove downloaded symfem
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
           activate-environment: symfem
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: v2025.6.0
+          ref: v2025.9.0
         name: Get latest Symfem version
       - run: rm -rf symfem VERSION
         name: Remove downloaded symfem
@@ -75,23 +75,23 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: v2025.6.0
+          ref: v2025.9.0
           path: symfem-src
       - name: Move tests and delete Symfem source
         run: |
           mv symfem-src/test .
           mv symfem-src/README.md .
           rm -r symfem-src
       - run: |
-          wget -O symfem.tar.gz https://pypi.io/packages/source/s/symfem/symfem-2025.6.0.tar.gz
+          wget -O symfem.tar.gz https://pypi.io/packages/source/s/symfem/symfem-2025.9.0.tar.gz
           tar -xvzf symfem.tar.gz
         name: Download and unpack latest version of Symfem
       - name: Install LaTeΧ
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: pip install pytest
         name: Install pytest
       - run: |
-          cd symfem-2025.6.0
+          cd symfem-2025.9.0
           pip install .[optional]
         name: Install requirements
       - run: |

CHANGELOG_SINCE_LAST_VERSION.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Update minimum Python version

CITATION.cff

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ authors:
     given-names: Matthew W.
     orcid: 0000-0002-4658-2443
 title: Symfem
-version: 2025.6.0
-date-released: 2025-06-09
+version: 2025.9.0
+date-released: 2025-09-15
 license: MIT
 url: https://github.com/mscroggs/symfem
 preferred-citation:

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2025.6.0
+2025.9.0

codemeta.json

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"@context": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codemeta/codemeta/master/codemeta.jsonld", "@type": "Code", "author": [{"@id": "0000-0002-4658-2443", "@type": "Person", "email": "[email protected]", "name": "Matthew Scroggs", "affiliation": "Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge"}], "identifier": "", "codeRepository": "https://github.com/mscroggs/symfem", "datePublished": "2021-01-23", "dateModified": "2025-06-09", "dateCreated": "2021-01-23", "description": "A symbolic finite element definition library", "keywords": "Python, finite element method, numerical analysis", "license": "MIT", "title": "Symfem", "version": "2025.6.0"}
+{"@context": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codemeta/codemeta/master/codemeta.jsonld", "@type": "Code", "author": [{"@id": "0000-0002-4658-2443", "@type": "Person", "email": "[email protected]", "name": "Matthew Scroggs", "affiliation": "Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge"}], "identifier": "", "codeRepository": "https://github.com/mscroggs/symfem", "datePublished": "2021-01-23", "dateModified": "2025-09-15", "dateCreated": "2021-01-23", "description": "A symbolic finite element definition library", "keywords": "Python, finite element method, numerical analysis", "license": "MIT", "title": "Symfem", "version": "2025.9.0"}

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ requires = ["flit_core >=3.8.0,<4"]
 
 [project]
 name = "symfem"
-version = "2025.6.0"
+version = "2025.9.0"
 description = "a symbolic finite element definition library"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.9.0"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 authors = [
     { name = "Matthew Scroggs", email = "[email protected]" }

symfem/version.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Version number."""
 
-version = "2025.6.0"
+version = "2025.9.0"