Migrate to minimum Python 3.12

Author: janheinrichmerker

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python:
-        - '3.10'
-        # - '3.11'
-        # - '3.12'
+        - '3.12'
         # - '3.13'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       run: twine check dist/*
     - name: 📤 Upload Python wheels
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      if: matrix.python == '3.10'
+      if: matrix.python == '3.12'
       with:
         name: wheels
         path: dist
@@ -42,9 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python:
-        - '3.10'
-        # - '3.11'
-        # - '3.12'
+        - '3.12'
         # - '3.13'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -67,9 +63,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python:
-        - '3.10'
-        # - '3.11'
-        # - '3.12'
+        - '3.12'
         # - '3.13'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -92,9 +86,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python:
-        - '3.10'
-        # - '3.11'
-        # - '3.12'
+        - '3.12'
         # - '3.13'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -117,9 +109,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python:
-        - '3.10'
-        # - '3.11'
-        # - '3.12'
+        - '3.12'
         # - '3.13'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -139,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
       run: pytest --cov --cov-report=xml archive_query_log
     - name: 📤 Upload coverage to Codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
-      if: matrix.python == '3.10'
+      if: matrix.python == '3.12'
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
   docker-build:

Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.10-slim
+FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt \
     apt-get -y update && \

pyproject.toml

@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@ authors = [
 ]
 description = "Mining Millions of Search Result Pages of Hundreds of Search Engines from 25 Years of Web Archives."
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",