Drop support for Python 3.9

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python:
-        - "3.9"
         - "3.10"
         - "3.11"
         - "3.12"

.ruff.toml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-target-version = "py39"  # Pin Ruff to Python 3.9
+target-version = "py310"  # Pin Ruff to Python 3.10
 line-length = 95
 output-format = "full"
 
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ select = [
 ]
 
 # these tests need old ``typing`` generic aliases
-"tests/test_util/test_util_typing.py" = ["UP006", "UP035"]
-"tests/test_util/typing_test_data.py" = ["FA100", "UP006", "UP035"]
+"tests/test_util/test_util_typing.py" = ["UP006", "UP007", "UP035"]
+"tests/test_util/typing_test_data.py" = ["FA100", "UP006", "UP007", "UP035"]
 
 "utils/*" = [
     "T201",  # whitelist ``print`` for stdout messages

CHANGES.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Release 8.0.0 (in development)
 Dependencies
 ------------
 
+* #12633: Drop Python 3.9 support.
+
 Incompatible changes
 --------------------
 

doc/internals/contributing.rst

@@ -174,19 +174,19 @@ of targets and allows testing against multiple different Python environments:
 
       tox -av
 
-* To run unit tests for a specific Python version, such as Python 3.10::
+* To run unit tests for a specific Python version, such as Python 3.12::
 
-      tox -e py310
+      tox -e py312
 
 * To run unit tests for a specific Python version and turn on deprecation
   warnings so they're shown in the test output::
 
-      PYTHONWARNINGS=error tox -e py310
+      PYTHONWARNINGS=error tox -e py312
 
 * Arguments to ``pytest`` can be passed via ``tox``, e.g., in order to run a
   particular test::
 
-      tox -e py310 tests/test_module.py::test_new_feature
+      tox -e py312 tests/test_module.py::test_new_feature
 
 You can also test by installing dependencies in your local environment::
 

doc/tutorial/deploying.rst

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ After you have published your sources on GitLab, create a file named
 
    pages:
      stage: deploy
-     image: python:3.9-slim
+     image: python:3.12-slim
      before_script:
        - apt-get update && apt-get install make --no-install-recommends -y
        - python -m pip install sphinx furo

doc/usage/extensions/doctest.rst

@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ a comma-separated list of group names.
 
    * ``pyversion``, a string option, can be used to specify the required Python
      version for the example to be tested. For instance, in the following case
-     the example will be tested only for Python versions greater than 3.10::
+     the example will be tested only for Python versions greater than 3.12::
 
          .. doctest::
-            :pyversion: > 3.10
+            :pyversion: > 3.12
 
      The following operands are supported:
 

doc/usage/installation.rst

@@ -152,18 +152,18 @@ Install either ``python3x-sphinx`` using :command:`port`:
 
 ::
 
-   $ sudo port install py39-sphinx
+   $ sudo port install py312-sphinx
 
 To set up the executable paths, use the ``port select`` command:
 
 ::
 
-   $ sudo port select --set python python39
-   $ sudo port select --set sphinx py39-sphinx
+   $ sudo port select --set python python312
+   $ sudo port select --set sphinx py312-sphinx
 
 For more information, refer to the `package overview`__.
 
-__ https://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=library&substr=py39-sphinx
+__ https://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=library&substr=py312-sphinx
 
 Windows
 ~~~~~~~

pyproject.toml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ urls.Download = "https://pypi.org/project/Sphinx/"
 urls.Homepage = "https://www.sphinx-doc.org/"
 urls."Issue tracker" = "https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues"
 license.text = "BSD-2-Clause"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 
 # Classifiers list: https://pypi.org/classifiers/
 classifiers = [
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "imagesize>=1.3",
     "requests>=2.30.0",
     "packaging>=23.0",
-    "importlib-metadata>=6.0; python_version < '3.10'",
     "tomli>=2; python_version < '3.11'",
     "colorama>=0.4.6; sys_platform == 'win32'",
 ]
@@ -91,7 +89,6 @@ lint = [
     "types-Pillow==10.2.0.20240520",
     "types-Pygments==2.18.0.20240506",
     "types-requests>=2.30.0",  # align with requests
-    "importlib-metadata>=6.0",  # for mypy (Python<=3.9)
     "tomli>=2",  # for mypy (Python<=3.10)
     "pytest>=6.0",
 ]
@@ -211,7 +208,7 @@ exclude = [
 ]
 check_untyped_defs = true
 disallow_incomplete_defs = true
-python_version = "3.9"
+python_version = "3.10"
 show_column_numbers = true
 show_error_context = true
 strict_optional = true

sphinx/_cli/__init__.py

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def format_help(self) -> str:
         ]
 
         if commands := list(_load_subcommand_descriptions()):
-            command_max_length = min(max(map(len, next(zip(*commands), ()))), 22)
+            command_max_length = min(max(map(len, next(zip(*commands, strict=True), ()))), 22)
             help_fragments += [
                 '\n',
                 bold(underline(__('Commands:'))),

sphinx/application.py

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 import pickle
 import sys
 from collections import deque
-from collections.abc import Collection, Sequence  # NoQA: TCH003
+from collections.abc import Callable, Collection, Sequence  # NoQA: TCH003
 from io import StringIO
 from os import path
-from typing import IO, TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Literal
+from typing import IO, TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
 from docutils.nodes import TextElement  # NoQA: TCH002
 from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive, roles

sphinx/builders/html/__init__.py

@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ def _stable_hash(obj: Any) -> str:
     """
     if isinstance(obj, dict):
         obj = sorted(map(_stable_hash, obj.items()))
-    if isinstance(obj, (list, tuple, set, frozenset)):
+    if isinstance(obj, list | tuple | set | frozenset):
         obj = sorted(map(_stable_hash, obj))
-    elif isinstance(obj, (type, types.FunctionType)):
+    elif isinstance(obj, type | types.FunctionType):
         # The default repr() of functions includes the ID, which is not ideal.
         # We use the fully qualified name instead.
         obj = f'{obj.__module__}.{obj.__qualname__}'
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ def write_genindex(self) -> None:
                              'genindex-split.html')
             self.handle_page('genindex-all', genindexcontext,
                              'genindex.html')
-            for (key, entries), count in zip(genindex, indexcounts):
+            for (key, entries), count in zip(genindex, indexcounts, strict=True):
                 ctx = {'key': key, 'entries': entries, 'count': count,
                        'genindexentries': genindex}
                 self.handle_page('genindex-' + key, ctx,

sphinx/builders/latex/transforms.py

@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ def depart_caption(self, node: nodes.caption) -> None:
         self.unrestrict(node)
 
     def visit_title(self, node: nodes.title) -> None:
-        if isinstance(node.parent, (nodes.section, nodes.table)):
+        if isinstance(node.parent, nodes.section | nodes.table):
             self.restrict(node)
 
     def depart_title(self, node: nodes.title) -> None:

sphinx/builders/linkcheck.py

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 from sphinx.util.nodes import get_node_line
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import Iterator
-    from typing import Any, Callable
+    from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator
+    from typing import Any
 
     from requests import Response
 

sphinx/cmd/quickstart.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import sys
 import time
 from os import path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 # try to import readline, unix specific enhancement
 try:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 from sphinx.util.template import SphinxRenderer
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import Sequence
+    from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 
 EXTENSIONS = {
     'autodoc': __('automatically insert docstrings from modules'),

sphinx/config.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import types
 import warnings
 from os import getenv, path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, NamedTuple, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, NamedTuple
 
 from sphinx.deprecation import RemovedInSphinx90Warning
 from sphinx.errors import ConfigError, ExtensionError
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def is_serializable(obj: object, *, _seen: frozenset[int] = frozenset()) -> bool
             is_serializable(key, _seen=seen) and is_serializable(value, _seen=seen)
             for key, value in obj.items()
         )
-    elif isinstance(obj, (list, tuple, set, frozenset)):
+    elif isinstance(obj, list | tuple | set | frozenset):
         seen = _seen | {id(obj)}
         return all(is_serializable(item, _seen=seen) for item in obj)
 
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ def __init__(self, *candidates: str | bool | None) -> None:
         self.candidates = candidates
 
     def match(self, value: str | list | tuple) -> bool:
-        if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
+        if isinstance(value, list | tuple):
             return all(item in self.candidates for item in value)
         else:
             return value in self.candidates
 
 
-_OptValidTypes = Union[tuple[()], tuple[type, ...], frozenset[type], ENUM]
+_OptValidTypes = tuple[()] | tuple[type, ...] | frozenset[type] | ENUM
 
 
 class _Opt:
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ def _validate_valid_types(
 ) -> tuple[()] | tuple[type, ...] | frozenset[type] | ENUM:
     if not valid_types:
         return ()
-    if isinstance(valid_types, (frozenset, ENUM)):
+    if isinstance(valid_types, frozenset | ENUM):
         return valid_types
     if isinstance(valid_types, type):
         return frozenset((valid_types,))
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ def convert_source_suffix(app: Sphinx, config: Config) -> None:
         config.source_suffix = {source_suffix: 'restructuredtext'}
         logger.info(__("Converting `source_suffix = %r` to `source_suffix = %r`."),
                     source_suffix, config.source_suffix)
-    elif isinstance(source_suffix, (list, tuple)):
+    elif isinstance(source_suffix, list | tuple):
         # if list, considers as all of them are default filetype
         config.source_suffix = dict.fromkeys(source_suffix, 'restructuredtext')
         logger.info(__("Converting `source_suffix = %r` to `source_suffix = %r`."),

sphinx/domains/__init__.py

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
 import copy
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, NamedTuple, Optional, cast
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NamedTuple, cast
 
 from docutils.nodes import Element, Node, system_message
 
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ def generate(self, docnames: Iterable[str] | None = None,
         raise NotImplementedError
 
 
-TitleGetter = Callable[[Node], Optional[str]]
+TitleGetter = Callable[[Node], str | None]
 
 
 class Domain:

sphinx/domains/c/_ast.py

@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-
     from docutils.nodes import Element, Node, TextElement
 
     from sphinx.domains.c._symbol import Symbol
     from sphinx.environment import BuildEnvironment
 
-DeclarationType = Union[
+DeclarationType = Union[  # NoQA: UP007
     "ASTStruct", "ASTUnion", "ASTEnum", "ASTEnumerator",
     "ASTType", "ASTTypeWithInit", "ASTMacro",
 ]

sphinx/domains/c/_parser.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from sphinx.domains.c._ast import (
     ASTAlignofExpr,
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
     ASTTypeWithInit,
     ASTUnaryOpExpr,
     ASTUnion,
-    DeclarationType,
 )
 from sphinx.domains.c._ids import (
     _expression_assignment_ops,
@@ -80,7 +79,9 @@
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import Sequence
+    from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+
+    from sphinx.domains.c._ast import DeclarationType
 
 
 class DefinitionParser(BaseParser):

sphinx/domains/cpp/_ast.py

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-
     from docutils.nodes import Element, TextElement
 
     from sphinx.addnodes import desc_signature

sphinx/domains/cpp/_parser.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import re
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from sphinx.domains.cpp._ast import (
     ASTAlignofExpr,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import Sequence
+    from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 

sphinx/domains/cpp/_symbol.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, NoReturn
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NoReturn
 
 from sphinx.domains.cpp._ast import (
     ASTDeclaration,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from sphinx.util import logging
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import Iterator
+    from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator
 
     from sphinx.environment import BuildEnvironment
 

sphinx/domains/math.py

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def get_equation_number_for(self, labelid: str) -> int | None:
     def process_doc(self, env: BuildEnvironment, docname: str,
                     document: nodes.document) -> None:
         def math_node(node: Node) -> bool:
-            return isinstance(node, (nodes.math, nodes.math_block))
+            return isinstance(node, nodes.math | nodes.math_block)
 
         self.data['has_equations'][docname] = any(document.findall(math_node))
 

sphinx/domains/python/_object.py

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 )
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-
     from docutils.nodes import Node
     from docutils.parsers.rst.states import Inliner