Feature/python versions update

.github/workflows/check-dco.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 jobs:
   check-dco:
     name: Check Developer's Certificate of Origin
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 jobs:
   lint:
     name: Lint with flake8
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   deploy:
     name: Publish to Pypi
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 jobs:
   tests:
     name: Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "pypy3.8", "pypy3.9", "pypy3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14", "pypy3.10"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
   finish:
     needs: tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
     - name: Coveralls Finished
       uses: coverallsapp/github-action@master

README.rst

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ ipmitool command:
 Compatibility
 -------------
 
-Python > 3.6 is currently supported. Python 2.x is deprecated.
+Python >= 3.10 is currently supported. Python 2.x is deprecated.
 
 Contributing
 ------------

pyipmi/utils.py

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import sys
 import codecs
 from array import array
 from typing import Any, Generator, TYPE_CHECKING
@@ -30,35 +29,22 @@
     from .msgs import Message
 
 
-_PY3 = (sys.version_info >= (3,))
-
-
 def py3enc_unic_bytes_fix(dat: Any) -> Any:
-    # python 3 unicode fix
-    if isinstance(dat, str) and _PY3:
+    if isinstance(dat, str):
         dat = dat.encode('raw_unicode_escape')
     return dat
 
 
 def py3dec_unic_bytes_fix(dat: bytes) -> str:
-    # python 3 unicode fix
-    if _PY3:
-        return dat.decode('raw_unicode_escape')
-    return dat
+    return dat.decode('raw_unicode_escape')
 
 
 def py3_array_frombytes(msg: array, data: bytes) -> None:
-    if _PY3:
-        return msg.frombytes(data)
-    else:
-        return msg.fromstring(data)
+    return msg.frombytes(data)
 
 
 def py3_array_tobytes(msg: array) -> bytes:
-    if _PY3:
-        return msg.tobytes()
-    else:
-        return msg.tostring()
+    return msg.tobytes()
 
 
 def check_completion_code(cc: int) -> None:
@@ -112,7 +98,7 @@ def pop_unsigned_int(self, length: int) -> int:
         return value
 
     def push_string(self, value: str | bytes) -> None:
-        if _PY3 and isinstance(value, str):
+        if isinstance(value, str):
             # Encode Unicode to UTF-8
             value = value.encode()
         py3_array_frombytes(self.array, value)
@@ -121,7 +107,6 @@ def pop_string(self, length: int) -> bytes:
         string = self.array[0:length]
         del self.array[0:length]
         return py3_array_tobytes(string)
-        # return py3dec_unic_bytes_fix(string.tostring())
 
     def pop_slice(self, length: int) -> ByteBuffer:
         if len(self.array) < length:
@@ -167,8 +152,6 @@ def bcd_decode(encoded_input: Any) -> tuple[str, int]:
     chars = list()
     try:
         for data in encoded_input:
-            if not _PY3:
-                data = ord(data)
             chars.append(BCD_MAP[data >> 4 & 0xf] + BCD_MAP[data & 0xf])
         return (''.join(chars), len(encoded_input) * 2)
     except IndexError:
@@ -183,5 +166,4 @@ def bcd_search(name: str) -> codecs.CodecInfo | None:
 
 
 def is_string(string: Any) -> bool:
-    if _PY3:
-        return isinstance(string, str)
+    return isinstance(string, str)

setup.py

@@ -49,20 +49,19 @@ def git_pep440_version():
       packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests*']),
       license='LGPLv2+',
       platforms=["any"],
+      python_requires='>=3.10',
       classifiers=[
           'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
           'Environment :: Console',
           'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v2 or later (LGPLv2+)',
           'Natural Language :: English',
           'Operating System :: OS Independent',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13',
+          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14',
           'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
       ],
       entry_points={