From 8f5d94b5992037f309ee72c5f85121e36b1a8d4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pavel Smirnov <pavel.smirnov@meetiqm.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:18:31 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Setting KQC Python minimum requirement officially as 3.10

---
 .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml |  8 ++++----
 docs/developer/setup.rst              | 13 +++++++------
 docs/developer/standalone.rst         |  2 +-
 klayout_package/python/pyproject.toml |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml
index 3854a84ba..4f2bced28 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ body:
       label: Versions
       description: Please specify the SW versions of KQCircuits, KLayout, Python and your OS.
       placeholder: |
-           KQCircuits: 4.6.5
-           KLayout: 0.28.5
-           Python: 3.8.10
-           OS: Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS
+           KQCircuits: 4.7.22
+           KLayout: 0.29.0
+           Python: 3.10.14
+           OS: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
     validations:
       required: true
 
diff --git a/docs/developer/setup.rst b/docs/developer/setup.rst
index ab1d538dd..01f7ae0de 100644
--- a/docs/developer/setup.rst
+++ b/docs/developer/setup.rst
@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@ duplicate macros and possibly other problems.
 Python
 ^^^^^^
 
-KQCircuits installation requires Python 3, which should be already installed on Linux. On Windows
-you may have to install it. If your Python installation does not already contain the ``pip`` package
+KQCircuits installation requires Python 3.10 minimum. This should already come pre-packaged at least
+with Ubuntu 22.04. On Windows platforms Python needs to be installed manually.
+If your Python installation does not already contain the ``pip`` package
 manager, you have to also install that.
 
 Successfully tested versions:
 
-- Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 and 22.04 LTS with Python 3.6.9, 3.8.5 and 3.10.12
-- Windows: Python 3.7.6, 3.8.5, 3.11
+- Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 LTS with Python 3.10.14
+- Windows: Python 3.11.2
 
 Sources
 -------
@@ -156,9 +157,9 @@ administrator privileges, and do::
 Install the required packages by opening command prompt in your KQCircuits
 folder (which contains :git_url:`requirements_within_klayout_windows.txt`), and writing::
 
-    pip install -r requirements_within_klayout_windows.txt --target=%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Roaming\KLayout\lib\python3.7\site-packages
+    pip install -r requirements_within_klayout_windows.txt --target=%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Roaming\KLayout\lib\python3.10\site-packages
 
-(replace ``python3.7`` in this path by the python version used by your KLayout
+(replace ``python3.10`` in this path by the python version used by your KLayout
 version)
 
 The previous command installs the packages to KLayout's embedded Python
diff --git a/docs/developer/standalone.rst b/docs/developer/standalone.rst
index facf56432..67d30aca9 100644
--- a/docs/developer/standalone.rst
+++ b/docs/developer/standalone.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Python 3 and ``pip`` installed.
 
 Successfully tested with
 
-- Python 3.7.6, 3.8.5, 3.10.12
+- Python 3.10.14, 3.11.2
 
 Older versions of klayout (<0.28) do not support certain new features of
 KQCircuits. If you want to use older klayout you may need to check out a
diff --git a/klayout_package/python/pyproject.toml b/klayout_package/python/pyproject.toml
index 14715cc31..de89975e4 100644
--- a/klayout_package/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/klayout_package/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "KQCircuits is a KLayout/Python-based superconducting quantum circ
 authors = [
     {name = "IQM Finland Oy", email = "kqcircuits@meetiqm.com"},
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.6.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "GPL-3.0"}
 classifiers = [