refactor: Drop support for python 3.9

.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ env:
   # It applies 7 days retention policy by default.
   RESET_EXAMPLES_CACHE: 0
   ANSYSLMD_LICENSE_FILE: ${{ format('1055@{0}', secrets.LICENSE_SERVER) }}
-  MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION: '3.9'
+  MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION: '3.10'
   PYFLUENT_TIMEOUT_FORCE_EXIT: 5
   PYFLUENT_LAUNCH_CONTAINER: 1
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:

.github/workflows/nightly-doc-build.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   DOCUMENTATION_CNAME: 'visualization.fluent.docs.pyansys.com'
-  MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION: '3.9'
+  MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION: '3.10'
   DOC_DEPLOYMENT_IMAGE_TAG: v24.2.0
   ANSYSLMD_LICENSE_FILE: ${{ format('1055@{0}', secrets.LICENSE_SERVER) }}
   PYFLUENT_TIMEOUT_FORCE_EXIT: 5

.github/workflows/nightly-test-run.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:

README.rst

@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ the project support team, email `[email protected] <[email protected]>
 
 Installation
 ------------
-The ``ansys-fluent-visualization`` package supports Python 3.9 through Python
-3.11 on Windows and Linux.
+The ``ansys-fluent-visualization`` package supports Python 3.10 through Python
+3.12 on Windows and Linux.
 
 If you are using Python 3.10, download and install the wheel file for the ``vtk`` package from
 `here for Windows <https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista-wheels/raw/main/vtk-9.1.0.dev0-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl>`_

doc/source/getting_started/index.rst

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ page on the Ansys website.
 ***************
 Install package
 ***************
-The ``ansys-fluent-visualization`` package supports Python 3.9 through
-Python 3.11 on Windows and Linux.
+The ``ansys-fluent-visualization`` package supports Python 3.10 through
+Python 3.12 on Windows and Linux.
 
 Install the latest release from `PyPi
 <https://pypi.org/project/ansys-fluent-visualization/>`_ with:

pyproject.toml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ packages = [
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.9,<4.0"
+python = ">=3.10,<4.0"
 importlib-metadata = {version = "^4.0", python = "<3.9"}
 ansys-fluent-core = "~=0.23.dev0"
 vtk = ">=9.3.0.rc0"