Drop support for EOL software components

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Acquire sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: '3.9'
 
       - name: Build docs
         run: |

.github/workflows/nightly.yml

@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: [3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
         cratedb-version: ['nightly']
-        sqla-version: ['1.1.18', '1.2.19', '1.3.23']
+        sqla-version: ['1.3.24']
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags')
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Set up python 3.8
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: '3.9'
 
       - name: Build package
         run: |

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.5', '3.6', '3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
         cratedb-version: ['4.8.0']
-        sqla-version: ['1.1.18', '1.2.19', '1.3.24']
+        sqla-version: ['1.3.24']
       fail-fast: true
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
@@ -36,23 +36,17 @@ jobs:
           echo "/usr/local/opt/gnu-getopt/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        if: |
-          !(matrix.sqla-version == '1.1.18' && matrix.python-version == '3.10')
         run: |
           ./devtools/setup_ci.sh --cratedb-version=${{ matrix.cratedb-version }} --sqlalchemy-version=${{ matrix.sqla-version }}
 
       - name: Invoke tests
-        if: |
-          !(matrix.sqla-version == '1.1.18' && matrix.python-version == '3.10')
         run: |
           bin/flake8
           bin/coverage run bin/test -vv1
           bin/coverage xml
 
       # https://github.com/codecov/codecov-action
       - name: Upload coverage results to Codecov
-        if: |
-          !(matrix.sqla-version == '1.1.18' && matrix.python-version == '3.10')
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
           fail_ci_if_error: true

CHANGES.txt

@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ Changes for crate
 Unreleased
 ==========
 
-- Added official support for Python 3.9 and 3.10.
+- Added support for Python 3.9 and 3.10.
+
+- Dropped support for Python 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.
+
+- Dropped support for SQLAlchemy 1.1 and 1.2.
+
+- Dropped support for CrateDB < 2.0.0.
 
 - BREAKING CHANGE: The driver now verifies SSL certificates when connecting via
   HTTP by default. Previously, this setting defaulted to false. This setting

NOTICE

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CrateDB Python Adapter
-Copyright 2013-2018 Crate.IO GmbH ("Crate")
+Copyright 2013-2022 Crate.IO GmbH ("Crate")
 
 
 Licensed to Crate.IO GmbH (referred to in this notice as "Crate") under one or

README.rst

@@ -46,15 +46,14 @@ A Python client library for CrateDB_.
 This library:
 
 - Implements the Python `DB API 2.0`_ specification
-- Includes support for SQLAlchemy_ (>= 1.0.0)
+- Includes support for SQLAlchemy_ (>= 1.3.0)
 
 Prerequisites
 =============
 
-Recent versions of this library require **Python 3** (>= 3.4) to run.
+Recent versions of this library are validated on Python 3 (>= 3.7).
+It might also work on earlier versions of Python.
 
-Use version ``0.21.x`` if you are running Python 2.7/3.3 or version ``0.14.x``
-if you are running Python 2.6.
 
 Installation
 ============
@@ -67,11 +66,8 @@ To install, run::
 
 To update, run::
 
-    $ pip install -U crate
+    $ pip install --upgrade crate
 
-If you use Python 2.7 or 3.3 with a recent version of pip_, it will install
-only version ``0.21.x`` by default, because newer versions of this package are
-not compatible with Python 2.7/3.3 any more.
 
 Contributing
 ============
@@ -90,12 +86,12 @@ Looking for more help?
 - Check out our `support channels`_
 
 .. _contribution docs: CONTRIBUTING.rst
-.. _Crate.io: http://crate.io/
+.. _Crate.io: https://crate.io/
 .. _CrateDB: https://github.com/crate/crate
 .. _DB API 2.0: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/
 .. _developer docs: DEVELOP.rst
 .. _pip: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip
-.. _SQLAlchemy: http://www.sqlalchemy.org
-.. _StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/crate
+.. _SQLAlchemy: https://www.sqlalchemy.org
+.. _StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/cratedb
 .. _support channels: https://crate.io/support/
-.. _project docs: https://crate.io/docs/reference/python/
+.. _project docs: https://crate.io/docs/python/

devtools/setup_ci.sh

@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ function main() {
 
   python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 
-  # Workaround needed for Python 3.5
-  python -m pip install --upgrade "setuptools>=31,<51"
-
   pip install zc.buildout==2.13.4
 
   # Replace SQLAlchemy version.

docs/appendices/index.rst

@@ -12,4 +12,3 @@ Supplementary information for the CrateDB Python client library.
    :maxdepth: 2
 
    data-types
-   compatibility