remove python 3.10 support (master branch), fixes #9707

.github/workflows/canary.yml

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ jobs:
         include:
           # A representative subset of environments
           - os: ubuntu-22.04
-            python-version: '3.10'
-            toxenv: py310-llfuse
+            python-version: '3.11'
+            toxenv: py311-llfuse
           - os: ubuntu-24.04
             python-version: '3.12'
             toxenv: py312-pyfuse3

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
-        python-version: '3.10'
+        python-version: '3.11'
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ jobs:
         ${{ fromJSON(
           github.event_name == 'pull_request' && '{
             "include": [
-              {"os": "ubuntu-22.04", "python-version": "3.10", "toxenv": "mypy"},
+              {"os": "ubuntu-22.04", "python-version": "3.11", "toxenv": "mypy"},
               {"os": "ubuntu-22.04", "python-version": "3.11", "toxenv": "docs"},
-              {"os": "ubuntu-22.04", "python-version": "3.10", "toxenv": "py310-llfuse"},
+              {"os": "ubuntu-22.04", "python-version": "3.11", "toxenv": "py311-llfuse"},
               {"os": "ubuntu-24.04", "python-version": "3.12", "toxenv": "py312-pyfuse3"},
               {"os": "ubuntu-24.04", "python-version": "3.15-dev", "toxenv": "py315-mfusepy"}
             ]
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ jobs:
                 sudo -E pkg install -y rust
                 sudo -E pkg install -y gmake
                 sudo -E pkg install -y git
-                sudo -E pkg install -y python310 py310-sqlite3
                 sudo -E pkg install -y python311 py311-sqlite3 py311-pip py311-virtualenv
                 sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python3.11 /usr/local/bin/python3
                 sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python3.11 /usr/local/bin/python
@@ -563,7 +562,7 @@ jobs:
                 pkgman install -y git pkgconfig lz4
                 pkgman install -y openssl3
                 pkgman install -y rust_bin
-                pkgman install -y python3.10
+                pkgman install -y python3.11
                 pkgman install -y cffi
                 pkgman install -y lz4_devel openssl3_devel libffi_devel
 

Vagrantfile

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ def packages_freebsd
     pkg install -y fusefs-libs3 || true
     pkg install -y rust
     pkg install -y git bash  # fakeroot causes lots of troubles on freebsd
-    pkg install -y python310 py310-sqlite3
     pkg install -y python311 py311-sqlite3 py311-pip py311-virtualenv
     # make sure there is a python3/pip3/virtualenv command
     ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python3.11 /usr/local/bin/python3

docs/installation.rst

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ To install Borg from a source package (including pip), you have to install the
 following dependencies first. For the libraries you will also need their
 development header files (sometimes in a separate `-dev` or `-devel` package).
 
-* `Python 3`_ >= 3.10.0
+* `Python 3`_ >= 3.11.0
 * OpenSSL_ >= 1.1.1 (LibreSSL will not work)
 * libacl_ (which depends on libattr_)
 * liblz4_ >= 1.7.0 (r129)
@@ -493,9 +493,9 @@ If you need to use a different version of Python you can install this using ``py
 
     ...
     # create a virtual environment
-    pyenv install 3.10.0  # minimum, preferably use something more recent!
-    pyenv global 3.10.0
-    pyenv local 3.10.0
+    pyenv install 3.11.0  # minimum, preferably use something more recent!
+    pyenv global 3.11.0
+    pyenv local 3.11.0
     virtualenv --python=${pyenv which python} borg-env
     source borg-env/bin/activate   # always before using!
     ...

pyproject.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ maintainers = [
     {name="Thomas Waldmann", email="tw@waldmann-edv.de"},
 ]
 description = "Deduplicated, encrypted, authenticated, and compressed backups"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 keywords = ["backup", "borgbackup"]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ skip-magic-trailing-comma = true
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 120
-target-version = "py310"
+target-version = "py311"
 
 # Exclude a variety of commonly ignored directories.
 exclude = [
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ dummy-variable-rgx = "^(_+|(_+[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?))$"
 markers = []
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.10"
+python_version = "3.11"
 strict_optional = false
 local_partial_types = true
 show_error_codes = true
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ ignore_missing_imports = true
 requires = ["tox>=4.19", "pkgconfig", "cython", "wheel", "setuptools_scm"]
 # Important: when adding/removing Python versions here,
 #            also update the section "Test environments with different FUSE implementations" accordingly.
-env_list = ["py{310,311,312,313,314,315}-{none,llfuse,pyfuse3,mfusepy}", "docs", "ruff", "mypy", "bandit"]
+env_list = ["py{311,312,313,314,315}-{none,llfuse,pyfuse3,mfusepy}", "docs", "ruff", "mypy", "bandit"]
 
 [tool.tox.env_run_base]
 package = "editable-legacy"  # without this it does not find setup_docs when running under fakeroot
@@ -188,20 +187,6 @@ pass_env = ["*"]  # fakeroot -u needs some env vars
 pass_env = ["*"]  # needed by tox4, so env vars are visible for building borg
 
 # Test environments with different FUSE implementations
-[tool.tox.env.py310-none]
-
-[tool.tox.env.py310-llfuse]
-set_env = {BORG_FUSE_IMPL = "llfuse"}
-extras = ["llfuse", "sftp", "s3", "rclone"]
-
-[tool.tox.env.py310-pyfuse3]
-set_env = {BORG_FUSE_IMPL = "pyfuse3"}
-extras = ["pyfuse3", "sftp", "s3", "rclone"]
-
-[tool.tox.env.py310-mfusepy]
-set_env = {BORG_FUSE_IMPL = "mfusepy"}
-extras = ["mfusepy", "sftp", "s3", "rclone"]
-
 [tool.tox.env.py311-none]
 
 [tool.tox.env.py311-llfuse]

src/borg/archiver/diff_cmd.py

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class DiffMixIn:
         +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
         The ``--format`` option uses Python's `format string syntax
-        <https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/string.html#formatstrings>`_.
+        <https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/string.html#formatstrings>`_.
 
         Examples:
         ::

src/borg/archiver/help_cmd.py

@@ -368,11 +368,11 @@ class HelpMixIn:
 
         {now}
             The current local date and time, by default in ISO-8601 format.
-            You can also supply your own `format string <https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior>`_, e.g. {now:%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S}
+            You can also supply your own `format string <https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior>`_, e.g. {now:%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S}
 
         {utcnow}
             The current UTC date and time, by default in ISO-8601 format.
-            You can also supply your own `format string <https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior>`_, e.g. {utcnow:%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S}
+            You can also supply your own `format string <https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior>`_, e.g. {utcnow:%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S}
 
         {user}
             The user name (or UID, if no name is available) of the user running borg.

src/borg/archiver/list_cmd.py

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class ListMixIn:
         +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
         The ``--format`` option uses Python's `format string syntax
-        <https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/string.html#formatstrings>`_.
+        <https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/string.html#formatstrings>`_.
 
         Examples:
         ::

src/borg/archiver/repo_list_cmd.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class RepoListMixIn:
         +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
         The ``--format`` option uses Python's `format string syntax
-        <https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/string.html#formatstrings>`_.
+        <https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/string.html#formatstrings>`_.
 
         Examples:
         ::