Update documentation and CI for Python 3.10+ and MySQL 8.0+

Documentation updates:
- docs/src/client/install.md: Update Python requirement from 3.4+ to 3.10+
- docs/src/quick-start.md: Update Python requirement from 3.8+ to 3.10+
- docs/src/quick-start.md: Update MySQL doc link from 5.7 to 8.0
- docs/src/develop.md: Update Python requirement from 3.9+ to 3.10+
- docs/src/develop.md: Fix version.py path (datajoint/ -> src/datajoint/)

Configuration updates:
- docker-compose.yaml: Update default PY_VER from 3.9 to 3.10
- .github/workflows/test.yaml: Remove Python 3.9 and MySQL 5.7 from test matrix
- .github/workflows/post_draft_release_published.yaml: Update to Python 3.10
- .github/workflows/post_draft_release_published.yaml: Fix version.py path

Author: claude

.github/workflows/post_draft_release_published.yaml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - py_ver: "3.9"
+          - py_ver: "3.10"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       PY_VER: ${{matrix.py_ver}}
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update version.py
         run: |
           VERSION=$(echo "${{ github.event.release.name }}" | grep -oP '\d+\.\d+\.\d+')
-          sed -i "s/^__version__ = .*/__version__ = \"$VERSION\"/" datajoint/version.py
-          cat datajoint/version.py
+          sed -i "s/^__version__ = .*/__version__ = \"$VERSION\"/" src/datajoint/version.py
+          cat src/datajoint/version.py
           # Commit the changes
           BRANCH_NAME="update-version-$VERSION"
           git switch -c $BRANCH_NAME
           git config --global user.name "github-actions"
           git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
-          git add datajoint/version.py
+          git add src/datajoint/version.py
           git commit -m "Update version.py to $VERSION"
           echo "BRANCH_NAME=$BRANCH_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Update README.md badge

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -21,11 +21,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        py_ver: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        py_ver: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         mysql_ver: ["8.0"]
-        include:
-          - py_ver: "3.9"
-            mysql_ver: "5.7"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python ${{matrix.py_ver}}

docker-compose.yaml

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
       args:
-        PY_VER: ${PY_VER:-3.9}
+        PY_VER: ${PY_VER:-3.10}
         HOST_UID: ${HOST_UID:-1000}
     depends_on:
       db:

docs/src/client/install.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Install and Connect
 
-DataJoint is implemented for Python 3.4+.
+DataJoint is implemented for Python 3.10+.
 You may install it from [PyPI](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/datajoint):
 
 ```bash
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ to connect to DataJoint pipelines.
 
 Quick install steps for advanced users are as follows:
 
-- Install latest Python 3.x and ensure it is in `PATH` (3.6.3 current at time of writing)
+- Install latest Python 3.x and ensure it is in `PATH` (3.10+ required)
   ```bash
   pip install datajoint
   ```
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Python for Windows is available from:
 
 https://www.python.org/downloads/windows
 
-The latest 64 bit 3.x version, currently 3.6.3, is available from the [Python site](https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.3/python-3.6.3-amd64.exe).
+The latest 64 bit 3.x version (3.10 or later required) is available from the [Python site](https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/).
 
 From here run the installer to install Python.
 

docs/src/develop.md

@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ git clone https://github.com/datajoint/datajoint-python.git
 ### With Virtual Environment
 
 ```bash
-# Check if you have Python 3.9 or higher, if not please upgrade
+# Check if you have Python 3.10 or higher, if not please upgrade
 python --version
 # Create a virtual environment with venv
 python -m venv .venv
 source .venv/bin/activate
 pip install -e .[dev]
 
 # Or create a virtual environment with conda
-conda create -n dj python=3.13 # any 3.9+ is fine
+conda create -n dj python=3.13 # any 3.10+ is fine
 conda activate dj
 pip install -e .[dev]
 ```
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Here are some options that provide a great developer experience:
   - Ensure you have [Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git)
   - Ensure you have [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
   - `git clone` the codebase repository and open it in VSCode
-  - Issue the following command in the terminal to build and run the Docker container: `HOST_UID=$(id -u) PY_VER=3.11 DJ_VERSION=$(grep -oP '\d+\.\d+\.\d+' datajoint/version.py) docker compose --profile test run --rm -it djtest -- sh -c 'pip install -qe ".[dev]" && bash'`
+  - Issue the following command in the terminal to build and run the Docker container: `HOST_UID=$(id -u) PY_VER=3.11 DJ_VERSION=$(grep -oP '\d+\.\d+\.\d+' src/datajoint/version.py) docker compose --profile test run --rm -it djtest -- sh -c 'pip install -qe ".[dev]" && bash'`
   - Issue the following command in the terminal to stop the Docker compose stack: `docker compose --profile test down`
 
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docs/src/quick-start.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Advanced users can install DataJoint locally. Please see the installation instru
 ## Installation
 
 First, please [install Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/) version
-3.8 or later.
+3.10 or later.
 
 Next, please install DataJoint via one of the following:
 
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ data = query.fetch(order_by='`select` desc')
 ```
 
 The `order_by` value is eventually passed to the `ORDER BY`
-[clause](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/order-by-optimization.html).
+[clause](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/order-by-optimization.html).
 
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