chore: drop Python 3.9, set 3.10 as minimum

.azure/gpu-unittests.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         "PyTorch | 2.0 oldest":
           # Torch does not have build wheels with old Torch versions for newer CUDA
-          docker-image: "ubuntu22.04-cuda12.1.1-py3.9-torch2.0"
+          docker-image: "ubuntu22.04-cuda12.1.1-py3.10-torch2.0"
           torch-ver: "2.0"
         "PyTorch | 2.X stable":
           docker-image: "ubuntu24.04-cuda12.6.3-py3.12-torch2.8"

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # See here for image contents: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.194.0/containers/python-3/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile
 
-# [Choice] Python version: 3, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6
-ARG VARIANT="3.9"
+# [Choice] Python version: 3, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12
+ARG VARIANT="3.10"
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/python:${VARIANT}
 
 # [Choice] Node.js version: none, lts/*, 16, 14, 12, 10

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 // https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.194.0/containers/python-3
 {
   "name": "PyTorch Lightning Metrics",
-  "image": "pytorchlightning/torchmetrics:devcontainer-py3.9",
+  "image": "pytorchlightning/torchmetrics:devcontainer-py3.10",
   // If you want to use a different Python version, uncomment the build object below
   // "build": {
   //     "dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
   //     "context": "..",
   //     "args": {
-  //         // Update 'VARIANT' to pick a Python version: 3, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9
-  //         "VARIANT": "3.9",
+  //         // Update 'VARIANT' to pick a Python version: 3, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12
+  //         "VARIANT": "3.10",
   //         // Options
   //         "NODE_VERSION": "none"
   //     }

.github/workflows/ci-checks.yml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       testing-matrix: |
         {
           "os": ["ubuntu-22.04", "macOS-14", "windows-2022"],
-          "python-version": ["3.9", "3.11"]
+          "python-version": ["3.10", "3.11"]
         }
 
   check-md-links:

.github/workflows/ci-integrate.yml

@@ -27,14 +27,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-22.04", "macOS-14", "windows-2022"]
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         requires: ["oldest", "latest"]
-        exclude:
-          - { python-version: "3.10", requires: "oldest" }
-          - { python-version: "3.10", os: "windows" } # todo: https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/numpy-is-not-available-error/146192
-        include:
-          - { python-version: "3.10", requires: "latest", os: "ubuntu-22.04" }
-          # - { python-version: "3.10", requires: "latest", os: "macOS-14" } # M1 machine # todo: crashing for MPS out of memory
+        # exclude:
+        #   - { python-version: "3.10", requires: "oldest" }
+        #   - { python-version: "3.10", os: "windows" } # todo: https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/numpy-is-not-available-error/146192
     env:
       FREEZE_REQUIREMENTS: ${{ ! (github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release/')) }}
       UV_TORCH_BACKEND: "cpu"

.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
           - "2.8.0"
         include:
           # cover additional python and PT combinations
-          - { os: "ubuntu-22.04", python-version: "3.9", pytorch-version: "2.0.1", requires: "oldest" }
+          - { os: "ubuntu-22.04", python-version: "3.10", pytorch-version: "2.0.1", requires: "oldest" }
           - { os: "ubuntu-22.04", python-version: "3.12", pytorch-version: "2.7.1" }
           - { os: "ubuntu-22.04", python-version: "3.12", pytorch-version: "2.8.0" }
           # using the ARM based M1 machine
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install package
         run: |
-          uv pip install . -U "${{ matrix.requires == 'oldest' && 'setuptools<82.0.0' || 'setuptools' }}" \
-            -r requirements/_doctest.txt $PIP_EXTRA_URL
+          uv pip install . -U setuptools -r requirements/_doctest.txt \
+            $PIP_EXTRA_URL
           uv pip list
         timeout-minutes: 25
 

.github/workflows/docker-build.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python: ["3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ jobs:
         include:
           # These are the base images for PL release docker images,
           #  so include at least all the combinations in release-dockers.yml.
-          - { python: "3.9", pytorch: "2.0.1", cuda: "12.1.1", ubuntu: "22.04" }
           - { python: "3.10", pytorch: "2.0.1", cuda: "12.1.1", ubuntu: "22.04" }
           - { python: "3.11", pytorch: "2.1.2", cuda: "12.1.1", ubuntu: "22.04" }
           - { python: "3.11", pytorch: "2.2.2", cuda: "12.1.1", ubuntu: "22.04" }

.lightning/workflows/uinttests.yml → .lightning/workflows/unittests.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ machine: "L4_X_2"
 parametrize:
   matrix:
     image: # note that this is setting also all oldest requirements which is linked to Torch == 2.0
-      - "pytorchlightning/torchmetrics:ubuntu22.04-cuda12.1.1-py3.9-torch2.0"
+      - "pytorchlightning/torchmetrics:ubuntu22.04-cuda12.1.1-py3.10-torch2.0"
       - "pytorchlightning/torchmetrics:ubuntu24.04-cuda12.6.3-py3.12-torch2.8"
     # testing: ["doctest", "common", "distributed"] # todo
   include: []

dockers/README.md

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ git clone https://github.com/Lightning-AI/torchmetrics.git
 docker image build -t torchmetrics:latest -f dockers/ubuntu-cuda/Dockerfile .
 
 # build with specific arguments
-docker image build -t torchmetrics:ubuntu-cuda11.7.1-py3.9-torch1.13 \
+docker image build -t torchmetrics:ubuntu-cuda11.7.1-py3.10-torch2.0 \
   -f dockers/base-cuda/Dockerfile \
-  --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION=3.9 \
-  --build-arg PYTORCH_VERSION=1.13 \
+  --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION=3.10 \
+  --build-arg PYTORCH_VERSION=2.0 \
   --build-arg CUDA_VERSION=11.7.1 \
   .
 ```
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ sudo systemctl restart docker
 and later run the docker image with `--gpus all`. For example,
 
 ```bash
-docker run --rm -it --gpus all torchmetrics:ubuntu-cuda11.7.1-py3.9-torch1.12
+docker run --rm -it --gpus all torchmetrics:ubuntu-cuda11.7.1-py3.10-torch2.0
 ```

docs/.readthedocs.yaml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ sphinx:
 build:
   os: "ubuntu-22.04"
   tools:
-    python: "3.9"
+    python: "3.10"
   commands:
     - printenv
     - pwd ; ls -lh

requirements/_docs.txt

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ sphinx-gallery ==0.19.0
 ipython >8.0, <10.0
 
 lightning >=1.8.0, <2.6.0
-lightning-utilities ==0.15.2
+lightning-utilities ==0.15.3
 pydantic > 1.0.0, < 3.0.0
 
 # integrations
@@ -31,5 +31,4 @@ pydantic > 1.0.0, < 3.0.0
 # --------------------------
 # todo: until this has resolution - https://github.com/sphinx-gallery/sphinx-gallery/issues/1290
 # Image
-scikit-image ~=0.22; python_version < "3.10"
-scikit-image ~=0.25; python_version > "3.9"  # we do not use `> =` because of oldest replcement
+scikit-image ~=0.25

requirements/audio.txt

@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ torchaudio >=2.0.1, <2.9.0
 gammatone >=1.0.0, <1.1.0
 librosa >=0.10.0, <0.12.0
 onnxruntime >=1.12.0, <1.23 # installing onnxruntime_gpu-gpu failed on macos
-requests >=2.19.0, <2.33.0
+requests >=2.22.0, <2.33.0

requirements/base.txt

@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 numpy >1.20.0, <2.4.0
 packaging >17.1
 torch >=2.0.0, <2.9.0
-lightning-utilities >=0.8.0, <0.16.0
+lightning-utilities >=0.15.3, <0.16.0

requirements/classification_test.txt

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ numpy <2.4.0
 fairlearn # group_fairness
 
 # locauc, temporal_dependency
-PyTDC @ https://github.com/Lightning-Sandbox/PyTDC/archive/bb9f7cbcbd6f894e0e94676cad12d60710aee042.zip ; platform_system != "Windows" and python_version > "3.9"
+PyTDC @ https://github.com/Lightning-Sandbox/PyTDC/archive/bb9f7cbcbd6f894e0e94676cad12d60710aee042.zip ; platform_system != "Windows"
 # switch to old version on Windows due AssertionError: error when building libtiledbsoma from source
-# switch to old version for Python <3.10 due to impossible version/dependency resolving
-PyTDC ==0.4.1 ; python_version <"3.10" or (platform_system == "Windows" and python_version < "3.12")
+PyTDC ==0.4.1 ; platform_system == "Windows" and python_version < "3.12"

setup.py

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def _prepare_extras(skip_pattern: str = "^_", skip_files: tuple[str] = ("base.tx
         include_package_data=True,
         zip_safe=False,
         keywords=["deep learning", "machine learning", "pytorch", "metrics", "AI"],
-        python_requires=">=3.9",
+        python_requires=">=3.10",
         setup_requires=[],
         install_requires=BASE_REQUIREMENTS,
         extras_require=_prepare_extras(),
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ def _prepare_extras(skip_pattern: str = "^_", skip_files: tuple[str] = ("base.tx
             # Specify the Python versions you support here. In particular, ensure
             # that you indicate whether you support Python 2, Python 3 or both.
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-            "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
             "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",