Drop Python 3.10 support

.github/workflows/all-tests.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.14"]  # Lower and higher versions we support
+        python-version: ["3.11", "3.14"]  # Lower and higher versions we support
         os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6

.github/workflows/caches_cron_job.yml

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.11"
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.11"
           enable-cache: true
           ignore-nothing-to-cache: true # some runs do not require building a cache (ie macOS) this says this is okay
       - name: Create the directory to store the data

.github/workflows/cross_version_serialization.yml

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.11"
       - id: set
         env:
           # Support floor: oldest minor to test. Below this, installs fail on the CI
@@ -85,17 +85,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.11"
 
       - name: Set up uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.11"
           enable-cache: false
 
       - name: Generate fixtures with spikeinterface ${{ matrix.si-version }}
         run: |
-          uv run --isolated --no-project --python 3.10 \
+          uv run --isolated --no-project --python 3.11 \
             --with "spikeinterface[core]==${{ matrix.si-version }}" \
             python .github/scripts/serialization/serialize_objects.py "$SI_SERIALIZATION_FIXTURES_DIR"
 

.github/workflows/deepinterpolation.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 name: Testing deepinterpolation
 
+# Manual only: the pinned tensorflow 2.8.4 has no wheels for Python 3.11+, the minimum spikeinterface supports
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [synchronize, opened, reopened]
-    branches:
-      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency: # Cancel previous workflows on the same pull request
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}

.github/workflows/test_containers_docker.yml

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.11"
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.11"
           enable-cache: true
       - name: Python version
         run: python --version

.github/workflows/test_containers_singularity.yml

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.11"
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.11"
           enable-cache: true
       - uses: eWaterCycle/setup-singularity@v7
         with:

.github/workflows/test_imports.yml

@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.11"
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.11"
           enable-cache: true
       - name: Install Spikeinterface with only core dependencies
         run: |

pyproject.toml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 description = "Python toolkit for analysis, visualization, and comparison of spike sorting output"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",