Fix manylinux image

.github/workflows/regression_suite.yaml

@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
         include:
           # Windows wheels are release-critical but broke silently in 0.0.219 (3.13) and
           # were dropped entirely in 0.0.233. Build and test on Windows here so a broken
           # MSVC build fails in CI rather than at release time.
           - os: windows-latest
-            python-version: '3.9'
+            python-version: '3.10'
           - os: windows-latest
             python-version: '3.13'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -14,26 +14,17 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        include:
-          - python-version: '3.9'
-            manylinux_image: 'quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64'
-            plat: 'manylinux2014_x86_64'
-          - python-version: '3.10'
-            manylinux_image: 'quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64'
-            plat: 'manylinux2014_x86_64'
-          - python-version: '3.11'
-            manylinux_image: 'quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64'
-            plat: 'manylinux2014_x86_64'
-          - python-version: '3.12'
-            manylinux_image: 'quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64'
-            plat: 'manylinux2014_x86_64'
-          - python-version: '3.13'
-            manylinux_image: 'quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64'
-            plat: 'manylinux2014_x86_64'
-          - python-version: '3.14'
-            manylinux_image: 'quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64'
-            plat: 'manylinux2014_x86_64'
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      # manylinux2014 (glibc 2.17) is no longer buildable: numpy dropped
+      # manylinux_2_17 wheels at 2.3.0, so pip fell back to the sdist and failed
+      # against the image's GCC 10.2.1 ("NumPy requires GCC >= 10.3"). Moving to
+      # glibc 2.28 loses nothing real - pyarrow and numpy are hard runtime
+      # requirements of orso and both ship manylinux_2_28 only, so a glibc 2.17
+      # wheel could not have been installed anyway.
+      MANYLINUX_IMAGE: quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64
+      PLAT: manylinux_2_28_x86_64
     steps:
       - name: Set up Python (runner)
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
@@ -52,45 +43,32 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
-          DESIRED_IMAGE="${{ matrix.manylinux_image }}"
-          echo "Attempting to pull ${DESIRED_IMAGE}..."
-
-          if docker pull "${DESIRED_IMAGE}" 2>/dev/null; then
-            IMAGE="${DESIRED_IMAGE}"
-          else
-            echo "Failed to pull ${DESIRED_IMAGE}; trying fallback..."
-            if docker pull quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64 2>/dev/null; then
-              IMAGE=quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64
-            else
-              echo "ERROR: no manylinux image available. Tried: ${DESIRED_IMAGE}, quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64"
-              exit 125
-            fi
-          fi
-
-          echo "Using container image: ${IMAGE} with PLAT=${{ matrix.plat }}"
+          echo "Pulling ${MANYLINUX_IMAGE}..."
+          docker pull "${MANYLINUX_IMAGE}"
 
+          echo "Building with ${MANYLINUX_IMAGE} (PLAT=${PLAT})"
           docker run --rm \
-            -e PLAT=${{ matrix.plat }} \
+            -e PLAT="${PLAT}" \
             -e PACKAGE_NAME=orso \
             -e PYTHON_VERSION=${{ matrix.python-version }} \
             -v `pwd`:/io \
             --workdir /io \
-            "${IMAGE}" \
+            "${MANYLINUX_IMAGE}" \
             io/build.sh
 
       - name: Archive Wheels
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: dist-linux-${{ matrix.python-version }}
           path: io/dist/*manylinux*.whl
+          if-no-files-found: error
 
   build-macos:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
         include:
-          - python-version: '3.9'
           - python-version: '3.10'
           - python-version: '3.11'
           - python-version: '3.12'
@@ -123,6 +101,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: dist-macos-${{ matrix.python-version }}
           path: dist
+          if-no-files-found: error
 
   build-windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
@@ -131,7 +110,6 @@ jobs:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
         include:
-          - python-version: '3.9'
           - python-version: '3.10'
           - python-version: '3.11'
           - python-version: '3.12'
@@ -218,7 +196,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: '3.12'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |

orso/version.py

@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__: str = "0.0.244"
+__version__: str = "0.0.246"
 __author__: str = "@joocer"

setup.py

@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ def _read_requirements() -> list:
     "url": "https://github.com/mabel-dev/orso/",
     "ext_modules": cythonize(extensions),
     "install_requires": required,
+    # 3.9 is EOL (Oct 2025) and our own dependencies no longer publish cp39
+    # wheels; without this pip would offer 3.9 users an sdist they cannot use.
+    "python_requires": ">=3.10",
     "extras_require": {
         # pysimdjson provides the `simdjson` Python module used as an optional accelerator.
         "simdjson": ["pysimdjson"],