Require Python 3.10+

3.9 is EOL.

.github/workflows/Windows_build.yml

@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ jobs:
       POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT: 1
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@main
+      # TODO: Remove this once the default Python is upgraded from 3.9: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/windows/Windows2025-Readme.md#language-and-runtime
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@main
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
       - name: Lint
         run: python xenia-build.py lint --all
 
@@ -70,6 +74,10 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Setup
         run: git submodule update --init --depth=1 -j $env:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS (Select-String -CaseSensitive '(?<=path = )(?!third_party\/(FidelityFX-(CAS|FSR)|premake-(androidndk|cmake|export-compile-commands))).+' .gitmodules).Matches.Value
+      # TODO: Remove this once the default Python is upgraded from 3.9: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/windows/Windows2025-Readme.md#language-and-runtime
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@main
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
       - name: Build
         run: python xenia-build.py build --config=Release --target=src\xenia-app
       - name: Prepare artifacts

docs/building.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ drivers.
 * [Visual Studio 2022](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/)
 * CMake 3.10+ (or C++ CMake tools for Windows)
 * Windows 11 SDK version 10.0.22000.0 (for Visual Studio 2022, this or any newer version)
-* [Python 3.9+ 64-bit](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+* [Python 3.10+ 64-bit](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
   * Ensure Python is in PATH.
 
 ```

xb.bat

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ REM ============================================================================
 CALL :check_python
 IF %_RESULT% NEQ 0 (
   ECHO.
-  ECHO Python 3.9+ must be installed and on PATH:
+  ECHO Python 3.10+ must be installed and on PATH:
   ECHO https://www.python.org/
   GOTO :eof
 )

xb.ps1

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ foreach ($pythonExecutable in $pythonExecutables) {
 }
 # Neither found, error and exit
 if (!$pythonPath) {
-    Throw "ERROR: Python 3.9+ 64-bit must be installed and on PATH:`nhttps://www.python.org/"
+    Throw "ERROR: Python 3.10+ 64-bit must be installed and on PATH:`nhttps://www.python.org/"
 }
 
 & $pythonPath "$($PSScriptRoot)/xenia-build.py" $args

xenia-build.py

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def main():
         print("WARNING: The source tree is unversioned. Version info will be omitted from all binaries!\n")
 
     # Check python version.
-    python_minimum_ver = 3,9
+    python_minimum_ver = 3,10
     if not sys.version_info[:2] >= (python_minimum_ver[0], python_minimum_ver[1]) or not sys.maxsize > 2**32:
         print(f"ERROR: Python {python_minimum_ver[0]}.{python_minimum_ver[1]}+ 64-bit must be installed and on PATH")
         sys.exit(1)