!feat(backend): bump minimum python version (#12223)

* bump ci versions

* bump installer version

* bump tooling version ref

* bump doc refs

* bump / refactor code refs

* bump debug ref

* remove now unneeded deps

* bump release version

* remove distutils

* fix finder call

* remove old compat code

* add changelog entry

* lower cov target for now

.github/workflows/check_translations.yaml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
       - l10
 
 env:
-  python_version: 3.11
+  python_version: 3.12
 
 permissions:
   contents: read

.github/workflows/docker.yaml

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      python_version: "3.11"
+      python_version: 3.12
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest # in the future we can try to use alternative runners here
 
     steps:
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      python_version: "3.11"
+      python_version: 3.12
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest # in the future we can try to use alternative runners here
 
     steps:
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      python_version: "3.11"
+      python_version: 3.12
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest # in the future we can try to use alternative runners here
 
     steps:

.github/workflows/frontend.yaml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
     branches-ignore: ["l10*"]
 
 env:
-  python_version: 3.11
+  python_version: 3.12
   node_version: 24
   # The OS version must be set per job
   server_start_sleep: 60

.github/workflows/import_export.yaml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 env:
-  python_version: 3.11
+  python_version: 3.12
 
   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 

.github/workflows/qc_checks.yaml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
     branches-ignore: ["l10*"]
 
 env:
-  python_version: 3.11
+  python_version: 3.12
   node_version: 24
   # The OS version must be set per job
   server_start_sleep: 60
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: true # continue if a step fails so that coverage gets pushed
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python_version: [3.11, 3.14]
+        python_version: [3.12, 3.14]
 
     env:
       INVENTREE_DB_NAME: ./inventree.sqlite

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 env:
-  python_version: 3.11
+  python_version: 3.12
 
 jobs:
   stable:
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         target:
-          - ubuntu:22.04
           - ubuntu:24.04
-          - debian:12
+          - ubuntu:26.04
+          - debian:13
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # pin@v6.0.3

.github/workflows/translations.yaml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       - master
 
 env:
-  python_version: 3.11
+  python_version: 3.12
   node_version: 24
 
 permissions: