Bump Python version to 3.10+

[wsw70]

Python 3.10 introduced (at last!) the match command which corresponds to the ~switch command in other languages.

It makes life at least 3.8 times easier.

(current version is 3.12)

[jamesoff]

Much as I like new language features (and am using them in other projects), I'm mindful of things like Raspberry Pis which may be held up on older distros with older Pythons, so I'm trying to keep compatibility with older versions (as long as they're not EOL) as much as possible :)

[wsw70]

Alllllll right - I will rewrite my code to match with 3.7 then ;-(

[wsw70]

as long as they're not EOL

Just FYI - 3.7 is EOL since 2023-06-27

source: https://devguide.python.org/versions/

[jamesoff]

Time to upgrade to 3.8 then :)

[wsw70]

Yes, it buys 300 days :)

3.12, however, ... :)

[jamesoff]

Time to investigate getting my Pi3 upgraded to some newer Debian/Raspbian I think!

[wsw70]

I did that for one of my RPis (that hangs below a monitor and powers the home dashboard) and initially I went the "change the target in sources.list" way but ultimately ended up reflashing the SD card with the latest Raspberry OS (ex Raspbian). It is a Debian 12.

[jamesoff]

Yeah I just edited the sources with s/buster/bullseye and dist-upgrade is running now. Not the end of the world if I have to reflash it, it mostly just runs simplemonitor and homebridge now.