RC 1.0.8

.github/workflows/checkpr.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14.0-rc.2"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install deploy dependencies
         run: pip install  --group deploy
+      - name: Install optional cryptography dependencies
+        run: pip install  --group crypto
       - name: Install code dependencies
         run: pip install .
       - name: Lint with pylint

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14.0-rc.2"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install deploy dependencies
         run: pip install --group deploy
+      - name: Install optional cryptography dependencies
+        run: pip install  --group crypto
       - name: Install code dependencies
         run: pip install .
       - name: Lint with pylint

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 {
-    "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
+    // These test, build and deploy tasks are targeted at a venv
+    // called 'pygpsclient' located in the user's home directory.
+    // Set your workspace default VSCode Python interpreter to
+    // this venv, i.e.
+    // "${userHome}/pygpsclient/bin/python3" on linux/macos
+    // "${userHome}/pygpsclient/Scripts/python" on windows
     "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
     "python.terminal.activateEnvironment": true,
     "editor.formatOnSave": true,
     "modulename": "${workspaceFolderBasename}",
     "distname": "${workspaceFolderBasename}",
-    "venv": "${env:HOME}/pygpsclient",
+    "venv": "${userHome}/pygpsclient",
     "python.testing.pytestArgs": [
         "tests"
     ],
@@ -17,5 +22,5 @@
     "python.analysis.addHoverSummaries": false,
     "python-envs.defaultEnvManager": "ms-python.python:venv",
     "python-envs.pythonProjects": [],
-    "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/Users/steve/pygpsclient/bin/python3",
+    "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "${userHome}/pygpsclient/bin/python3"
 }

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
 {
-    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
-    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
-    //
-    // This VSCode development workflow is intended to work on
-    // MacOS, Linux and Windows (with Powershell>=5.1).
-    //
-    // Use the Install Deploy Dependencies tasks to install the necessary
-    // build and test packages into the system environment.
-    //
-    // Use the Create Venv task to create a virtual environment in the
-    // designated directory. Select this environment using Select
-    // Interpreter to auto-activate it via New Terminal.
-    //
-    // Remember to include any global Python bin (Scripts on Windows) in PATH.
+    // These test, build and deploy tasks are targeted at a venv
+    // called 'pygpsclient' located in the user's home directory.
+    // Set your workspace default VSCode Python interpreter to
+    // this venv, i.e.
+    // "${userHome}/pygpsclient/bin/python3" on linux/macos
+    // "${userHome}/pygpsclient/Scripts/python" on windows
     "version": "2.0.0",
     "tasks": [
         {
@@ -250,15 +242,6 @@
                 "Sphinx HTML"
             ],
             "problemMatcher": []
-        },
-        {
-            "label": "Benchmark",
-            "type": "process",
-            "command": "${config:python.defaultInterpreterPath}",
-            "args": [
-                "${workspaceFolder}/examples/benchmark.py",
-            ],
-            "problemMatcher": []
-        },
+        }
     ]
 }

README.md

@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ Contributions welcome - please refer to [CONTRIBUTING.MD](https://github.com/sem
 [![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pyspartn)](https://pypi.org/project/pyspartn/)
 [![PyPI downloads](https://github.com/semuconsulting/pygpsclient/blob/master/images/clickpy_top10.svg?raw=true)](https://clickpy.clickhouse.com/dashboard/pyspartn)
 
-`pyspartn` is compatible with Python >= 3.9. It utilises the Python `cryptography` package to decrypt SPARTN message payloads*¹ ²*.
+`pyspartn` is compatible with Python >= 3.10.
 
-In the following, `python3` & `pip` refer to the Python 3 executables. You may need to substitute `python` for `python3`, depending on your particular environment (*on Windows it's generally `python`*). **It is strongly recommended that** the Python 3 binaries (\Scripts or /bin) and site_packages directories are included in your PATH (*most standard Python 3 installation packages will do this automatically if you select the 'Add to PATH' option during installation*).
+In the following, `python3` & `pip` refer to the Python 3 executables. You may need to substitute `python` for `python3`, depending on your particular environment (*on Windows it's generally `python`*).
 
 The recommended way to install the latest version of `pyspartn` is with [pip](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip/):
 
@@ -73,7 +73,13 @@ source env/bin/activate # (or env\Scripts\activate on Windows)
 python3 -m pip install --upgrade pyspartn
 ```
 
-*¹* From `pyspartn` version 1.0.7 onwards, SPARTN decryption functionality is optional. To install without decryption support, use the `--no-deps` argument e.g. ```python3 -m pip install --upgrade pyspartn --no-deps```. The boolean attribute `pyspartn.HASCRYPTO` can be used to test if decryption support is available at runtime. 
+`pyspartn` can utilise the Python `cryptography` package to decrypt encrypted SPARTN message payloads*¹ ²*, but as of version 1.0.8 this is *not* installed by default. To enable SPARTN decryption support, install the `cryptography` package separately:
+
+```shell
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade cryptography
+```
+
+*¹* The boolean attribute `pyspartn.HASCRYPTO` can be used to test if decryption support is available at runtime. 
 
 *²* On some 32-bit Linux platforms (e.g. Raspberry Pi OS 32), it may be necessary to [install Rust compiler support](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) in order to install the `cryptography` package which `pyspartn` depends on to decrypt SPARTN message payloads. See [cryptography install README](https://github.com/semuconsulting/pyspartn/blob/main/cryptography_installation/README.md).
 

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # pyspartn Release Notes
 
+### RELEASE 1.0.8
+
+1. As of October 2025, u-blox have discontinued all their encrypted SPARTN services (PointPerfect L-Band and MQTT). For this reason, the `cryptography` package used for SPARTN message decryption is now an *optional* dependency for `pyspartn`. To enable decryption support, install `cryptography` separately e.g.
+
+```shell
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade cryptography
+```
+
 ### RELEASE 1.0.7
 
 1. Make SPARTN decryption (and associated `cryptography` library dependencies) an optional feature, to avoid a hard dependency on the `cryptography` library (which can be problematic on some platforms). To install without SPARTN decryption support, use `python3 -m pip install pyspartn --no-deps`.

pyproject.toml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ description = "SPARTN protocol parser"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
     "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS",
 ]
 
-dependencies = ["cryptography>=45.0.0"]
+dependencies = []
 
 [project.urls]
 homepage = "https://github.com/semuconsulting/pyspartn"
@@ -63,16 +62,19 @@ test = [
     "Sphinx",
     "sphinx-rtd-theme",
 ]
+crypto = [
+    "cryptography>=45.0.0"
+]
 deploy = [{ include-group = "build" }, { include-group = "test" }]
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = { attr = "pyspartn._version.__version__" }
 
 [tool.black]
-target-version = ['py39']
+target-version = ['py310']
 
 [tool.isort]
-py_version = 39
+py_version = 310
 profile = "black"
 
 [tool.bandit]
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ skips = []
 jobs = 0
 reports = "y"
 recursive = "y"
-py-version = "3.9"
+py-version = "3.10"
 fail-under = "9.8"
 fail-on = "E,F"
 clear-cache-post-run = "y"

src/pyspartn/_version.py

@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 :license: BSD 3-Clause
 """
 
-__version__ = "1.0.7"
+__version__ = "1.0.8"