Changes to support testing all currently production stable combinations

of Python and Django

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
+          # Explicitly include Python 3.9 only with Django 4.2
+          - python-version: "3.9"
+            django-version: "4.2"
           # Explicitly include Python 3.13 only with Django 5.2
           - python-version: "3.13"
             django-version: "5.2"
@@ -39,11 +42,6 @@ jobs:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
           key: ${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.django-version }} 
 
-      - name: Override Django version with test version ${{ matrix.django-version }}
-        run: |
-          uv add "django~=${{ matrix.django-version }}"
-          uv run django-admin --version
-    
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -57,6 +55,6 @@ jobs:
     
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} && uv run quicktest.py
+          cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} && uv run --with django~=${{ matrix.django-version }} quicktest.py
         env:
           DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: helpdesk.settings

pyproject.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "Django-powered ticket tracker for your helpdesk"
 authors = [
     {name = "Ross Poulton", email = "ross@rossp.org"},
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 readme = "README.rst"
 license = {text = "BSD3"}
 keywords = ["django", "helpdesk", "django-helpdesk", "tickets", "incidents", "cases", "bugs", "track", "support"]
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ packages = [
     { include="helpdesk", from="." },
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "django>=4.2",
+    "django>=5; python_version>='3.10'",
+    "django<5; python_version<'3.10'",
     "django-bootstrap4-form",
     "celery",
     "email-reply-parser",