Bump: support python 3.9

.github/workflows/pull-request-management.yml

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python_version: ['3.10','3.11','3.12']
+        python_version: ['3.9','3.10','3.11','3.12']
     steps:
       - name: 'set environment variables'
         run: |
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
       - name: Install requirements
+        # forcing a specific version of ansible-lint to install requirement-dev in Python 3.9.
         run: |
-          pip install -r ansible_collections/arista/cvp/requirements-dev.txt
+          pip install -r ansible_collections/arista/cvp/requirements-dev-3.9.txt
           pip install -r ansible_collections/arista/cvp/requirements.txt
       - name: 'Execute pytest validation'
         run: |

ansible_collections/arista/cvp/requirements-dev-3.9.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Temp requirements  for python 3.9 (removed ansible-lint)
+ansible-core>=2.15.0,<2.18.0
+ansible-builder
+galaxy-importer>=0.3.1
+pycodestyle
+flake8
+pylint>=2.16.1
+twine
+pre-commit>=2.9.2
+pre-commit-hooks>=3.3.0
+identify>=1.4.20
+docker
+molecule>=3.2.0,<6.0
+molecule-docker>=0.2.4
+mitogen
+pytest
+pytest-cov>=2.11.1
+pytest-html>=3.1.1
+pytest-metadata>=1.11.0
+pytest-dependency
+jmespath
+pytest-mock

ansible_collections/arista/cvp/requirements-dev.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible-core>=2.15.0,<2.17.0
+ansible-core>=2.15.0,<2.18.0
 ansible-builder
 ansible-lint>=24.7.0
 galaxy-importer>=0.3.1