chore: prep 7.2.1 release (#3225)

edmondchuc · web-flow · commit 856c1af6b59f · 2025-09-19T12:23:52.000+10:00
* chore: prep 7.2.1 release

* docs: add new step in releasing section

* build: update poetry lockfile

* docs: fix title underline too short
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-## 2025-09-18 RELEASE 7.2.0
+## 2025-09-19 RELEASE 7.2.1
+
+A tiny clean up release.
+
+Fixes:
+- Previous RDFLib releases required all downstream projects to specify <4.0.0. This release relaxes this requirement to allow Python 3.8.1 and later.
+
+## 2025-09-19 RELEASE 7.2.0
 
 This release contains a number of fixes and improvements to RDFLib.
 
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ authors:
 - family-names: "Stuart"
   given-names: "Veyndan"
 title: "RDFLib"
-version: 7.2.0
-date-released: 2025-09-18
+version: 7.2.1
+date-released: 2025-09-19
 url: "https://github.com/RDFLib/rdflib"
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6845245
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Help with maintenance of all of the RDFLib family of packages is always welcome
 ## Versions & Releases
 
 * `main` branch in this repository is the current unstable release - version 8 alpha
+* `7.2.1` tiny clean up release, relaxes Python version requirement
 * `7.2.0` general fixes and usability improvements, see changelog for details
 * `7.1.4` tidy-up release, possibly last 7.x release
 * `7.1.3` current stable release, small improvements to 7.1.1
diff --git a/docs/developers.rst b/docs/developers.rst
@@ -551,9 +551,16 @@ Once this is all done, create another post-release pull request with the followi
 #. In ``docker/latest/requirements.in`` set the version to the just released version
 #. Use ``task docker:prepare`` to update ``docker/latest/requirements.txt``
 
+5. Port changes to the next major working branch
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+If maintaining multiple long-lived version branches, ensure changes from this release are ported to the next major working branch.
 
-5. Let the world know
+For instance, releasing a ``7.x`` would require merging in changes to ``main`` for version ``8.x``.
+
+This ensures general fixes and enhancements are ported over and maintained in the next major working branch.
+
+6. Let the world know
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Announce the release at the following locations:
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "rdflib"
-version = "7.2.0"
+version = "7.2.1"
 description = """RDFLib is a Python library for working with RDF, \
 a simple yet powerful language for representing information."""
 authors = ["Daniel 'eikeon' Krech <eikeon@eikeon.com>"]
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ rdfs2dot = 'rdflib.tools.rdfs2dot:main'
 rdfgraphisomorphism = 'rdflib.tools.graphisomorphism:main'
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.8.1"
+python = ">=3.8.1"
 isodate = {version=">=0.7.2,<1.0.0", python = "<3.11"}
 pyparsing = ">=2.1.0,<4"
 berkeleydb = {version = "^18.1.0", optional = true}
diff --git a/rdflib/__init__.py b/rdflib/__init__.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
 
 __version__: str = _DISTRIBUTION_METADATA["Version"]
-__date__ = "2025-09-18"
+__date__ = "2025-09-19"
 
 __all__ = [
     "URIRef",
