[Packaging] Drop Python 3.7 support (#26855)

Author: bebound

doc/command_guidelines.md

@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ Follow the [Error Handling Guidelines](https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/blob/d
 
 ## Coding Practices
 
-- All code must support Python 3.7 ~ 3.10
+- All code must support Python 3.8 ~ 3.10
 - PRs to Azure/azure-cli and Azure/azure-cli-extensions must pass CI
 - Code must pass style checks with pylint and pep8
 - (*) All commands should have tests

doc/debug/debug_in_vs_code.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 * Visual Studio Code [Link](http://code.visualstudio.com/)
 * Visual Studio Code Python Extension [Link](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=donjayamanne.python)
-* Python 3.7+
+* Python 3.8+
 * Set up development environment [Link](https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/blob/master/doc/configuring_your_machine.md)
 
 ## Quick start

doc/extensions/authoring.md

@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ See [Extension Metadata](metadata.md) for more information.
 
 ### Test your extension on Python 3
 
-- The Azure CLI supports Python 3.7 ~ 3.10 so verify that your extension does the same.
+- The Azure CLI supports Python 3.8 ~ 3.10 so verify that your extension does the same.
 - You can create virtual environments for different versions and run your extension in them.
-- e.g. `python3.7 -m venv env37` and `python3.10 -m venv env310`.
+- e.g. `python3.8 -m venv env38` and `python3.10 -m venv env310`.
 
 
 Also, see the [FAQ](faq.md).

doc/install_linux_prerequisites.md

@@ -3,26 +3,26 @@ Linux Install Prerequisites
 
 Some native Linux packages are required when installing the CLI with:
 
-- Interactive install script
+- Interactive installation script
 - `pip`
 
-Current supported Python versions are Python 3.7 ~ 3.10.
+Current supported Python versions are Python 3.8 ~ 3.10.
 
 The commands to run to install the dependencies for some common distributions are listed below.
 
-### Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Debian 9, Debian 10
+### Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Debian 9, Debian 10, Debian 11
 ```
 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev build-essential
 ```
 
-### RHEL 8, CentOS Stream 8
+### RHEL 8, CentOS Stream 8, RHEL 9, CentOS Stream 9
 Install the latest Python 3.9 available in the software repo.
 ```
 sudo dnf install -y gcc libffi-devel python39-devel openssl-devel
 ```
 
 ### SUSE OpenSUSE 13.2
-Install Python 3.7+ if needed.
+Install Python 3.8+ if needed.
 ```
 sudo zypper refresh && sudo zypper --non-interactive install gcc libffi-devel python-devel openssl-devel
 ```

scripts/ci/build.sh

@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ CLASSIFIERS = [
     'Intended Audience :: Developers',
     'Programming Language :: Python',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',

src/azure-cli-core/setup.py

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
     'Programming Language :: Python',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',

src/azure-cli-telemetry/setup.py

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
     'Programming Language :: Python',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',

src/azure-cli-testsdk/setup.py

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     'Intended Audience :: Developers',
     'Programming Language :: Python',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',

src/azure-cli/setup.py

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
     'Programming Language :: Python',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',