Add python 3.7 support

Author: JoshuaAppleby

.github/workflows/code.yml

@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"] # can add windows-latest, macos-latest
-        python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
         install: ["-e .[dev]"]
         # Make one version be non-editable to test both paths of version code
         include:
           - os: "ubuntu-latest"
-            python: "3.8"
+            python: "3.7"
             install: ".[dev]"
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

pyproject.toml

@@ -7,17 +7,20 @@ name = "python3-pip-skeleton"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
 ]
 description = "One line description of your module"
-dependencies = [] # Add project dependencies here, e.g. ["click", "numpy"]
+dependencies = [
+    "typing-extensions;python_version<'3.8'",
+] # Add project dependencies here, e.g. ["click", "numpy"]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 license.file = "LICENSE"
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [

src/python3_pip_skeleton/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-from importlib.metadata import version
+import sys
+
+if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    from importlib_metadata import version  # noqa
+else:
+    from importlib.metadata import version  # noqa
 
 __version__ = version("python3-pip-skeleton")
 del version

tests/test_boilerplate_removed.py

@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
 This file checks that all the example boilerplate text has been removed.
 It can be deleted when all the contained tests pass
 """
-from importlib.metadata import metadata
+import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
+if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    from importlib_metadata import metadata  # noqa
+else:
+    from importlib.metadata import metadata  # noqa
+
 ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent