update test matrix following NEP29 + 1 year

- drop support for Python 3.7
- drop support for numpy 1.18

Author: apdavison

.github/workflows/core-test.yml

@@ -20,15 +20,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest"]
         # "macos-latest",
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
-        numpy-version: ['1.18.5', '1.19.5', '1.20.3', '1.21.6', '1.22.4', '1.23.0']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
+        numpy-version: ['1.19.5', '1.20.3', '1.21.6', '1.22.4', '1.23.5', '1.24.1']
         exclude:
-           - python-version: '3.7'
-             numpy-version: '1.22.4'
-           - python-version: '3.7'
-             numpy-version: '1.23.0'
-           - python-version: '3.10'
-             numpy-version: '1.18.5'
            - python-version: '3.10'
              numpy-version: '1.19.5'
            - python-version: '3.10'

requirements.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 packaging
-numpy>=1.18.5
+numpy>=1.19.5
 quantities>=0.12.1

setup.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 long_description = open("README.rst").read()
 install_requires = ['packaging',
-                    'numpy>=1.18.5',
+                    'numpy>=1.19.5',
                     'quantities>=0.12.1']
 extras_require = {
     'igorproio': ['igor'],
@@ -44,15 +44,14 @@
     long_description=long_description,
     license="BSD-3-Clause",
     url='https://neuralensemble.org/neo',
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
         'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
         'Natural Language :: English',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',