#585 - Drup support for python version 3.8 or earlier

Signed-off-by: Chin Yeung Li <[email protected]>

Author: chinyeungli

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 ==============================
 Changelog
 
+xxxx-xx-xx
+    Release xx.x.x
+
+    * Drop support for python version earlier than 3.9
+
+
 2024-09-16
     Release 11.0.2
 

Dockerfile

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # See https://aboutcode.org for more information about nexB OSS projects.
 #
 
-FROM python:3.7-slim-buster
+FROM python:3.9-slim-buster
 
 RUN apt-get update \
  && apt-get install -y bash bzip2 xz-utils zlib1g libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libgomp1 libpopt0 curl\

README.rst

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Build and tests status
 
 REQUIREMENTS
 ------------
-The AboutCode Toolkit is tested with Python 3.7 or above only on Linux, Mac and Windows.
+The AboutCode Toolkit is tested with Python 3.9 or above only on Linux, Mac and Windows.
 You will need to install a Python interpreter if you do not have one already
 installed.
 

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -9,46 +9,46 @@ jobs:
     parameters:
       job_name: ubuntu20_cpython
       image_name: ubuntu-20.04
-      python_versions: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+      python_versions: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
       test_suites:
         all: venv/bin/pytest -n 2 -vvs
 
   - template: etc/ci/azure-posix.yml
     parameters:
       job_name: ubuntu22_cpython
       image_name: ubuntu-22.04
-      python_versions: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+      python_versions: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
       test_suites:
         all: venv/bin/pytest -n 2 -vvs
 
   - template: etc/ci/azure-posix.yml
     parameters:
       job_name: macos12_cpython
       image_name: macOS-12
-      python_versions: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+      python_versions: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
       test_suites:
         all: venv/bin/pytest -n 2 -vvs
 
   - template: etc/ci/azure-posix.yml
     parameters:
       job_name: macos13_cpython
       image_name: macOS-13
-      python_versions: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+      python_versions: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
       test_suites:
         all: venv/bin/pytest -n 2 -vvs
 
   - template: etc/ci/azure-win.yml
     parameters:
       job_name: win2019_cpython
       image_name: windows-2019
-      python_versions: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+      python_versions: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
       test_suites:
         all: venv\Scripts\pytest -n 2 -vvs
 
   - template: etc/ci/azure-win.yml
     parameters:
       job_name: win2022_cpython
       image_name: windows-2022
-      python_versions: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+      python_versions: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
       test_suites:
         all: venv\Scripts\pytest -n 2 -vvs

docs/source/home.rst

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Build and tests status
 
 REQUIREMENTS
 ------------
-The AboutCode Toolkit is tested with Python 3.7 or above only on Linux, Mac and Windows.
+The AboutCode Toolkit is tested with Python 3.9 or above only on Linux, Mac and Windows.
 You will need to install a Python interpreter if you do not have one already
 installed.
 

etc/scripts/gen_requirements.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def gen_requirements():
         type=pathlib.Path,
         required=True,
         metavar="DIR",
-        help="Path to the 'site-packages' directory where wheels are installed such as lib/python3.7/site-packages",
+        help="Path to the 'site-packages' directory where wheels are installed such as lib/python3.9/site-packages",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-r",

etc/scripts/gen_requirements_dev.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def gen_dev_requirements():
         type=pathlib.Path,
         required=True,
         metavar="DIR",
-        help='Path to the "site-packages" directory where wheels are installed such as lib/python3.7/site-packages',
+        help='Path to the "site-packages" directory where wheels are installed such as lib/python3.9/site-packages',
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-d",

etc/scripts/utils_thirdparty.py

@@ -115,13 +115,12 @@
 TRACE_ULTRA_DEEP = False
 
 # Supported environments
-PYTHON_VERSIONS = "37", "38", "39", "310"
+PYTHON_VERSIONS = "39", "310", "311"
 
 PYTHON_DOT_VERSIONS_BY_VER = {
-    "37": "3.7",
-    "38": "3.8",
     "39": "3.9",
     "310": "3.10",
+    "311": "3.11",
 }
 
 

setup.cfg

@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ classifiers =
     Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
     Intended Audience :: Developers
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
-    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
     Topic :: Software Development
     Topic :: Software Development :: Documentation
     Topic :: Software Development :: Quality Assurance
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ zip_safe = false
 
 setup_requires = setuptools_scm[toml] >= 4
 
-python_requires = >=3.7
+python_requires = >=3.9
 
 install_requires =
     attrs