Merge pull request #2102 from bsipocz/python3.6_drop

Drop python3.6

Author: bsipocz

.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ jobs:
 
           - name: oldest dependencies
             os: ubuntu-latest
-            python: 3.6
-            toxenv: py36-test-oldestdeps
+            python: 3.7
+            toxenv: py37-test-oldestdeps
             toxargs: -v
 
           - name: astropy dev with all dependencies with coverage

CHANGES.rst

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Infrastructure, Utility and Other Changes and Additions
 
 - Fixed progressbar download to report the correct downloaded amount. [#2091]
 
+- Dropping Python 3.6 support. [#2102]
 
 
 0.4.2 (2021-05-14)

README.rst

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ website <http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/>`_, use the ``simbad`` sub-package:
 Installation and Requirements
 -----------------------------
 
-Astroquery works with Python 3.6 or later.
+Astroquery works with Python 3.7 or later.
 As an `astropy`_ affiliate, astroquery requires `astropy`_ version 3.1.2 or later.
 
 astroquery uses the `requests <http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/>`_

docs/index.rst

@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ The development version can be obtained and installed from github:
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-Astroquery works with Python 3.6 or later.
+Astroquery works with Python 3.7 or later.
 
 The following packages are required for astroquery installation & use:
 
-* `numpy <http://www.numpy.org>`_ >= 1.14
+* `numpy <http://www.numpy.org>`_ >= 1.15
 * `astropy <http://www.astropy.org>`__ (>=3.1.2)
 * `pyVO`_ (>=1.1)
 * `requests <http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/>`_

tox.ini

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 envlist =
-    py{36,37,38,39}-test{,-alldeps,-oldestdeps}{,-devastropy}{,-cov}
+    py{37,38,39}-test{,-alldeps,-oldestdeps}{,-devastropy}{,-cov}
     codestyle
     build_docs
 requires =
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ deps =
 
 # TODO: Add more versions to oldestdeps. numpy<1.15 could not be installed
 # in CI, a much newer version was pulled in instead, thus setting
-# minimum numpy to 1.15.
+# minimum numpy to 1.15. mpl while not a dependency, it's required for the
+# tests, and would pull up a newer numpy version if not pinned.
 
     oldestdeps: astropy==3.1.2
     oldestdeps: numpy==1.15
+    oldestdeps: matplotlib==3.3.*
     cov: codecov
 
 extras =