Merge pull request #1815 from jakirkham/ann_py37

Announce Python 3.7 will be dropped October 3rd

Author: beckermr

src/user/announcements.rst

@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@ Our announcements are published to an RSS feed `here <https://conda-forge.org/do
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+2022-08-24: Dropping Python 3.7
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Conda-Forge has been providing support for Python 3.7 for 4 years now.
+Increasingly projects are moving off it (particularly in the PyData community).
+With Python 3.11's release coming around the corner (October 3rd), conda-forge
+plans to drop Python 3.7 support when Python 3.11 comes out. This will lighten
+the load on conda-forge infrastructure and make room for the new versions the
+community would like to support.
+
+More details can be found in issue `conda-forge-pinning-feedstock#2623`_.
+Feedback is welcome there.
+
+.. _`conda-forge-pinning-feedstock#2623`: https://github.com/conda-forge/conda-forge-pinning-feedstock/issues/2623
+
 2022-08-17: Dropping PyPy 3.7
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^