Drop Python 3.7 Support and Remove Usage of pkg_resources (#535)

Author: zliang-akamai

.pylintrc

@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ min-public-methods=2
 [EXCEPTIONS]
 
 # Exceptions that will emit a warning when caught.
-overgeneral-exceptions=BaseException,
-                       Exception
+overgeneral-exceptions=builtins.BaseException,
+                       builtins.Exception
 
 
 [FORMAT]

linodecli/__init__.py

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 import argparse
 import os
 import sys
+from importlib.metadata import version
 from sys import argv
 
-import pkg_resources
 from rich import print as rprint
 from rich.table import Table
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 # this might not be installed at the time of building
 try:
-    VERSION = pkg_resources.require("linode-cli")[0].version
+    VERSION = version("linode-cli")
 except:
     VERSION = "building"
 

setup.py

@@ -100,6 +100,6 @@ def bake_version(v):
         ]
     },
     data_files=get_baked_files(),
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     include_package_data=True,
 )