Require Python 3.8

Author: oschwald

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         # We don't test on Windows currently as it appears mocket may not
         # work there.
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", 3.11, 3.12]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", 3.11, 3.12]
 
     name: Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} on ${{ matrix.platform }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}

HISTORY.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 History
 -------
 
+4.8.0
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+* IMPORTANT: Python 3.8 or greater is required. If you are using an older
+  version, please use an earlier release.
+
 4.7.0 (2023-05-09)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 

README.rst

@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ correction, please `contact MaxMind support
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-Python 3.7 or greater is required. Older versions are not supported.
+Python 3.8 or greater is required. Older versions are not supported.
 
 The Requests HTTP library is also required. See
 <https://pypi.org/project/requests/> for details.

pyproject.toml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "requests>=2.24.0,<3.0.0",
     "setuptools>=60.0.0",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 readme = "README.rst"
 license = {text = "Apache License, Version 2.0"}
 classifiers = [
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",

setup.cfg

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ envlist = {py37,py38,py39,py310,py311,py312}-test,py312-{black,lint,flake8,mypy}
 
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-    3.7: py37
     3.8: py38
     3.9: py39
     3.10: py310