Drop Python 3.6 support

Author: jelmer

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", 3.11, 3.12, pypy3.9, pypy3.10]
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", 3.11, 3.12, pypy3.9, pypy3.10]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

NEWS

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ Improvements
 * Drop the 'test' command for distutils. This has been
   deprecated since 2.6.0. (Jelmer Vernooij)
 
+* Drop support for Python 3.6.
+  (Jelmer Vernooij)
+
 2.6.0
 ~~~~~
 

README.rst

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ under the same license as Python, see LICENSE for details.
 Supported platforms
 -------------------
 
- * Python 3.6+ or PyPy3
+ * Python 3.7+ or PyPy3
 
 If you would like to use testtools for earlier Pythons, consult the compatibility docs:
 

doc/hacking.rst

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ Coding style
 In general, follow `PEP 8`_ except where consistency with the standard
 library's unittest_ module would suggest otherwise.
 
-testtools supports Python 3.6 and later.
+code should run on all supported Python versions; see the project configuration
+for the current list.
 
 Copyright assignment
 --------------------

doc/overview.rst

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Cross-Python compatibility
 --------------------------
 
 testtools gives you the very latest in unit testing technology in a way that
-will work with Python 3.6+ and PyPy3.
+will work with Python 3.7+ and PyPy3.
 
 If you wish to use testtools with Python 2.4 or 2.5, then please use testtools
 0.9.15.

scripts/all-pythons

@@ -89,5 +89,5 @@ def now():
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     sys.path.append(ROOT)
     result = TestProtocolClient(sys.stdout)
-    for version in '3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11'.split():
+    for version in '3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12'.split():
         run_for_python(version, result, sys.argv[1:])

setup.cfg

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ classifier =
     Operating System :: OS Independent
     Programming Language :: Python
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9

setup.py

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 import setuptools
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    python_requires='>=3.6',
+    python_requires='>=3.7',
     setup_requires=['pbr'],
     pbr=True)