MAINT: Step away from EOL Python 3.7 to 3.8

.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           - [macos-12, macosx_x86_64]
           - [macos-12, macosx_arm64]
           - [windows-2019, win_amd64]
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.10", "pypy-3.8", "pypy-3.9"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.10", "pypy-3.8", "pypy-3.9"]
         r-version: ['release']
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      # We need Python 3.7 to always be installed, so tests with
+      # We need Python 3.8 to always be installed, so tests with
       # multiple environments can run.
-      - name: Set up Python 3.7
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Set up Python version ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4

.github/workflows/triggered.yml

@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.10", "pypy-3.8", "pypy-3.9"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.10", "pypy-3.8", "pypy-3.9"]
         r-version: ['release']
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      # We need Python 3.7 to always be installed, so tests with
+      # We need Python 3.8 to always be installed, so tests with
       # multiple environments can run.
-      - name: Set up Python 3.7
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
 
       - name: Set up Python version ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4

CHANGES.rst

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-0.6 (TBD)
----------
+0.6 (2023-08-19)
+----------------
 
 New Features
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Bug Fixes
 Other Changes and Additions
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 - ``mamba`` and ``conda`` use ``environment.yml`` if it exists
+- Minimum ``python`` requirement is now ``3.8`` as ``3.7`` is end of life
 
 0.5.1 (2021-02-06)
 ------------------

docs/source/asv.conf.json.rst

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ will to default to the version of Python that the ``asv`` command
 If provided, it should be a list of strings.  It may be one of the
 following:
 
-- a Python version string, e.g. ``"3.7"``, in which case:
+- a Python version string, e.g. ``"3.8"``, in which case:
 
   - if ``conda`` is found, ``conda`` will be used to create an
     environment for that version of Python via a temporary

docs/source/installing.rst

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Installing airspeed velocity
 ============================
 
 **airspeed velocity** is known to work on Linux, Mac OS-X, and Windows.
-It is known to work with Python 3.7 and higher.
+It is known to work with Python 3.8 and higher.
 It works also with PyPy.
 
 **airspeed velocity** is a standard Python package, and the latest

docs/source/using.rst

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ for you, but it expects to find the Python versions specified
 in the ``asv.conf.json`` file available on the ``PATH``.  For example,
 if the ``asv.conf.json`` file has::
 
-  "pythons": ["3.7", "3.10"]
+  "pythons": ["3.8", "3.10"]
 
 then it will use the executables named ``python2.7`` and
 ``python3.6`` on the path.  There are many ways to get multiple

pyproject.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "asv"
 description = "Airspeed Velocity: A simple Python history benchmarking tool"
 readme = { file = "README.rst", content-type = "text/x-rst" }
 license = { text = "BSD-3-Clause" }
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 authors = [
     { name = "Michael Droettboom", email = "[email protected]" },
 ]
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",

test/tools.py

@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
 from asv.plugins.conda import _find_conda
 
 # Two Python versions for testing
-PYTHON_VER1, PYTHON_VER2 = '3.7', platform.python_version()
+PYTHON_VER1, PYTHON_VER2 = '3.8', platform.python_version()
 
 # Installable library versions to use in tests
 DUMMY1_VERSION = "0.14"
-DUMMY2_VERSIONS = ["0.3.7", "0.3.9"]
+DUMMY2_VERSIONS = ["0.3.8", "0.3.9"]
 
 
 WIN = (os.name == "nt")