Remove Python 3.7 from Github actions

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
         os: ["macOS-latest", "ubuntu-latest", "windows-2019"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up Python 3.7
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
       - name: Install deps
         run: pip install "conan<2.0.0"
       - name: Install openblas
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ jobs:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up Python 3.7
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
       - name: Install deps
         run: pip install "conan<2.0.0"
       - name: Install openblas and mpi

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: ["lint"]
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", '3.11']
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", '3.11']
         platform: [
           { os: "ubuntu-latest", python-architecture: "x64" },
         ]
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11"]
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
     env:
       AER_THRUST_BACKEND: OMP
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", '3.11']
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", '3.11']
         os: ["macOS-latest"]
     env:
       AER_THRUST_BACKEND: OMP
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11"]
         os: ["windows-2019"]
     env:
       AER_THRUST_BACKEND: OMP

pyproject.toml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [tool.cibuildwheel]
 manylinux-x86_64-image = "manylinux2014"
 manylinux-i686-image = "manylinux2014"
-skip = "pp* cp36* *musllinux*"
+skip = "pp* cp36* cp37* *musllinux*"
 test-skip = "cp310-win32 cp310-manylinux_i686 cp311-win32 cp311-manylinux_i686"
 test-command = "python {project}/tools/verify_wheels.py"
 # We need to use pre-built versions of Numpy and Scipy in the tests; they have a
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ before-all = "yum install -y openblas-devel"
 environment = { CMAKE_GENERATOR = "Visual Studio 16 2019"}
 
 [[tool.cibuildwheel.overrides]]
-select = "cp3{7,8,9,10,11}-manylinux_i686"
+select = "cp3{8,9,10,11}-manylinux_i686"
 before-all = "yum install -y wget && bash {project}/tools/install_openblas_i686.sh && bash {project}/tools/install_rust.sh"
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = ['py37', 'py38', 'py39', 'py310', 'py311']
+target-version = ['py38', 'py39', 'py310', 'py311']