Drop support for python3.7

Makefile

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ venv_dir := $(get_venv_dir)/pipenv_venv
 venv_file := $(CURDIR)/.test_venv
 get_venv_path =$(file < $(venv_file))
 # This is how we will build tag-specific wheels, e.g. py36 or py37
-PY_VERSIONS:= 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11
+PY_VERSIONS:= 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11
 BACKSLASH = '\\'
 # This is how we will build generic wheels, e.g. py2 or py3
 INSTALL_TARGETS := $(addprefix install-py,$(PY_VERSIONS))
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ retest: virtualenv submodules test-install
 
 .PHONY: build
 build: install-virtualenvs.stamp install.stamp
-	PIPENV_PYTHON=3.7 pipenv run python -m build
+	PIPENV_PYTHON=3.8 pipenv run python -m build
 
 .PHONY: update-version
 update-version:

news/5879.removal.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Drop support for Python 3.7

pipenv/environment.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import site
 import sys
 import typing
+from functools import cached_property
 from pathlib import Path
 from sysconfig import get_paths, get_python_version, get_scheme_names
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -30,14 +31,6 @@
 from pipenv.utils.shell import make_posix, temp_environ
 from pipenv.vendor.pythonfinder.utils import is_in_path
 
-try:
-    # this is only in Python3.8 and later
-    from functools import cached_property
-except ImportError:
-    # eventually distlib will remove cached property when they drop Python3.7
-    from pipenv.patched.pip._vendor.distlib.util import cached_property
-
-
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from types import ModuleType
     from typing import ContextManager, Generator

pipenv/utils/project.py

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def ensure_project(
     os.environ["PIP_PYTHON_PATH"] = project.python(system=system)
 
 
-@lru_cache()
+@lru_cache
 def get_setuptools_version():
     # type: () -> Optional[STRING_TYPE]
 

pipenv/utils/resolver.py

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
         )
 
     @staticmethod
-    @lru_cache()
+    @lru_cache
     def _get_pip_command():
         return InstallCommand(name="InstallCommand", summary="pip Install command.")
 
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ def resolve_deps(
     return results, internal_resolver
 
 
-@lru_cache()
+@lru_cache
 def get_pipenv_sitedir() -> Optional[str]:
     site_dir = next(
         iter(d for d in pkg_resources.working_set if d.key.lower() == "pipenv"), None

pipenv/utils/shell.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from .processes import subprocess_run
 
 
-@lru_cache()
+@lru_cache
 def make_posix(path: str) -> str:
     """
     Convert a path with possible windows-style separators to a posix-style path

pyproject.toml

@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 authors = [
   {name = "Pipenv maintainer team", email = "[email protected]"},
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 classifiers=[
   "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "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",

run-tests.sh

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export PIPENV_CACHE_DIR=`mktemp -d 2>/dev/null || mktemp -d -t 'pipenv_cache'`
 
 # on some Linux OS python is python3
 PYTHON=${PYTHON:-"python"}
-PIPENV_PYTHON="${PIPENV_PYTHON:-3.7}"
+PIPENV_PYTHON="${PIPENV_PYTHON:-3.8}"
 
 PIP_CALL="${PIP_CALL:-${PYTHON} -m pip install --user}"
 

tests/integration/conftest.py

@@ -104,14 +104,6 @@ def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
         pytest.skip('test not applicable on python 3.8')
     if item.get_closest_marker('skip_osx') is not None and sys.platform == 'darwin':
         pytest.skip('test does not apply on OSX')
-    if item.get_closest_marker('lte_py36') is not None and (
-        sys.version_info >= (3, 7)
-    ):
-        pytest.skip('test only runs on python < 3.7')
-    if item.get_closest_marker('skip_py36') is not None and (
-        sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 6)
-    ):
-        pytest.skip('test is skipped on python 3.6')
     if item.get_closest_marker('skip_windows') is not None and (os.name == 'nt'):
         pytest.skip('test does not run on windows')