Drop support for Python 3.6

.github/workflows/build_package.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-18.04, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
     env:
       OS: ${{ matrix.os }}
       PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python-version }}

.github/workflows/nightly_pypi.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-18.04, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
     env:
       OS: ${{ matrix.os }}
       PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python-version }}

.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-18.04, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
     env:
       OS: ${{ matrix.os }}
       PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python-version }}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ This Changelog tracks all past changes to this project as well as details about
 
 ### Details
 
+- `removed` official support for Python 3.6 #156
 - `added` a method to HJSON dump current parameter values #149
 - `added` example for the log reader CLI #137
 - `added` human readable saving of current best point for the optimizer #140 

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ We use the [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) as a living document that not only recor
 
 ## Continuous Integration Checks
 
-As previously discussed, tests are an inherent part of good code. All Pull Requests made to the repository are automatically tested on Windows, MacOS and Ubuntu with Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9, which come up in the PR as `Checks`, notifying you whenever a particular check is failing on any platform. Except the `Code Complexity`, all checks should be passing for your PR to be ready for review/merge. The `Codecov` bot will also comment on the PR with a report on the change in the test coverage for that particular PR. If your PR reduces the overall test coverage of the codebase, it is not yet ready and you need to add more tests.
+As previously discussed, tests are an inherent part of good code. All Pull Requests made to the repository are automatically tested on Windows, MacOS and Ubuntu with Python 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9, which come up in the PR as `Checks`, notifying you whenever a particular check is failing on any platform. Except the `Code Complexity`, all checks should be passing for your PR to be ready for review/merge. The `Codecov` bot will also comment on the PR with a report on the change in the test coverage for that particular PR. If your PR reduces the overall test coverage of the codebase, it is not yet ready and you need to add more tests.
 
 ## Contributor License Agreement
 

setup.py

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics",
     ],
@@ -46,5 +45,5 @@
         "tensorflow-estimator>=2.4.0",
         "tensorflow-probability>=0.12.1",
     ],
-    python_requires="~=3.6",
+    python_requires="~=3.7",
 )