project: drop Python 3.7 support

This removes any Python 3.7 support and bumps it to 3.8 minimum as 3.7 is EOL.

.github/workflows/python-package.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
         # Use only lowest and highest supported python versions for now,
         # to speed up CI runs
-        python-version: [3.7, "3.11"]
+        python-version: [3.8, "3.11"]
         node-version: [16]
       fail-fast: false
 

.github/workflows/python-tests.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11"]
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:

README.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ details and [documentation](https://isso-comments.de/docs/).
 
 ### Requirements
 
-- Python 3.7+ (+ devel headers)
+- Python 3.8+ (+ devel headers)
 - SQLite 3.3.8 or later
 - a working C compiler
 

docs/docs/reference/installation.rst

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Install from PyPi
 Requirements
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-- Python 3.7+ (+ devel headers)
+- Python 3.8+ (+ devel headers)
 - SQLite 3.3.8 or later
 - a working C compiler
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Install from Source
 If you want to hack on Isso or track down issues, there's an alternate
 way to set up Isso. It requires a lot more dependencies and effort:
 
-- Python 3.7+ (+ devel headers)
+- Python 3.8+ (+ devel headers)
 - Virtualenv
 - SQLite 3.3.8 or later
 - a working C compiler (e.g. the ``gcc`` package)

setup.py

@@ -25,14 +25,13 @@
     description='lightweight Disqus alternative',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    python_requires='>=3.7',
+    python_requires='>=3.8',
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Topic :: Internet",
         "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: HTTP Servers",
         "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: WSGI :: Application",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",