Drop support for Python 3.6 and 3.7 (#161)

Author: Erotemic

Diff for: .circleci/config.yml

@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@ workflows:
       - test_full/cp38-38-linux:
           filters:
               <<: *__ignore_release__
-      - test_full/cp37-37m-linux:
-          filters:
-              <<: *__ignore_release__
-      - test_full/cp36-36m-linux:
-          filters:
-              <<: *__ignore_release__
 
       - test_minimal/cp3_10-3_10-linux:
           filters:
@@ -54,12 +48,6 @@ workflows:
       - test_minimal/cp38-38-linux:
           filters:
               <<: *__ignore_release__
-      - test_minimal/cp37-37m-linux:
-          filters:
-              <<: *__ignore_release__
-      - test_minimal/cp36-36m-linux:
-          filters:
-              <<: *__ignore_release__
 
       - test_minimal/pypy3:
           filters:
@@ -199,16 +187,6 @@ jobs:
     <<: *test_full_template
     docker:
       - image: cimg/python:3.8
-  
-  test_full/cp37-37m-linux:
-    <<: *test_full_template
-    docker:
-      - image: cimg/python:3.7
-
-  test_full/cp36-36m-linux:
-    <<: *test_full_template
-    docker:
-      - image: cimg/python:3.6
 
   # ------------
   test_minimal/cp3_10-3_10-linux:
@@ -226,16 +204,6 @@ jobs:
     docker:
       - image: cimg/python:3.8
 
-  test_minimal/cp37-37m-linux:
-    <<: *test_minimal_template
-    docker:
-      - image: cimg/python:3.7
-
-  test_minimal/cp36-36m-linux:
-    <<: *test_minimal_template
-    docker:
-      - image: cimg/python:3.6
-
   # --- pypy ----
 
   test_minimal/pypy3:

Diff for: .github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -157,15 +157,15 @@ jobs:
         # Xcookie generates an explicit list of environments that will be used
         # for testing instead of using the more concise matrix notation.
         include:
-        - python-version: '3.6'
+        - python-version: '3.8'
           install-extras: tests-strict,runtime-strict
-          os: ubuntu-20.04
+          os: ubuntu-latest
           arch: auto
-        - python-version: '3.6'
+        - python-version: '3.8'
           install-extras: tests-strict,runtime-strict
-          os: macos-13
+          os: macOS-latest
           arch: auto
-        - python-version: '3.6'
+        - python-version: '3.8'
           install-extras: tests-strict,runtime-strict
           os: windows-latest
           arch: auto
@@ -189,14 +189,6 @@ jobs:
           install-extras: tests
           os: windows-latest
           arch: auto
-        - python-version: '3.6'
-          install-extras: tests,optional
-          os: ubuntu-20.04
-          arch: auto
-        - python-version: '3.7'
-          install-extras: tests,optional
-          os: ubuntu-latest
-          arch: auto
         - python-version: '3.8'
           install-extras: tests,optional
           os: ubuntu-latest
@@ -221,14 +213,6 @@ jobs:
           install-extras: tests,optional
           os: ubuntu-latest
           arch: auto
-        - python-version: '3.6'
-          install-extras: tests,optional
-          os: macos-13
-          arch: auto
-        - python-version: '3.7'
-          install-extras: tests,optional
-          os: macos-13
-          arch: auto
         - python-version: '3.8'
           install-extras: tests,optional
           os: macOS-latest
@@ -253,14 +237,6 @@ jobs:
           install-extras: tests,optional
           os: macOS-latest
           arch: auto
-        - python-version: '3.6'
-          install-extras: tests,optional
-          os: windows-latest
-          arch: auto
-        - python-version: '3.7'
-          install-extras: tests,optional
-          os: windows-latest
-          arch: auto
         - python-version: '3.8'
           install-extras: tests,optional
           os: windows-latest
@@ -378,8 +354,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && ! startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags') && ! startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/heads/release')
     needs:
-    - build_purepy_wheels
     - build_and_test_sdist
+    - build_purepy_wheels
     steps:
     - name: Checkout source
       uses: actions/[email protected]
@@ -452,8 +428,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && (startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags') || startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/heads/release'))
     needs:
-    - build_purepy_wheels
     - build_and_test_sdist
+    - build_purepy_wheels
     steps:
     - name: Checkout source
       uses: actions/[email protected]

Diff for: CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 ## Version 1.2.0 - Unreleased
 
 
+### Removed
+* Dropped 3.6 and 3.7 support. Now supporting 3.6+ Use xdoctest<=1.1.6 for 3.6 or 3.7 support.
+
+
 ## Version 1.1.6 - Released 2024-08-01
 
 ### Fixed

Diff for: README.rst

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Installation: from pypi
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Xdoctest is distributed on pypi as a universal wheel and can be pip installed on
-Python 3.6+ (Python 2.7 and 3.4 / 3.5 support was removed in Version 1.1.0).
+Python 3.8+ (Python 2.7 and 3.4 / 3.5 support was removed in Version 1.1.0, 3.6 / 3.7 support was removed in Version 1.2.0).
 Installations are tested on CPython and PyPy implementations.
 
 ::

Diff for: appveyor.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ mod_name = "xdoctest"
 repo_name = "xdoctest"
 rel_mod_parent_dpath = "./src"
 os = [ "all", "win", "linux", "osx",]
-min_python = '3.6'
+min_python = '3.8'
 author = "Jon Crall"
 author_email = "[email protected]"
 description = "A rewrite of the builtin doctest module"
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     # Supported Python versions
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",

Diff for: pyproject.toml

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# See ~/local/tools/supported_python_versions_pip.py for helper script
 # xdev availpkg jupyter_client
 # xdev availpkg nbconvert
 # xdev availpkg jupyter_core
@@ -16,43 +15,34 @@ nbconvert>=6.0.0;  python_version < '3.7.0' and python_version >= '3.6.0' and pl
 jinja2>=3.0.0   ; python_version >= '3.6' and platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"  # Python 3.6+
 
 
-jupyter_client>=7.0.0     ;                              python_version >= '3.6.1'  # Python 3.6.1+
-jupyter_client>=6.1.5     ; python_version < '3.6.1' and python_version >= '3.6'    # Python 3.6
+jupyter_client>=7.0.0 
 
 
-IPython>=7.23.1    ;                            python_version >= '3.7'    # Python 3.7+
-IPython>=7.10.0    ; python_version < '3.7' and python_version >= '3.6'    # Python 3.6
+IPython>=7.23.1 
 
 
 # Requires psutil? Breaking on pypy windows?
 ipykernel>=6.11.0    ; python_version < '4.0'  and python_version >= '3.12' and (platform_system!="Windows" or platform_python_implementation != "PyPy")   # Python 3.12+
 ipykernel>=6.0.0     ; python_version < '3.12' and python_version >= '3.7' and (platform_system!="Windows" or platform_python_implementation != "PyPy")   # Python 3.7-3.11
-ipykernel>=5.2.0     ; python_version < '3.7' and python_version >= '3.6' and (platform_system!="Windows" or platform_python_implementation != "PyPy")   # Python 3.6
 
 
 # For IPython-kernel
 debugpy>=1.6.0     ;                            python_version >= '3.10'    # Python 3.10+
 debugpy>=1.3.0     ; python_version < '3.10' and python_version >= '3.9'    # Python 3.9
 debugpy>=1.0.0     ; python_version < '3.9' and python_version >= '3.8'    # Python 3.8
-debugpy>=1.0.0     ; python_version < '3.8' and python_version >= '3.7'    # Python 3.7
-debugpy>=1.0.0     ; python_version < '3.7' and python_version >= '3.6'    # Python 3.6
-
 
 # Needed for 3.10 tests
 # Needed for earlier versions of nbconvert
 ipython_genutils >= 0.2.0 ;  python_version >= '3.6' and platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"    # Python 3.10+
 
 
 # For IPython
-jedi>=0.16  ; python_version >= '3.6'    # Python 3.6+
-
-
-attrs>=19.2.0   ; python_version >= '3.6'    # Python 3.6+
+jedi>=0.16  
 
+attrs>=19.2.0
 
 # For jupyter-client
-jupyter_core >= 4.7.0  ; python_version >= '3.6'    # Python 3.6+
-
+jupyter_core >= 4.7.0
 
 # For jupyter-core
 # pywin32>=1.0; platform_system=="Windows" and python_version >= '3.6' and platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"

Diff for: requirements/jupyter.txt

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 
 pyflakes >= 2.2.0
 
-# python  ~/local/tools/supported_python_versions_pip.py tomli
+# xdev availpkg tomli
 tomli>=0.2.0  ; python_version < '3.11.0' and python_version >= '3.6'    # Python 3.6+

Diff for: requirements/optional.txt

@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@
 # TODO: determine what the actual minimum and maximum acceptable versions of
 # pytest (that are also compatible with xdoctest) are for each legacy python
 # major.minor version.
-# See ~/local/tools/supported_python_versions_pip.py for helper script
+# See xdev availpkg for helper script
 
 pytest >= 6.2.5  ;                               python_version >= '3.10.0' # Python 3.10+
 pytest >= 4.6.0  ; python_version < '3.10.0' and python_version >= '3.7.0'  # Python 3.7-3.9
-pytest >= 4.6.0  ; python_version < '3.7.0'  and python_version >= '3.6.0'  # Python 3.6
 
-pytest-cov >= 3.0.0           ;                               python_version >= '3.6.0'   # Python 3.6+
-
-typing >= 3.7.4;python_version <= '3.4' 
+pytest-cov >= 3.0.0           ;                  python_version >= '3.6.0'   # Python 3.6+

Diff for: requirements/tests.txt

@@ -207,8 +207,15 @@ def gen_packages_items():
     )
     setupkw["extras_require"] = {
         "all": parse_requirements("requirements.txt", versions="loose"),
+        "runtime": parse_requirements("requirements/runtime.txt", versions="loose"),
         "tests": parse_requirements("requirements/tests.txt", versions="loose"),
         "optional": parse_requirements("requirements/optional.txt", versions="loose"),
+        "colors": parse_requirements("requirements/colors.txt", versions="loose"),
+        "docs": parse_requirements("requirements/docs.txt", versions="loose"),
+        "jupyter": parse_requirements("requirements/jupyter.txt", versions="loose"),
+        "tests-binary": parse_requirements(
+            "requirements/tests-binary.txt", versions="loose"
+        ),
         "all-strict": parse_requirements("requirements.txt", versions="strict"),
         "runtime-strict": parse_requirements(
             "requirements/runtime.txt", versions="strict"
@@ -217,12 +224,17 @@ def gen_packages_items():
         "optional-strict": parse_requirements(
             "requirements/optional.txt", versions="strict"
         ),
-        'tests-binary': parse_requirements('requirements/tests-binary.txt'),
-        'tests-binary-strict': parse_requirements('requirements/tests-binary.txt', versions='strict'),
-        'colors': parse_requirements('requirements/colors.txt'),
-        'jupyter': parse_requirements('requirements/jupyter.txt'),
+        "colors-strict": parse_requirements(
+            "requirements/colors.txt", versions="strict"
+        ),
+        "docs-strict": parse_requirements("requirements/docs.txt", versions="strict"),
+        "jupyter-strict": parse_requirements(
+            "requirements/jupyter.txt", versions="strict"
+        ),
+        "tests-binary-strict": parse_requirements(
+            "requirements/tests-binary.txt", versions="strict"
+        ),
     }
-
     setupkw["name"] = NAME
     setupkw["version"] = VERSION
     setupkw["author"] = "Jon Crall"
@@ -233,18 +245,16 @@ def gen_packages_items():
     setupkw["long_description_content_type"] = "text/x-rst"
     setupkw["license"] = "Apache 2"
     setupkw["packages"] = find_packages("./src")
-    setupkw["python_requires"] = ">=3.6"
+    setupkw["python_requires"] = ">=3.8"
     setupkw["classifiers"] = [
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
-        "Topic :: Software Development :: Testing",
         "Topic :: Utilities",
-        "Framework :: Pytest",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+        "Topic :: Software Development :: Testing",
+        "Framework :: Pytest",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",