From f94c9505688d034427a0a58434808afd6ae33669 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: juliannguyen4 <109386615+juliannguyen4@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:43:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove 3.7 support in workflows and docs

---
 .github/workflows/tests.yml    | 22 ++++++++++++----------
 .github/workflows/valgrind.yml |  2 +-
 README.rst                     |  2 +-
 pyproject.toml                 |  1 -
 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 5c243db31..5d0369cc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 name: PR pre-merge tests
 
+env:
+  LOWEST_SUPPORTED_PY_VERSION: '3.8'
+
 # Trigger test workflow whenever:
 # 1. A pull request is updated (e.g with new commits)
 # 2. Commits are pushed directly to the stage or master branch
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        py-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        py-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
@@ -162,12 +165,12 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: '3.7'
+        python-version: ${{ env.LOWEST_SUPPORTED_PY_VERSION }}
         architecture: 'x64'
 
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
       with:
-        name: wheel-3.7
+        name: wheel-${{ env.LOWEST_SUPPORTED_PY_VERSION }}
 
     - name: Install client
       run: pip install *.whl
@@ -190,12 +193,12 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: '3.7'
+        python-version: ${{ env.LOWEST_SUPPORTED_PY_VERSION }}
         architecture: 'x64'
 
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
       with:
-        name: wheel-3.7
+        name: wheel-${{ env.LOWEST_SUPPORTED_PY_VERSION }}
 
     - name: Install client
       run: pip install *.whl
@@ -220,7 +223,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         py-version: [
-          "3.7",
           "3.8",
           "3.9",
           "3.10",
@@ -274,12 +276,12 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: "3.7"
+        python-version: ${{ env.LOWEST_SUPPORTED_PY_VERSION }}
         architecture: 'x64'
 
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
       with:
-        name: wheel-3.7
+        name: wheel-${{ env.LOWEST_SUPPORTED_PY_VERSION }}
 
     - name: Install client
       run: pip install *.whl
@@ -310,12 +312,12 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: 3.7
+        python-version: ${{ env.LOWEST_SUPPORTED_PY_VERSION }}
         architecture: 'x64'
 
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
       with:
-        name: wheel-3.7
+        name: wheel-${{ env.LOWEST_SUPPORTED_PY_VERSION }}
 
     - name: Install client
       run: pip install *.whl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/valgrind.yml b/.github/workflows/valgrind.yml
index dbbcae8e6..85c10da22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/valgrind.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/valgrind.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: "3.7"
+        python-version: '3.8'
         architecture: 'x64'
 
     - name: Install client
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 466c7515d..324fe8215 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Aerospike Python Client
 Compatibility
 -------------
 
-The Python client for Aerospike works with Python 3.7 - 3.11 and supports the following OS'es:
+The Python client for Aerospike works with Python 3.8 - 3.11 and supports the following OS'es:
 
 * macOS 11 and 12
 * CentOS 7 Linux
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6c2797cd3..517a37196 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
     "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",