Add back support for Python 3.7

- too early to drop it
- disable failing tests for Python 3.7
  (expanduser() and home() behave slightly different in 3.7)

.github/workflows/testsuite.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12-dev"]
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12-dev"]
         include:
           - python-version: "pypy-3.7"
             os: ubuntu-latest

CHANGES.md

@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ The released versions correspond to PyPI releases.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-### Changes
-* removed support for Python 3.7 (end of life)
-
 ### Fixes
 * removed a leftover debug print statement (see [#869](../../issues/869))
 * make sure tests work without HOME environment set (see [#870](../../issues/870))

README.md

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ provides some additional features:
   under root
 
 ## Compatibility
-pyfakefs works with CPython 3.8 and above, on Linux, Windows and macOS, and
+pyfakefs works with CPython 3.7 and above, on Linux, Windows and macOS, and
 with PyPy3.
 
 pyfakefs works with [pytest](http://doc.pytest.org) version 3.0.0 or above,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ for more information about the limitations of pyfakefs.
 ### Continuous integration
 
 pyfakefs is currently automatically tested on Linux, macOS and Windows, with
-Python 3.8 to 3.12, and with PyPy3 on Linux, using
+Python 3.7 to 3.11, and with PyPy3 on Linux, using
 [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/pytest-dev/pyfakefs/actions).
 
 ### Running pyfakefs unit tests

docs/intro.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ system that mocks the Python file system modules.
 Using pyfakefs, your tests operate on a fake file system in memory without touching the real disk.
 The software under test requires no modification to work with pyfakefs.
 
-pyfakefs works with CPython 3.8 and above, on Linux, Windows and macOS,
+pyfakefs works with CPython 3.7 and above, on Linux, Windows and macOS,
 and with PyPy3.
 
 pyfakefs works with `pytest <doc.pytest.org>`__ version 3.0.0 or above by

pyfakefs/tests/fake_filesystem_test.py

@@ -1062,7 +1062,9 @@ def test_join_bytes(self):
         components = [b"foo", b"bar", b"baz"]
         self.assertEqual(b"foo!bar!baz", self.path.join(*components))
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform != "win32", "Windows specific test")
+    @unittest.skipIf(
+        sys.platform != "win32" or sys.version_info < (3, 8), "Windows specific test"
+    )
     @patch.dict(os.environ, {"USERPROFILE": r"C:\Users\John"})
     def test_expand_user_windows(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.path.expanduser("~"), "C:!Users!John")

pyfakefs/tests/fake_pathlib_test.py

@@ -462,7 +462,9 @@ def test_cwd(self):
             self.path.cwd(), self.path(self.os.path.realpath(dir_path))
         )
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform != "win32", "Windows specific test")
+    @unittest.skipIf(
+        sys.platform != "win32" or sys.version_info < (3, 8), "Windows specific test"
+    )
     @patch.dict(os.environ, {"USERPROFILE": r"C:\Users\John"})
     def test_expanduser_windows(self):
         self.assertEqual(
@@ -475,7 +477,9 @@ def test_expanduser_windows(self):
     def test_expanduser_posix(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.path("~").expanduser(), self.path("/home/john"))
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform != "win32", "Windows specific test")
+    @unittest.skipIf(
+        sys.platform != "win32" or sys.version_info < (3, 8), "Windows specific test"
+    )
     @patch.dict(os.environ, {"USERPROFILE": r"C:\Users\John"})
     def test_home_windows(self):
         self.assertEqual(

setup.cfg

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ classifiers =
     Intended Audience :: Developers
     License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ universal = 0
 [options]
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
-python_requires = >=3.8
+python_requires = >=3.7
 test_suite = pyfakefs.tests
 include_package_data = True