Merge pull request #485 from hakonanes/drop-python-3.7-support

Remove support for Python 3.7

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ['3.10', '3.11']
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            python-version: 3.7
-            DEPENDENCIES: diffpy.structure==3  matplotlib==3.5
+            python-version: 3.8
+            DEPENDENCIES: diffpy.structure==3.0.2  matplotlib==3.5
             LABEL: -oldest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ Changed
 - ``random()`` methods no longer accept a list as a valid shape: pass a tuple instead.
 - Increase minimal version of Matplotlib to >= 3.5.
 
+Removed
+-------
+- Support for Python 3.7.
+
 Deprecated
 ----------
 - Creating quaternions from neo-eulerian vectors via ``from_neo_euler()`` is deprecated

doc/user/installation.rst

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Installation
 
 orix can be installed with `pip <https://pypi.org/project/orix/>`__,
 `conda <https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/orix>`__ or from source, and supports Python
->= 3.7. All alternatives are available on Windows, macOS and Linux.
+>= 3.8.
+All alternatives are available on Windows, macOS and Linux.
 
 .. _install-with-pip:
 

setup.py

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
     long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
     classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics",
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["orix/tests"]),
     extras_require=extra_feature_requirements,
     # fmt: off