Merge pull request #418 from zestsoftware/reinout-drop-37

Drop python 3.7

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         config:
         # [Python version, tox env]
-        - ["3.7",   "py37"]
         - ["3.8",   "py38"]
         - ["3.9",   "py39"]
         - ["3.10",   "py310"]

CHANGES.rst

@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 Changelog for zest.releaser
 ===========================
 
-8.0.1 (unreleased)
+9.0.0 (unreleased)
 ------------------
 
-- Changed build system to pypa/build instead of explicitly using setuptools.
+- Changed build system to pypa/build instead of explicitly using
+  setuptools.
 
 - Zest.releaser's settings can now also be placed in ``pyproject.toml``.
 
 - Added pre-commit config for neater code (black, flake8, isort).
 
+- Dropped support for python 3.7. Together with switching to ``build`` and
+  ``pyproject.toml``, this warrants a major version bump.
+
 
 8.0.0 (2023-05-05)
 ------------------

README.rst

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Compatibility / Dependencies
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/zest.releaser?   :alt: PyPI - Python Version
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/implementation/zest.releaser?   :alt: PyPI - Implementation
 
-``zest.releaser`` works on Python 3.7+, including PyPy3.
+``zest.releaser`` works on Python 3.8+, including PyPy3.
 Tested until Python 3.11, but see ``tox.ini`` for the canonical place for that.
 
 To be sure: the packages that you release with ``zest.releaser`` may

doc/source/developing.rst

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ developing::
 Python versions
 ---------------
 
-The tests currently pass on python 3.7-3.11 and PyPy3.
+The tests currently pass on python 3.8-3.11 and PyPy3.
 
 
 Necessary programs

pyproject.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "zest.releaser"
-version = "8.0.1.dev0"
+version = "9.0.0.dev0"
 description = "Software releasing made easy and repeatable"
 license = {text = "GPL"}
 authors = [
@@ -21,15 +21,14 @@ dependencies = [
     "tomli; python_version<'3.11'",
     "setuptools >= 61.0.0",  # older versions can't read pyproject.toml configurations
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 6 - Mature",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",

tox.ini

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 envlist =
-    py37,py38,py39,py310,py311,pypy3
+    py38,py39,py310,py311,pypy3
 
 [testenv]
 usedevelop = true

zest/releaser/utils.py

@@ -683,11 +683,7 @@ def _execute_command(command):
         "stdout": subprocess.PIPE,
         "stderr": subprocess.PIPE,
         "env": env,
-        # With Python 3.7+ we could use the more understandable 'text' alias
-        # instead of the cryptic 'universal_newlines'.
-        # They do the same: open a file (stdin/out/err) in text mode
-        # instead of binary.  Core Python is better at knowing which encoding to use.
-        "universal_newlines": True,
+        "text": True,
     }
     process = subprocess.run(command, **process_kwargs)
     if process.returncode or show_stderr or "Traceback" in process.stderr: