Drop end-of-life Python 3.7.

Author: HexDecimal

.github/workflows/python-package.yml

@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest"]
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "pypy-3.7"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "pypy-3.8"]
         architecture: ["x64"]
         include:
           - os: "windows-latest"
-            python-version: "3.7"
+            python-version: "3.8"
             architecture: "x86"
           - os: "windows-latest"
-            python-version: "pypy-3.7"
+            python-version: "pypy-3.8"
             architecture: "x86"
       fail-fast: false
 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         arch: ["x86_64", "aarch64"]
-        build: ["cp37-manylinux*", "pp37-manylinux*"]
+        build: ["cp38-manylinux*", "pp38-manylinux*"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python: ["cp38-*_universal2", "cp38-*_x86_64", "cp38-*_arm64", "pp37-*"]
+        python: ["cp38-*_universal2", "cp38-*_x86_64", "cp38-*_arm64", "pp38-*"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) since version
 ### Changed
 - Added an empty `__slots__` to `EventDispatch`.
 
+### Removed
+- Dropped support for Python 3.7.
+
 ## [16.1.0] - 2023-06-23
 ### Added
 - Added the enums `tcod.event.MouseButton` and `tcod.event.MouseButtonMask`.

README.rst

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ For the most part it's just::
 ==============
  Requirements
 ==============
-* Python 3.7+
+* Python 3.8+
 * Windows, Linux, or MacOS X 10.9+.
 * On Linux, requires libsdl2 (2.0.10+).
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "The official Python port of libtcod."
 authors = [{ name = "Kyle Benesch", email = "4b796c65+tcod@gmail.com" }]
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 license = { text = "Simplified BSD License" }
 dependencies = [
     "cffi>=1.15",
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
     "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
@@ -70,18 +69,18 @@ Tracker = "https://github.com/libtcod/python-tcod/issues"
 Forum = "https://github.com/libtcod/python-tcod/discussions"
 
 [tool.distutils.bdist_wheel]
-py-limited-api = "cp37"
+py-limited-api = "cp38"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 write_to = "tcod/version.py"
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 120
-target-version = ["py37"]
+target-version = ["py38"]
 
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
-py_version = "37"
+py_version = "38"
 skip_gitignore = true
 line_length = 120