Bump supported python versions

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+        python-version: [3.9, 3.10, 3.11]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.7
+    - name: Set up Python 3.10
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.7
+        python-version: 3.10
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip

setup.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=requires,
     extras_require={"benchmarking": ["matplotlib"]},
-    python_requires=">=3",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     license="Apache License 2.0",
     classifiers=(
         # https://pypi.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@
         "Intended Audience :: Education",
         "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",