Drop 3.7 support

Signed-off-by: Bernát Gábor <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/check.yaml

@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ jobs:
  - { os: macos-latest, py: "[email protected]" }
  - { os: macos-latest, py: "[email protected]" }
  - { os: macos-latest, py: "[email protected]" }
- - { os: macos-latest, py: "[email protected]" }
- - { os: ubuntu-latest, py: "3.7" }
- - { os: macos-13, py: "3.7" }
  exclude:
  - { os: windows-latest, py: "pypy-3.10" }
  - { os: windows-latest, py: "pypy-3.9" }

docs/changelog/2783.bugfix.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 Upgrade embedded wheels:
 
 * setuptools to ``75.2.0`` from ``75.1.0``
+* Removed pip of ``24.0``
+* Removed setuptools of ``68.0.0``
+* Removed wheel of ``0.42.0``

docs/installation.rst

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ request on our issue tracker.
 
 Note:
 
+- as of ``20.27.0`` -- ``2024-10-17`` -- we no longer support running under Python ``<=3.7``,
 - as of ``20.18.0`` -- ``2023-02-06`` -- we no longer support running under Python ``<=3.6``,
 - as of ``20.22.0`` -- ``2023-04-19`` -- we no longer support creating environments for Python ``<=3.6``.
 
@@ -120,4 +121,4 @@ In case of macOS we support:
 Windows
 ~~~~~~~
 - Installations from `python.org <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_
-- Windows Store Python - note only `version 3.7+ <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/python-38/9mssztt1n39l>`_
+- Windows Store Python - note only `version 3.8+ <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/python-38/9mssztt1n39l>`_

pyproject.toml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 maintainers = [
  { name = "Bernat Gabor", email = "[email protected]" },
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 classifiers = [
  "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
  "Intended Audience :: Developers",
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ classifiers = [
  "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
  "Operating System :: POSIX",
  "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",
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ build.targets.sdist.include = [
 version.source = "vcs"
 
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py37"
 line-length = 120
 format.preview = true
 format.docstring-code-line-length = 100

src/virtualenv/run/plugin/base.py

@@ -2,15 +2,9 @@
 
 import sys
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from importlib.metadata import entry_points
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
- from importlib.metadata import entry_points
-
- importlib_metadata_version = ()
-else:
- from importlib_metadata import entry_points, version
-
- importlib_metadata_version = tuple(int(i) for i in version("importlib_metadata").split(".")[:2])
+importlib_metadata_version = ()
 
 
 class PluginLoader:

src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py

@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 
 BUNDLE_FOLDER = Path(__file__).absolute().parent
 BUNDLE_SUPPORT = {
- "3.7": {
- "pip": "pip-24.0-py3-none-any.whl",
- "setuptools": "setuptools-68.0.0-py3-none-any.whl",
- "wheel": "wheel-0.42.0-py3-none-any.whl",
- },
  "3.8": {
  "pip": "pip-24.2-py3-none-any.whl",
  "setuptools": "setuptools-75.2.0-py3-none-any.whl",
@@ -47,7 +42,7 @@
  "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
  },
 }
-MAX = "3.7"
+MAX = "3.8"
 
 
 def get_embed_wheel(distribution, for_py_version):

tasks/__main__zipapp.py

@@ -133,10 +133,7 @@ def iterator(self, resource_name):
 def versioned_distribution_class():
  global _VER_DISTRIBUTION_CLASS # noqa: PLW0603
  if _VER_DISTRIBUTION_CLASS is None:
- if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
- from importlib.metadata import Distribution # noqa: PLC0415
- else:
- from importlib_metadata import Distribution # noqa: PLC0415
+ from importlib.metadata import Distribution # noqa: PLC0415
 
  class VersionedDistribution(Distribution):
  def __init__(self, file_loader, dist_path) -> None:

tasks/upgrade_wheels.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 STRICT = "UPGRADE_ADVISORY" not in os.environ
 
 BUNDLED = ["pip", "setuptools", "wheel"]
-SUPPORT = [(3, i) for i in range(7, 15)]
+SUPPORT = [(3, i) for i in range(8, 15)]
 DEST = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "src" / "virtualenv" / "seed" / "wheels" / "embed"
 
 

tests/unit/seed/embed/test_pip_invoke.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def test_base_bootstrap_via_pip_invoke(tmp_path, coverage_env, mocker, current_f
  def _load_embed_wheel(app_data, distribution, for_py_version, version): # noqa: ARG001
  return load_embed_wheel(app_data, distribution, old_ver, version)
 
- old_ver = "3.7"
+ old_ver = "3.8"
  old = BUNDLE_SUPPORT[old_ver]
  mocker.patch("virtualenv.seed.wheels.bundle.load_embed_wheel", side_effect=_load_embed_wheel)
 

tox.ini

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ env_list =
  3.10
  3.9
  3.8
- 3.7
  coverage
  readme
  docs