Removed support for Python 3.7 and 3.8

Signed-off-by: Andrea Zoppi <texzk@email.it>

Author: TexZK

docs/conf.py

@@ -80,3 +80,5 @@ def read_version():
 napoleon_custom_sections = [('Method Groups', 'params_style')]
 
 typehints_document_rtype = False
+
+linkcheck_ignore = []

pyproject.toml

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "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",  # adds: typing.TypeAlias
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 license = "BSD-2-Clause"
 name = "bytesparse"
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">= 3.7"
+requires-python = ">= 3.9"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 testing = ["pytest"]

tox.ini

@@ -5,21 +5,19 @@ envlist =
     clean,
     docs,
     check,
-    {py37,py38,py39,py310,py311,py312,py313,py314,pypy3},
+    {py39,py310,py311,py312,py313,py314,pypy3},
     report
 
 requires =
     tox >= 4
-    setuptools >= 61
+    setuptools >= 77.0.3
 
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 
 
 ; This is the environment matrix.
 [testenv]
 basepython =
-    py37: {env:TOXPYTHON:python3.7}
-    py38: {env:TOXPYTHON:python3.8}
     py39: {env:TOXPYTHON:python3.9}
     py310: {env:TOXPYTHON:python3.10}
     py311: {env:TOXPYTHON:python3.11}