Drop py37 from CI

Author: Zac-HD

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
-        python-version: "3.7"
+        python-version: "3.11"
 
     - name: Install tox
       run: |

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -37,25 +37,23 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         name: [
-          "windows-py37",
-          "windows-py37-pluggy",
           "windows-py38",
+          "windows-py38-pluggy",
           "windows-py39",
           "windows-py310",
           "windows-py311",
           "windows-py312",
 
-          "ubuntu-py37",
-          "ubuntu-py37-pluggy",
-          "ubuntu-py37-freeze",
           "ubuntu-py38",
+          "ubuntu-py38-pluggy",
+          "ubuntu-py38-freeze",
           "ubuntu-py39",
           "ubuntu-py310",
           "ubuntu-py311",
           "ubuntu-py312",
           "ubuntu-pypy3",
 
-          "macos-py37",
+          "macos-py38",
           "macos-py39",
           "macos-py310",
           "macos-py312",
@@ -66,19 +64,15 @@ jobs:
         ]
 
         include:
-          - name: "windows-py37"
-            python: "3.7"
-            os: windows-latest
-            tox_env: "py37-numpy"
-          - name: "windows-py37-pluggy"
-            python: "3.7"
-            os: windows-latest
-            tox_env: "py37-pluggymain-pylib-xdist"
           - name: "windows-py38"
             python: "3.8"
             os: windows-latest
             tox_env: "py38-unittestextras"
             use_coverage: true
+          - name: "windows-py38-pluggy"
+            python: "3.8"
+            os: windows-latest
+            tox_env: "py38-pluggymain-pylib-xdist"
           - name: "windows-py39"
             python: "3.9"
             os: windows-latest
@@ -96,23 +90,18 @@ jobs:
             os: windows-latest
             tox_env: "py312"
 
-          - name: "ubuntu-py37"
-            python: "3.7"
-            os: ubuntu-latest
-            tox_env: "py37-lsof-numpy-pexpect"
-            use_coverage: true
-          - name: "ubuntu-py37-pluggy"
-            python: "3.7"
-            os: ubuntu-latest
-            tox_env: "py37-pluggymain-pylib-xdist"
-          - name: "ubuntu-py37-freeze"
-            python: "3.7"
-            os: ubuntu-latest
-            tox_env: "py37-freeze"
           - name: "ubuntu-py38"
             python: "3.8"
             os: ubuntu-latest
             tox_env: "py38-xdist"
+          - name: "ubuntu-py38-pluggy"
+            python: "3.8"
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            tox_env: "py38-pluggymain-pylib-xdist"
+          - name: "ubuntu-py38-freeze"
+            python: "3.8"
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            tox_env: "py38-freeze"
           - name: "ubuntu-py39"
             python: "3.9"
             os: ubuntu-latest
@@ -132,14 +121,14 @@ jobs:
             tox_env: "py312"
             use_coverage: true
           - name: "ubuntu-pypy3"
-            python: "pypy-3.7"
+            python: "pypy-3.8"
             os: ubuntu-latest
             tox_env: "pypy3-xdist"
 
-          - name: "macos-py37"
-            python: "3.7"
+          - name: "macos-py38"
+            python: "3.8"
             os: macos-latest
-            tox_env: "py37-xdist"
+            tox_env: "py38-xdist"
           - name: "macos-py39"
             python: "3.9"
             os: macos-latest
@@ -160,11 +149,11 @@ jobs:
             tox_env: "plugins"
 
           - name: "docs"
-            python: "3.7"
+            python: "3.8"
             os: ubuntu-latest
             tox_env: "docs"
           - name: "doctesting"
-            python: "3.7"
+            python: "3.8"
             os: ubuntu-latest
             tox_env: "doctesting"
             use_coverage: true

CONTRIBUTING.rst

@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Short version
 #. Follow **PEP-8** for naming and `black <https://github.com/psf/black>`_ for formatting.
 #. Tests are run using ``tox``::
 
-    tox -e linting,py37
+    tox -e linting,py39
 
    The test environments above are usually enough to cover most cases locally.
 
@@ -272,24 +272,24 @@ Here is a simple overview, with pytest-specific bits:
 
 #. Run all the tests
 
-   You need to have Python 3.7 available in your system.  Now
+   You need to have Python 3.8 or later available in your system.  Now
    running tests is as simple as issuing this command::
 
-    $ tox -e linting,py37
+    $ tox -e linting,py39
 
-   This command will run tests via the "tox" tool against Python 3.7
+   This command will run tests via the "tox" tool against Python 3.9
    and also perform "lint" coding-style checks.
 
 #. You can now edit your local working copy and run the tests again as necessary. Please follow PEP-8 for naming.
 
-   You can pass different options to ``tox``. For example, to run tests on Python 3.7 and pass options to pytest
+   You can pass different options to ``tox``. For example, to run tests on Python 3.9 and pass options to pytest
    (e.g. enter pdb on failure) to pytest you can do::
 
-    $ tox -e py37 -- --pdb
+    $ tox -e py39 -- --pdb
 
-   Or to only run tests in a particular test module on Python 3.7::
+   Or to only run tests in a particular test module on Python 3.9::
 
-    $ tox -e py37 -- testing/test_config.py
+    $ tox -e py39 -- testing/test_config.py
 
 
    When committing, ``pre-commit`` will re-format the files if necessary.

README.rst

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Features
 - Can run `unittest <https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/unittest.html>`_ (or trial),
   `nose <https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/nose.html>`_ test suites out of the box
 
-- Python 3.7+ or PyPy3
+- Python 3.8+ or PyPy3
 
 - Rich plugin architecture, with over 850+ `external plugins <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/plugin_list.html>`_ and thriving community
 

doc/en/backwards-compatibility.rst

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ Released pytest versions support all Python versions that are actively maintaine
 ==============  ===================
 pytest version  min. Python version
 ==============  ===================
+8.0+            3.8+
 7.1+            3.7+
 6.2 - 7.0       3.6+
 5.0 - 6.1       3.5+

doc/en/getting-started.rst

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Get Started
 Install ``pytest``
 ----------------------------------------
 
-``pytest`` requires: Python 3.7+ or PyPy3.
+``pytest`` requires: Python 3.8+ or PyPy3.
 
 1. Run the following command in your command line:
 

doc/en/index.rst

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Features
 
 - Can run :ref:`unittest <unittest>` (including trial) and :ref:`nose <noseintegration>` test suites out of the box
 
-- Python 3.7+ or PyPy 3
+- Python 3.8+ or PyPy 3
 
 - Rich plugin architecture, with over 800+ :ref:`external plugins <plugin-list>` and thriving community
 

tox.ini

@@ -4,17 +4,16 @@ minversion = 3.20.0
 distshare = {homedir}/.tox/distshare
 envlist =
     linting
-    py37
     py38
     py39
     py310
     py311
     py312
     pypy3
-    py37-{pexpect,xdist,unittestextras,numpy,pluggymain,pylib}
+    py38-{pexpect,xdist,unittestextras,numpy,pluggymain,pylib}
     doctesting
     plugins
-    py37-freeze
+    py38-freeze
     docs
     docs-checklinks
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ setenv =
     PYTHONWARNDEFAULTENCODING=1
 
     # Configuration to run with coverage similar to CI, e.g.
-    # "tox -e py37-coverage".
+    # "tox -e py38-coverage".
     coverage: _PYTEST_TOX_COVERAGE_RUN=coverage run -m
     coverage: _PYTEST_TOX_EXTRA_DEP=coverage-enable-subprocess
     coverage: COVERAGE_FILE={toxinidir}/.coverage
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ commands =
     pytest pytest_twisted_integration.py
     pytest simple_integration.py --force-sugar --flakes
 
-[testenv:py37-freeze]
+[testenv:py38-freeze]
 changedir = testing/freeze
 deps =
     pyinstaller