Drop Python 3.7 support in Sage 9.7 #32937
Description
This ticket is for everything concerning
dropping support for Python 3.7.
It can be set as a dependency for other tickets.
For instance tickets upgrading packages to
versions that no longer support Python 3.7.
Timeframe:
- Python 3.7 EOL is 2023-06. (https://endoflife.date/python)
- On
debian-buster(EOL 2022-08, https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases), Python 3.7 is the default and newest available Python version. - Some projects follow NEP 29 (see Adopt the “time window-based” policy for support of Python versions from NEP 29 #30384), which recommends to drop Python 3.7 already in 2021-12.
- Update numpy to 1.22.x, scipy 1.8.x, networkx 2.8.x #32423 Update of numpy to 1.22.x, scipy 1.8
Related:
- Drop Python 3.6 support #30551: Drop Python 3.6 support (merged in Sage 9.4.beta0)
- Adopt the “time window-based” policy for support of Python versions from NEP 29 #30384: Adopt "time window-based" Python versions support policy
- Meta-ticket: Review of Python 3 features that sagelib should use systematically #29756: Meta-ticket: Review of Python 3 features that sagelib should use systematically
CC: @mkoeppe @slel @tobiasdiez @dimpase
Component: python3
Author: Matthias Koeppe
Branch/Commit: 4b121f7
Reviewer: Dima Pasechnik
Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/32937