From c6dd7992f18ceb10fc5a65c6004c2a19392975e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:23:15 +0530
Subject: feat!: drop Python 3.7 support

3.7 reached end-of-life on 2023-06-27. Copilot dropped 3.7 from the CI
matrix in #30 but left the rest of the metadata pointing at it.

- setup.py: drop the 3.7 classifier and bump `python_requires` to >=3.8
- pyproject.toml: bump black `target-version` to py38
- tox.ini: drop `py37` and `pypy37` envs and basepython entries
- README.rst: bump quick-start Python range to 3.8-3.14
- ci/templates/.appveyor.yml: bump the `check` env from Python 3.6 to 3.8
  to keep the floor consistent (template only, not currently rendered)

BREAKING CHANGE: Edify now requires Python 3.8 or newer.
---
 README.rst                 | 2 +-
 ci/templates/.appveyor.yml | 6 +++---
 pyproject.toml             | 2 +-
 setup.py                   | 3 +--
 tox.ini                    | 4 +---
 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ce91d50..dd27135 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ It also allows you to verify a string quickly by providing commonly used regex p
 Quick Start
 =============
 
-To get started make sure you have Python 3.7-3.14 installed and then, install Edify from ``pip``:
+To get started make sure you have Python 3.8-3.14 installed and then, install Edify from ``pip``:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
diff --git a/ci/templates/.appveyor.yml b/ci/templates/.appveyor.yml
index a64923b..956e594 100644
--- a/ci/templates/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/ci/templates/.appveyor.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ image: Visual Studio 2019
 environment:
   matrix:
     - TOXENV: check
-      TOXPYTHON: C:\Python36\python.exe
-      PYTHON_HOME: C:\Python36
-      PYTHON_VERSION: '3.6'
+      TOXPYTHON: C:\Python38\python.exe
+      PYTHON_HOME: C:\Python38
+      PYTHON_VERSION: '3.8'
       PYTHON_ARCH: '32'
 {% for env in tox_environments %}
 {% if env.startswith(('py2', 'py3')) %}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 50a796d..4dc0ff5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ requires = [
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 140
-target-version = ['py37']
+target-version = ['py38']
 skip-string-normalization = true
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 49cd13c..f615e10 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ setup(
         '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',
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ setup(
     keywords=[
         # eg: 'keyword1', 'keyword2', 'keyword3',
     ],
-    python_requires='>=3.7',
+    python_requires='>=3.8',
     install_requires=[
         # eg: 'aspectlib==1.1.1', 'six>=1.7',
     ],
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d459d55..94a695a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -14,15 +14,13 @@ envlist =
     clean,
     check,
     docs,
-    {py37,py38,py39,py310,py311,py312,py313,py314,pypy37,pypy38},
+    {py38,py39,py310,py311,py312,py313,py314,pypy38},
     report
 ignore_basepython_conflict = true
 
 [testenv]
 basepython =
-    pypy37: {env:TOXPYTHON:pypy3.7}
     pypy38: {env:TOXPYTHON:pypy3.8}
-    py37: {env:TOXPYTHON:python3.7}
     py38: {env:TOXPYTHON:python3.8}
     py39: {env:TOXPYTHON:python3.9}
     py310: {env:TOXPYTHON:python3.10}
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