Drop support for Python 3.7

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', 'pypy3.9'] # , '3.12-dev'
+        include:
+          # TODO: revert this to simple version array
+          - python-version: '3.8'
+          - python-version: '3.9'
+          - python-version: '3.10'
+          - python-version: '3.11'
+          - python-version: 'pypy3.9'
+            full-version: 'pypy3.9-7.3.11'
+          # - python-version: '3.12'
+          #   full-version: '3.12-dev'
       fail-fast: false
     services:
       nginx:
@@ -30,10 +39,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.full-version || matrix.python-version }}
       - uses: snok/install-poetry@v1.3
         with:
-          version: 1.5.1  # For python 3.7 compatibility
           virtualenvs-in-project: true
 
       # Start integration test databases

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.LATEST_PY_VERSION }}
       - uses: snok/install-poetry@v1.3
         with:
-          version: 1.5.1  # For python 3.7 compatibility
           virtualenvs-in-project: true
 
       # Start integration test databases
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.LATEST_PY_VERSION }}
       - uses: snok/install-poetry@v1.3
         with:
-          version: 1.5.1  # For python 3.7 compatibility
           virtualenvs-in-project: true
 
       # Cache packages per python version, and reuse until lockfile changes
@@ -118,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', 'pypy3.9'] # , '3.12-dev'
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', 'pypy3.9'] # , '3.12-dev'
         requests-version: [latest]
         exclude:
         - os: windows-latest
@@ -169,7 +167,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - uses: snok/install-poetry@v1.3
         with:
-          version: 1.5.1  # For python 3.7 compatibility
           virtualenvs-in-project: true
 
       # Cache packages per python version, and reuse until lockfile changes
@@ -205,7 +202,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.LATEST_PY_VERSION }}
       - uses: snok/install-poetry@v1.3
         with:
-          version: 1.5.1  # For python 3.7 compatibility
           virtualenvs-in-project: true
 
       - name: Set pre-release version

HISTORY.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 * Use timezone-aware UTC datetimes for all internal expiration values
 * Add `CachedSession.wrap()` classmethod to add caching to an existing `requests.Session` object
 
+⚠️ **Deprecations & removals:**
+* Drop support for python 3.7
+
 ## 1.1.0 (2023-06-30)
 
 ⚙️ **Session settings:**

noxfile.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 LIVE_DOCS_WATCH = ['requests_cache', 'examples']
 CLEAN_DIRS = ['dist', 'build', join('docs', '_build'), join('docs', 'modules')]
 
-PYTHON_VERSIONS = ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', 'pypy3.9']
+PYTHON_VERSIONS = ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', 'pypy3.9']
 UNIT_TESTS = join('tests', 'unit')
 INTEGRATION_TESTS = join('tests', 'integration')
 STRESS_TEST_MULTIPLIER = 10

pyproject.toml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ include = [
 "Issues" = "https://github.com/requests-cache/requests-cache/issues"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python        = "^3.7"     # requests requires python >=3.7, <4.0
+python        = ">=3.8"    # requests requires python >=3.8
 
 # Required dependencies
 requests      = ">=2.22"   # Needs no introduction
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ sphinx-copybutton          = {optional=true, version=">=0.5"}
 sphinx-design              = {optional=true, version=">=0.2"}
 sphinx-notfound-page       = {optional=true, version=">=0.8"}
 sphinxcontrib-apidoc       = {optional=true, version=">=0.3"}
-sphinxext-opengraph        = {optional=true, version=">=0.6", python=">=3.8"}
+sphinxext-opengraph        = {optional=true, version=">=0.6"}
 
 [tool.poetry.extras]
 # Package extras for optional backend dependencies
@@ -105,13 +105,12 @@ pre-commit            = "^2.19"
 
 # For convenience in local development
 nox                   = "^2023.4"
-nox-poetry            = "^1.0.0"
+# TODO: Remove the 'python' constraint once nox-poetry drops its own constraint
+# https://github.com/cjolowicz/nox-poetry/pull/1213
+nox-poetry            = {version = "^1.0.0", python = "<4"}
 rich                  = ">=10.0"
 sphinx-autobuild      = "^2021.3.14"
 
-# Workaround for missing dependency on python 3.7
-zipp                  = {version = ">=3.8", python = "<3.8"}
-
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
@@ -163,3 +162,4 @@ format = 'grouped'
 line-length = 120
 select = ['B', 'C4','C90', 'E', 'F']
 ignore = ['B023']
+target-version = 'py38'