MAINT: REmove Python 3.7

Summary

For https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/internal/all/-/issues/2642. Removes support for EOL Python 3.7 and removes it from tests.

Focus

Nothing special.

Test Environment

Verify that unittests don't run for 3.7 anymore.

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.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -134,22 +134,16 @@ unittest_py39:
     - python3 -c "import linkahead; print('LinkAhead Version:', linkahead.__version__)"
     - tox
 
-unittest_py37:
+unittest_py38:
   tags: [docker]
   stage: unittest
-  image: python:3.7
+  image: python:3.8
   script: &python_test_script
-    - pip install nose pandas pytest pytest-cov gitignore-parser openpyxl>=3.0.7 xlrd==1.2 h5py
+    - pip install pynose pandas pytest pytest-cov gitignore-parser openpyxl>=3.0.7 xlrd==1.2 h5py
     - pip install git+https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/caosdb-pylib.git@dev
     - pip install .
     - pytest --cov=caosadvancedtools unittests
 
-unittest_py38:
-  tags: [docker]
-  stage: unittest
-  image: python:3.8
-  script: *python_test_script
-
 unittest_py310:
   tags: [docker]
   stage: unittest