Merge branch 'f-remove-python37' into 'dev'

F remove python37

See merge request !165

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ unittest_py3.9:
   script:
       - tox
 
-unittest_py3.7:
+unittest_py3.8:
   tags: [cached-dind]
   stage: test
-  image: python:3.7
+  image: python:3.8
   script: &python_test_script
     # install dependencies
     - pip install pytest pytest-cov
@@ -135,12 +135,6 @@ unittest_py3.7:
     - caosdb-crawler --help
     - pytest --cov=caosdb -vv ./unittests
 
-unittest_py3.8:
-  tags: [cached-dind]
-  stage: test
-  image: python:3.8
-  script: *python_test_script
-
 unittest_py3.10:
   tags: [cached-dind]
   stage: test

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Removed ###
 
+* Support for Python 3.7
+
 ### Fixed ###
 
 ### Security ###

setup.cfg

@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ classifiers =
 package_dir =
             = src
 packages = find:
-python_requires = >=3.7
+python_requires = >=3.8
 install_requires =
     caosadvancedtools >= 0.7.0
     importlib-resources
-    importlib_metadata;python_version<'3.8'
     linkahead > 0.13.2
     odfpy #make optional
     packaging

tox.ini

 [tox]
-envlist = py37, py38, py39, py310, py311
+envlist = py38, py39, py310, py311
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 
 [testenv]