Drop 3.7 support

Signed-off-by: Bernát Gábor <[email protected]>

Author: gaborbernat

.github/workflows/check.yaml

@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ jobs:
           - { os: macos-latest, py: "[email protected]" }
           - { os: macos-latest, py: "[email protected]" }
           - { os: macos-latest, py: "[email protected]" }
-          - { os: macos-latest, py: "[email protected]" }
-          - { os: ubuntu-latest, py: "3.7" }
-          - { os: macos-13, py: "3.7" }
         exclude:
           - { os: windows-latest, py: "pypy-3.10" }
           - { os: windows-latest, py: "pypy-3.9" }

docs/changelog/2783.bugfix.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 Upgrade embedded wheels:
 
 * setuptools to ``75.2.0`` from ``75.1.0``
+* Removed pip of ``24.0``
+* Removed setuptools of ``68.0.0``
+* Removed wheel of ``0.42.0``

docs/installation.rst

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ request on our issue tracker.
 
 Note:
 
+- as of ``20.27.0`` -- ``2024-10-17`` -- we no longer support running under Python ``<=3.7``,
 - as of ``20.18.0`` -- ``2023-02-06`` -- we no longer support running under Python ``<=3.6``,
 - as of ``20.22.0`` -- ``2023-04-19`` -- we no longer support creating environments for Python ``<=3.6``.
 
@@ -120,4 +121,4 @@ In case of macOS we support:
 Windows
 ~~~~~~~
 - Installations from `python.org <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_
-- Windows Store Python - note only `version 3.7+ <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/python-38/9mssztt1n39l>`_
+- Windows Store Python - note only `version 3.8+ <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/python-38/9mssztt1n39l>`_

pyproject.toml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 maintainers = [
   { name = "Bernat Gabor", email = "[email protected]" },
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
   "Intended Audience :: Developers",
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
   "Operating System :: POSIX",
   "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",
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ build.targets.sdist.include = [
 version.source = "vcs"
 
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py37"
 line-length = 120
 format.preview = true
 format.docstring-code-line-length = 100

src/virtualenv/run/plugin/base.py

@@ -2,15 +2,9 @@
 
 import sys
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from importlib.metadata import entry_points
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
-    from importlib.metadata import entry_points
-
-    importlib_metadata_version = ()
-else:
-    from importlib_metadata import entry_points, version
-
-    importlib_metadata_version = tuple(int(i) for i in version("importlib_metadata").split(".")[:2])
+importlib_metadata_version = ()
 
 
 class PluginLoader:

src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py

@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 
 BUNDLE_FOLDER = Path(__file__).absolute().parent
 BUNDLE_SUPPORT = {
-    "3.7": {
-        "pip": "pip-24.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-68.0.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.42.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-    },
     "3.8": {
         "pip": "pip-24.2-py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-75.2.0-py3-none-any.whl",
@@ -47,7 +42,7 @@
         "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
 }
-MAX = "3.7"
+MAX = "3.8"
 
 
 def get_embed_wheel(distribution, for_py_version):

src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-24.0-py3-none-any.whl

@@ -133,10 +133,7 @@ def iterator(self, resource_name):
 def versioned_distribution_class():
     global _VER_DISTRIBUTION_CLASS  # noqa: PLW0603
     if _VER_DISTRIBUTION_CLASS is None:
-        if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
-            from importlib.metadata import Distribution  # noqa: PLC0415
-        else:
-            from importlib_metadata import Distribution  # noqa: PLC0415
+        from importlib.metadata import Distribution  # noqa: PLC0415
 
         class VersionedDistribution(Distribution):
             def __init__(self, file_loader, dist_path) -> None: