Drops support for Python 3.7

.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-            python-version: "3.11"
+            python-version: "3.12"
       - run: pip install hatch
       - run: hatch run docs:linkcheck

.github/workflows/quality-checks.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - 3.7  # 2023-06-27
           - 3.8  # 2024-10
           - 3.9  # 2025-10
           - "3.10"  # 2026-10
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref || github.ref }}
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
       - uses: extractions/setup-just@v2
       - run: pip install hatch
       - run: just ${{ matrix.target }}

ROADMAP.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 ## 0.7
 
-- drop support for Python 3.7 & 3.8
+- drop support for Python 3.8
 - a native implementation of the data model
 - add a node type for CDATA
 - provide means to build a wheel with *mypyc*

_delb/names.py

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterator, Optional
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from _delb.typing import Final, NamespaceDeclarations
+    from typing import Final
+    from _delb.typing import NamespaceDeclarations
 
 XML_NAMESPACE: Final = "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"
 XMLNS_NAMESPACE: Final = "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/"

_delb/plugins/https_loader.py

@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterator
     from types import SimpleNamespace
+    from typing import Final
 
-    from _delb.typing import Final, LoaderResult
+    from _delb.typing import LoaderResult
 
 
 try:

_delb/typing.py

@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@
 
     from _delb.nodes import NodeBase, _TagDefinition
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 8):  # DROPWITH Python 3.7
-    from typing_extensions import Final
-else:
-    from typing import Final
 
 if sys.version_info < (3, 11):  # DROPWITH Python 3.10
     from typing_extensions import Self
@@ -56,7 +52,6 @@
 
 __all__ = (
     "Filter",
-    "Final",
     "Loader",
     "LoaderConstraint",
     "LoaderResult",

_delb/xpath/ast.py

@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@
 
 import inspect
 import operator
-import sys
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Iterator, Sequence
-from functools import wraps
+from functools import cached_property, wraps
 from textwrap import indent
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast, Any, NamedTuple, Optional
 
@@ -28,17 +27,11 @@
 from _delb.plugins import plugin_manager as _plugin_manager
 from _delb.utils import _is_node_of_type
 
-# REMOVE when support for Python 3.7 is dropped
-if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    cached_property = property
-else:
-    from functools import cached_property
-
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing import Final
     from _delb.names import Namespaces
     from _delb.nodes import NodeBase, ProcessingInstructionNode, TagNode
-    from _delb.typing import Final
 
 
 xpath_functions: Final = _plugin_manager.xpath_functions

_delb/xpath/parser.py

@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
 from _delb.xpath.tokenizer import COMPLEMENTING_TOKEN_TYPES, TokenType, tokenize, Token
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from _delb.typing import Final, TypeAlias
+    from typing import Final
+    from _delb.typing import TypeAlias
 
 
 TokenPattern: TypeAlias = Sequence[Union[TokenType, None]]  # noqa: SIM907

_delb/xpath/tokenizer.py

@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Sequence
-
-    from _delb.typing import Final
+    from typing import Final
 
 
 # constants & data structures

pyproject.toml

@@ -13,14 +13,13 @@ authors = [
 ]
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3 or later (AGPLv3+)",
     "Natural Language :: English",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
@@ -157,7 +156,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "flake8-pyprojecttoml",
     "flake8-pytest-style",
     "flake8-use-fstring",
-    "flake8-use-pathlib",
+    # FIXME? this needs an update (uses pkg_resources), but isn't pressing
+    # "flake8-use-pathlib",
     "flake8-rst-docstrings",
     "flake8-simplify",
     "flake8-sphinx-links",