Raise minimum Python version to 3.8

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 version: 2.1
 
 orbs:
-  browser-tools: circleci/browser-tools@1.4.3
+  browser-tools: circleci/browser-tools@1.4.6
 
 jobs:
-  python-36: &test-template
+  python-38: &test-template
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/python:3.6-node
+      - image: cimg/python:3.8-node
         auth:
           username: dashautomation
           password: $DASH_PAT_DOCKERHUB
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ jobs:
             . venv/bin/activate
             pytest --headless
 
-  python-311:
+  python-312:
     <<: *test-template
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/python:3.6-node
+      - image: cimg/python:3.12-node
         auth:
           username: dashautomation
           password: $DASH_PAT_DOCKERHUB
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ jobs:
 workflows:
   test:
     jobs:
-      - python-36
-      - python-311
+      - python-38
+      - python-312

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 ### Changed
 - Uses flask `before_request` to protect all endpoints rather than protecting routes present at instantiation time
 - Allows user to use user-defined authorization python function instead of a dictionary/list of usernames and passwords
+- Raise minimum Python version to 3.8, dropping support for 3.6 and 3.7
 
 ## [2.0.0] - 2023-03-10
 ### Removed

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ password:your_pypi_password
 
 3. **Create a Python Build**
 ```
+$ rm -rf dist build
 $ python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 ```
 

README.md

@@ -6,13 +6,7 @@ License: MIT
 
 Tests: [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/plotly/dash-auth.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/plotly/dash-auth)
 
-For local testing, install and use tox:
-
-```
-TOX_PYTHON_27=python2.7 TOX_PYTHON_36=python3.6 tox
-```
-
-Or create a virtualenv, install the dev requirements, and run individual
+For local testing, create a virtualenv, install the dev requirements, and run individual
 tests or test classes:
 
 ```
@@ -22,7 +16,7 @@ pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
 python -k ba001
 ```
 
-Note that Python 3.6 or greater is required.
+Note that Python 3.8 or greater is required.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -57,4 +51,4 @@ def authorization_function(username, password):
 
 app = Dash(__name__)
 BasicAuth(app, auth_func = authorization_function)
-```
+```

setup.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         'dash>=1.1.1',
         "flask",
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     include_package_data=True,
     url='https://plotly.com/dash',
     classifiers=[
@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
         'Topic :: Database :: Front-Ends',
         'Topic :: Office/Business :: Financial :: Spreadsheet',
         'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization',