packaging: Dropped support for Python 3.7

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ jobs:
         - "3.13"
         - "3.14"
         - "3.15"
-        include:
-        - os: ubuntu-22.04
-          python-version: "3.7"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Changed
+
+- Drop support for Python 3.7 https://github.com/python-backoff/backoff/pull/49 (from @edgarrmondragon)
+
 ## [v2.2.2] - 2025-11-17
 
 ### Fixed

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "2.2.2"
 description = "Function decoration for backoff and retry"
 authors = [{ name = "Bob Green", email = "rgreen@aquent.com" }]
 maintainers = [{ name = "Edgar Ramírez-Mondragón", email = "edgarrm358@gmail.com" }]
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 readme = "README.rst"
 license = "MIT"
 keywords = [
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ min_version = "4.22"
 requires = [ "tox", "tox-gh", "tox-uv" ]
 env_list = [
   "format",
-  "3.7",
   "3.8",
   "3.9",
   "3.10",
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ commands = [
 [tool.tox.env.coverage]
 description = "generate coverage report"
 depends = [
-  "3.7",
   "3.8",
   "3.9",
   "3.10",
@@ -155,7 +152,6 @@ commands = [
 "3.10" = ["3.10"]
 "3.9" = ["3.9"]
 "3.8" = ["3.8"]
-"3.7" = ["3.7"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 filterwarnings = [