Merge pull request #716 from pyvisa/py311

drop 3.7 and start testing on 3.11

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Install tools
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}

.readthedocs.yaml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-20.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.9"
+    python: "3.10"
 
 # Build documentation in the docs/source directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:

pyproject.toml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "PyVISA"
 description = "Python VISA bindings for GPIB, RS232, TCPIP and USB instruments"
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 authors = [
   {name = "Torsten Bronger", email = "bronger@physik.rwth-aachen.de"},
@@ -32,15 +32,14 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Interface Engine/Protocol Translator",
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "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",
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "typing_extensions",
     "importlib-metadata; python_version<'3.8'",
-    "dataclasses; python_version<'3.7'",
 ]
 dynamic=["version"]