From ea10c38bafa3f172b374d9040a10877dbff2bf34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: reneeotten <reneeotten@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 09:45:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] BLD: drop EOL Python 3.7

---
 .pre-commit-config.yaml | 2 +-
 azure-pipelines.yml     | 4 ----
 doc/installation.rst    | 2 +-
 setup.cfg               | 3 +--
 4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f230df9f..0ed6a930 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ repos:
     rev: v3.15.0
     hooks:
     -   id: pyupgrade
-        args: [--py37-plus]
+        args: [--py38-plus]
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v4.5.0
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 033f17be..f9151873 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ stages:
         vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'
       strategy:
         matrix:
-          Python37:
-            python.version: '3.7'
           Python38:
             python.version: '3.8'
 
@@ -119,8 +117,6 @@ stages:
         vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'
       strategy:
         matrix:
-          Python37:
-            python.version: '3.7'
           Python38:
             python.version: '3.8'
           Python39:
diff --git a/doc/installation.rst b/doc/installation.rst
index 46963a8d..865a4021 100644
--- a/doc/installation.rst
+++ b/doc/installation.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Downloading and Installation
 Prerequisites
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Lmfit works with `Python`_ versions 3.7 and higher. Version
+Lmfit works with `Python`_ versions 3.8 and higher. Version
 0.9.15 is the final version to support Python 2.7.
 
 Lmfit requires the following Python packages, with versions given:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f2abbf7f..d9714c0e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ classifiers =
     Operating System :: OS Independent
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
     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
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ project_urls =
 
 [options]
 packages = find:
-python_requires = >=3.7
+python_requires = >=3.8
 setup_requires = setuptools_scm
 install_requires =
     asteval>=0.9.28