Drop support for Python 3.7

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

Jenkinsfile

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ def pys = [
     [name: 'Python 3.10', docker: '3.10-bookworm', tox:'py310', main: false],
     [name: 'Python 3.9',  docker: '3.9-bookworm',  tox:'py39',  main: false],
     [name: 'Python 3.8',  docker: '3.8-bookworm',  tox:'py38',  main: false],
-    [name: 'Python 3.7',  docker: '3.7-bookworm',  tox:'py37',  main: false],
 ]
 
 properties([

README.md

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ are old enough to view them.
 ### Dependencies
 
 Since dosage is written in [Python](http://www.python.org/), a Python
-installation is required: Dosage needs at least Python 3.7. Dosage requires
+installation is required: Dosage needs at least Python 3.8. Dosage requires
 some Python modules from PyPI, so installation with `pip` is recommended.
 
 ### Using the Windows binary

dosagelib/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-# Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tristan Seligmann and Jonathan Jacobs
-# Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Bastian Kleineidam
-# Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Tobias Gruetzmacher
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2004 Tristan Seligmann and Jonathan Jacobs
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2012 Bastian Kleineidam
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2015 Tobias Gruetzmacher
 """
 Automated comic downloader. Dosage traverses comic websites in
 order to download each strip of the comic. The intended use is for
@@ -14,14 +14,11 @@ The primary interface is the 'dosage' commandline script.
 Comic modules for each comic are located in L{dosagelib.plugins}.
 """
 
-try:
 from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
-except ImportError:
-    from importlib_metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 
 from .output import out
 
-AppName = u'dosage'
+AppName = 'dosage'
 try:
     __version__ = version(AppName)  # PEP 396
 except PackageNotFoundError:

dosagelib/plugins/t.py

@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2015 Tobias Gruetzmacher
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2019 Daniel Ring
 from re import compile, escape, MULTILINE
-try:
 from functools import cached_property
-except ImportError:
-    from cached_property import cached_property
 
 from ..scraper import _BasicScraper, _ParserScraper, ParserScraper
 from ..helpers import indirectStarter, joinPathPartsNamer

pyproject.toml

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "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",
@@ -27,15 +26,13 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics",
 ]
 keywords = ["comic", "webcomic", "downloader", "archiver", "crawler"]
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
     "colorama",
     "imagesize",
     "lxml>=4.0.0",
     "platformdirs",
     "requests>=2.0",
-    "cached_property;python_version<'3.8'",
-    "importlib_metadata;python_version<'3.8'",
     "importlib_resources>=5.0.0;python_version<'3.9'",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ ignore = [
 ]
 noqa-require-code = true
 no-accept-encodings = true
-min-version = "3.7"
+min-version = "3.8"
 extend-exclude = [
     '.venv',
     'build',

tox.ini

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py37, py38, py39, py310, py311, py312, flake8
+envlist = py38, py39, py310, py311, py312, flake8
 isolated_build = True
 
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-    3.7: py37
     3.8: py38
     3.9: py39
     3.10: py310