Pin pywin32 version to 306 to address #1172 and remove support for Py…

…thon 3.7 (#1173)

* Add push trigger while WIP

* Add Python 3.9 to compare

* Remove PR jobs while WIP

* Add pull_request trigger while WIP

* Try removing version constraint for Pywin32

* Modify job to run from PR branch

* Add back stable matrix item to avoid failures

* Add back pywin32 version constraint to verify correlation to failures

* Revert "Add back pywin32 version constraint to verify correlation to failures"

This reverts commit c78e3ae.

* Revert "Remove PR jobs while WIP"

This reverts commit e3e428d.

* Add exact version constraint for pywin32

* Add pywin32 version to conda install commands in docs and CI

* Remove Python 3.7 from installation docs and CI matrices

* Revert temporary changes to nightlies CI workflow

.github/actions/setup-foqus/action.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash -l {0}
       run: |
         echo '::group::Output of "conda install" command'
-        conda install --yes --quiet -c conda-forge pip pywin32
+        conda install --yes --quiet -c conda-forge pip pywin32=306
         conda list
         echo '::endgroup::'
     - name: Install FOQUS and dependencies using pip

.github/workflows/checks.yml

@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - '3.7'
           - '3.8'
           - '3.9'
           # - '3.10'
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - '3.7'
           - '3.8'
           - '3.9'
           # - '3.10'

.github/workflows/nightlies.yml

@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - '3.7'
           - '3.8'
-          # - '3.9'
+          - '3.9'
         os:
           - linux
           - win64
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           pip_install_target: ${{ matrix.pip-install-target }}
         run: |
           echo '::group::Output of conda create/activate/install'
-          conda create --name ccsi-foqus --quiet --yes -c conda-forge python="$py_ver" pywin32
+          conda create --name ccsi-foqus --quiet --yes -c conda-forge python="$py_ver" pywin32=306
           conda activate ccsi-foqus
           conda install --yes -c CCSI-Toolset -c conda-forge psuade-lite=1.9
           echo '::endgroup::'

docs/source/chapt_dev/index.rst

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ will need a copy of the source to work with. Here is rough set of steps to get s
 
 - In a terminal create a conda env in which to work::
 
-    conda create --name ccsi-foqus -c conda-forge python=3.8 pywin32
+    conda create --name ccsi-foqus -c conda-forge python=3.8 pywin32=306
     conda activate ccsi-foqus
 
 - In a terminal, get the FOQUS source::

docs/source/chapt_install/index.rst

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ FOQUS:
 
   - In a terminal, to setup and install::
       
-      conda create --name ccsi-foqus -c conda-forge python=3.8 pywin32
+      conda create --name ccsi-foqus -c conda-forge python=3.8 pywin32=306
       conda activate ccsi-foqus
       pip install ccsi-foqus
       foqus --make-shortcut  # Create Desktop shortcut (Windows only)

docs/source/chapt_install/install_python.rst

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Install Python
 --------------
 
-Python version 3.7 up through 3.9 is required to run FOQUS.
+Python version 3.8 up through 3.9 is required to run FOQUS.
 
 We recommend using either the `Miniconda <https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html>`_ or
 `Anaconda <https://www.anaconda.com/download/>`_ Python distribution and package management
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Anaconda or Miniconda Install and Setup
    after the ``--name`` flag in the below command.  In a terminal (or on Windows in the Anaconda
    Prompt) type::
 
-    conda create --name ccsi-foqus -c conda-forge python=3.8 pywin32
+    conda create --name ccsi-foqus -c conda-forge python=3.8 pywin32=306
 
    Then follow the prompts.  This will create a new conda environment with a minimal set of
    packages.  To use a different version of python, change the version specified after ``python=`` in

setup.py

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         "pandas",
         "psutil",
         "PyQt5==5.15.7; platform_machine != 'arm64' or sys_platform != 'darwin'",
-        "pywin32<305; sys_platform == 'win32'",
+        "pywin32==306; sys_platform == 'win32'",
         "requests",
         "scipy",
         "tqdm",