Drop 3.6/3.7 support

.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml

@@ -590,8 +590,6 @@ jobs:
         - "3.10"
         - 3.9
         - 3.8
-        - 3.7
-        - 3.6
 
     env:
       ANSIBLE_PYLIBSSH_TRACING: >-
@@ -788,8 +786,6 @@ jobs:
         # NOTE: $ podman run -it --rm \
         # NOTE:   quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64 \
         # NOTE:   ls -1 /opt/python
-        - cp36-cp36m
-        - cp37-cp37m
         - cp38-cp38
         - cp39-cp39
         - cp310-cp310
@@ -804,16 +800,6 @@ jobs:
           qemu_arch: amd64
         include:
         # NOTE: manylinux2010 only on x86_64
-        - manylinux-python-target: cp36-cp36m
-          manylinux-image-target:
-            arch: x86_64
-            qemu_arch: amd64
-          manylinux-year-target: 2010
-        - manylinux-python-target: cp37-cp37m
-          manylinux-image-target:
-            arch: x86_64
-            qemu_arch: amd64
-          manylinux-year-target: 2010
         - manylinux-python-target: cp38-cp38
           manylinux-image-target:
             arch: x86_64
@@ -830,16 +816,6 @@ jobs:
             qemu_arch: amd64
           manylinux-year-target: 2010
         # NOTE: manylinux1 caps out at Python 3.9
-        - manylinux-python-target: cp36-cp36m
-          manylinux-image-target:
-            arch: x86_64
-            qemu_arch: amd64
-          manylinux-year-target: 1
-        - manylinux-python-target: cp37-cp37m
-          manylinux-image-target:
-            arch: x86_64
-            qemu_arch: amd64
-          manylinux-year-target: 1
         - manylinux-python-target: cp38-cp38
           manylinux-image-target:
             arch: x86_64
@@ -1002,8 +978,6 @@ jobs:
         # NOTE: $ podman run -it --rm \
         # NOTE:   quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64 \
         # NOTE:   ls -1 /opt/python
-        - cp36-cp36m
-        - cp37-cp37m
         - cp38-cp38
         - cp39-cp39
         - cp310-cp310
@@ -1638,17 +1612,12 @@ jobs:
         - "3.10"
         - 3.9
         - 3.8
-        - 3.7
-        - 3.6
         runner-vm-os:
         - ubuntu-22.04
         - ubuntu-20.04
         dist-type:
         - binary
         - source
-        exclude:
-        - runner-vm-os: ubuntu-22.04
-          python-version: 3.6  # EOL, only provided for older OSs
 
     continue-on-error: >-
       ${{
@@ -1862,16 +1831,11 @@ jobs:
         - "3.10"
         - 3.9
         - 3.8
-        - 3.7
-        - 3.6
         runner-vm-os:
         - macos-latest
         dist-type:
         - binary
         - source
-        exclude:
-        - runner-vm-os: ubuntu-22.04
-          python-version: 3.6  # EOL, only provided for older OSs
 
     continue-on-error: >-
       ${{

README.rst

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The web view is @ https://ansible.github.io/pylibssh/.
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-You need Python 3.6+
+You need Python 3.8+
 
 pylibssh requires libssh to be installed in particular:
 

docs/changelog-fragments/533.breaking.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Removed Python 3.6 and 3.7 support -- by :user:`Qalthos`

docs/conf.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-# Requires Python 3.6+
+# Requires Python 3.8+
 # Ref: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
 """Configuration for the Sphinx documentation generator."""
 

docs/installation_guide.rst

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CPython and OS versions so in 99% of cases, you may
 seamlessly install |project| not needing any external
 dependencies on your system.
 
-It should be enough for you to just have Python 3.6+ and
+It should be enough for you to just have Python 3.8+ and
 a recent :std:doc:`pip <pip:index>` installed.
 
 .. attention::

setup.cfg

@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ classifiers =
     Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
 
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ keywords =
     libssh
 
 [options]
-python_requires = >=3.6
+python_requires = >=3.8
 # Ref:
 # https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html#using-a-src-layout
 # (`src/` layout)