Drop support for Python 3.7 (EOL since June 2023) (#1048)

Author: akx

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@ jobs:
           - "windows-2022"
           - "macos-11"
         python-version:
-          - "3.7"
           - "3.8"
           - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
-          - "pypy-3.7"
+          - "pypy3.8"
           - "3.12"
     env:
       BABEL_CLDR_NO_DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS: "1"
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: "**/setup.py"
       - run: pip install build -e .

babel/messages/extract.py

@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
 from babel.util import parse_encoding, parse_future_flags, pathmatch
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import IO, Protocol
+    from typing import IO, Final, Protocol
 
     from _typeshed import SupportsItems, SupportsRead, SupportsReadline
-    from typing_extensions import Final, TypeAlias, TypedDict
+    from typing_extensions import TypeAlias, TypedDict
 
     class _PyOptions(TypedDict, total=False):
         encoding: str

docs/dev.rst

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Python Versions
 
 At the moment the following Python versions should be supported:
 
-*   Python 3.7 and up
-*   PyPy 3.7 and up
+*   Python 3.8 and up
+*   PyPy 3.8 and up
 
 Unicode
 -------

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py37"
+target-version = "py38"
 select = [
     "B",
     "C",

setup.py

@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ def run(self):
         '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',
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ def run(self):
         'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy',
         'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
     ],
-    python_requires='>=3.7',
+    python_requires='>=3.8',
     packages=['babel', 'babel.messages', 'babel.localtime'],
     package_data={"babel": ["py.typed"]},
     include_package_data=True,

tox.ini

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [tox]
 isolated_build = true
 envlist =
-    py{37,38,39,310,311,312}
+    py{38,39,310,311,312}
     pypy3
-    py{37,38}-pytz
+    py{38}-pytz
     py{311,312}-setuptools
 
 [testenv]
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ passenv =
 [gh-actions]
 python =
     pypy3: pypy3
-    3.7: py37
     3.8: py38
     3.9: py39
     3.10: py310