From 7790ed07a3e8b5d34122f5e4761ccd17167bec1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gentlegiantJGC <gentlegiantJGC@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:24:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Bump python version and updated build scripts (#54)

Dropped support for Python 3.7 and 3.8.
3.7 is EOL and 3.9 implemented better typing hinting.
Updated github actions.
Updated readthedocs config.
---
 .github/workflows/python-build.yml      |  6 +++---
 .github/workflows/python-stylecheck.yml |  6 +++---
 .github/workflows/python-unittests.yml  |  6 +++---
 .readthedocs.yml                        | 14 +++++++++-----
 setup.cfg                               |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-build.yml b/.github/workflows/python-build.yml
index c1314983..0ef95123 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-build.yml
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
         os: [macos-latest, windows-latest]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-stylecheck.yml b/.github/workflows/python-stylecheck.yml
index 31468cc9..ab0a8e28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-stylecheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-stylecheck.yml
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7']
+        python-version: ['3.9']
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-unittests.yml b/.github/workflows/python-unittests.yml
index 18911549..1e5a85c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-unittests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-unittests.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: true
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
         os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index d9f3248b..8b3d25e7 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 version: 2
 
 build:
-  os: ubuntu-20.04
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.9"
-  jobs:
-    pre_build:
-      - pip install -e .[docs]
+    python: 3.9
+
+python:
+  install:
+    - method: pip
+      path: .
+      extra_requirements:
+        - docs
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c78782f9..64ef9a69 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ platforms = any
 [options]
 packages = find:
 zip_safe = False
-python_requires = ~=3.6
+python_requires = ~=3.9
 install_requires =
     numpy ~= 1.17
     mutf8 ~= 1.0