Bump minimum Python version to 3.10

Author: robsdedude

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 See also https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j-python-driver/wiki for a full changelog.
 
 ## NEXT RELEASE
-- No breaking or major changes.
+- Python 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9 support has been dropped.
 
 
 ## Version 5.28

README.rst

@@ -16,13 +16,10 @@ breaking API changes.
 
 See also: https://neo4j.com/developer/kb/neo4j-supported-versions/
 
-+ Python 3.13 supported (since driver version 5.26.0).
-+ Python 3.12 supported (since driver version 5.14.0).
-+ Python 3.11 supported (since driver version 5.3.0).
++ Python 3.13 supported.
++ Python 3.12 supported.
++ Python 3.11 supported.
 + Python 3.10 supported.
-+ Python 3.9 supported.
-+ Python 3.8 supported.
-+ Python 3.7 supported.
 
 
 Installation

TESTING.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Neo4j Driver Testing
 To run driver tests, [Tox](https://tox.readthedocs.io) is required as well as at least one version of Python.
-The versions of Python supported by this driver are CPython 3.7 - 3.12
+The versions of Python supported by this driver are CPython 3.10 - 3.13
 
 ## Testing with TestKit
 TestKit is the shared test suite used by all official (and some community contributed) Neo4j drivers to ensure consistent and correct behavior across all drivers.

docs/source/index.rst

@@ -18,13 +18,10 @@ See https://neo4j.com/developer/kb/neo4j-supported-versions/ for a driver-server
 
 Python versions supported:
 
-* Python 3.13 (added in driver version 5.26.0)
-* Python 3.12 (added in driver version 5.14.0)
-* Python 3.11 (added in driver version 5.3.0)
+* Python 3.13
+* Python 3.12
+* Python 3.11
 * Python 3.10
-* Python 3.9
-* Python 3.8
-* Python 3.7
 
 
 ******

pyproject.toml

@@ -23,17 +23,14 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Neo4j, Inc.", email = "drivers@neo4j.com"},
 ]
 dependencies = ["pytz"]
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 keywords = ["neo4j", "graph", "database"]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "Framework :: AsyncIO",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -65,9 +62,7 @@ pyarrow = ["pyarrow >= 1.0.0"]
 
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools == 68.0.0; python_version <= '3.7'",  # dropped support for Python 3.7 in 68.1.0
-    "setuptools == 75.3.0; python_version == '3.8'",  # dropped support for Python 3.8 in 75.4.0
-    "setuptools == 75.6.0; python_version >= '3.9'",
+    "setuptools == 75.6.0",
     # TODO: 6.0 - can be removed once `setup.py` is simplified
     "tomlkit == 0.12.5",  # dropped support (at least CI testing) for Python 3.7 in 0.13.0
 ]

testkit/Dockerfile

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ENV PYENV_ROOT=/.pyenv
 ENV PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
 
 # Setup python version
-ENV PYTHON_VERSIONS="3.13 3.12 3.11 3.10 3.9 3.8 3.7"
+ENV PYTHON_VERSIONS="3.13 3.12 3.11 3.10"
 
 RUN for version in $PYTHON_VERSIONS; do \
         pyenv install $version; \

tox.ini

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py{37,38,39,310,311,312,313}-{unit,integration,performance}
-# for Python 3.7 support (https://github.com/tox-dev/tox/issues/3416#issuecomment-2426989929)
-requires = virtualenv<20.22.0
+envlist = py{310,311,312,313}-{unit,integration,performance}
 
 [testenv]
 passenv = TEST_*