Drop Python3.7, require 3.8+

Revert "Revert "Merge pull request #2879 from fonttools/drop-py37""

This reverts commit f21e6768a7e970e3ec0f3c4b818f47f8dfd1c92b.

Which in turn, reverted https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/pull/2879

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -27,20 +27,20 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install packages
       run: pip install tox
     - name: Run Tox
-      run: tox -e lint,package_readme
+      run: tox $TOX_OPTIONS -e lint,package_readme
 
   test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     if: "! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[skip ci]')"
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.10"]
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
         exclude: # Only test on the latest supported stable Python on macOS and Windows.
           - platform: macos-latest
-            python-version: 3.7
+            python-version: 3.8
           - platform: windows-latest
-            python-version: 3.7
+            python-version: 3.8
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}

README.rst

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ are available at `Read the Docs <https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/>`_.
 Installation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-FontTools requires `Python <http://www.python.org/download/>`__ 3.7
+FontTools requires `Python <http://www.python.org/download/>`__ 3.8
 or later. We try to follow the same schedule of minimum Python version support as
 NumPy (see `NEP 29 <https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0029-deprecation_policy.html>`__).
 

requirements.txt

@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 brotli==1.0.9; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
 brotlicffi==1.0.9.2; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 unicodedata2==15.0.0; python_version <= '3.11'
-scipy==1.7.3; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy" and python_version <= '3.7'  # pyup: ignore
-scipy==1.9.3; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy" and python_version > '3.7'
+scipy==1.9.3; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
 munkres==1.1.4; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 zopfli==0.2.1
 fs==2.4.16

setup.py

@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ classifiers = {
         "Natural Language :: English",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
@@ -471,7 +470,7 @@ setup_params = dict(
     url="http://github.com/fonttools/fonttools",
     license="MIT",
     platforms=["Any"],
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     long_description=long_description,
     package_dir={"": "Lib"},
     packages=find_packages("Lib"),

tox.ini

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 minversion = 3.0
-envlist = lint, py3{7,8,9,10,11}-cov, htmlcov
+envlist = lint, py3{8,9,10,11}-cov, htmlcov
 skip_missing_interpreters=true
 
 [testenv]