From cbac6cacf92627a6317bc37d0764a4f77eea76f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cosimo Lupo <clupo@google.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 17:29:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] README: mention 3.8 as required and cite NEP 29 as formal
 schedule

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 README.rst | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5f4b5c075..f0f82daef 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ are available at `Read the Docs <https://fonttools.readthedocs.io/>`_.
 Installation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-FontTools requires `Python <http://www.python.org/download/>`__ 3.7
-or later.
+FontTools requires `Python <http://www.python.org/download/>`__ 3.8
+or later. We follow the same schedule of minimum Python version support as
+NumPy (see `NEP 29 <https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0029-deprecation_policy.html>`__).
 
 The package is listed in the Python Package Index (PyPI), so you can
 install it with `pip <https://pip.pypa.io>`__: