Stop support for 3.7 on the master branch.

According to NEP 29, Python 3.7 support can be stopped this december.

https://numpy.org/neps/nep-0029-deprecation_policy.html

Here we start dropping support for 3.7 as we'll release 8.0 likely early
2022

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -1,60 +1,60 b''
 name: Run tests
 
 on:
   push:
   pull_request:
   # Run weekly on Monday at 1:23 UTC
   schedule:
   - cron:  '23 1 * * 1'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
         deps: [test_extra]
         # Test all on ubuntu, test ends on macos
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: "3.7"
+            python-version: "3.8"
             deps: test_extra
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: "3.10"
             deps: test_extra
           # Tests minimal dependencies set
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: "3.10"
             deps: test
           # Tests latest development Python version
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: "3.11-dev"
             deps: test
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install latex
       if: runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.deps == 'test_extra'
       run: sudo apt-get -yq -o Acquire::Retries=3 --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends install texlive dvipng
     - name: Install and update Python dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
         python -m pip install --upgrade -e .[${{ matrix.deps }}]
         python -m pip install --upgrade check-manifest pytest-cov
     - name: Check manifest
       if: runner.os != 'Windows'  # setup.py does not support sdist on Windows
       run: check-manifest
     - name: pytest
       env:
         COLUMNS: 120
       run: |
         pytest --color=yes -ra -v --cov --cov-report=xml
     - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2

IPython/__init__.py

@@ -1,143 +1,144 b''
-# encoding: utf-8
 """
 IPython: tools for interactive and parallel computing in Python.
 
 https://ipython.org
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (c) 2008-2011, IPython Development Team.
 #  Copyright (c) 2001-2007, Fernando Perez <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (c) 2001, Janko Hauser <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (c) 2001, Nathaniel Gray <[e-mail]>
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 #  The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import os
 import sys
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Setup everything
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Don't forget to also update setup.py when this changes!
-if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
+if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
     raise ImportError(
 """
-IPython 7.10+ supports Python 3.6 and above.
+IPython 8+ supports Python 3.8 and above, following NEP 29.
 When using Python 2.7, please install IPython 5.x LTS Long Term Support version.
 Python 3.3 and 3.4 were supported up to IPython 6.x.
 Python 3.5 was supported with IPython 7.0 to 7.9.
+Python 3.6 was supported with IPython up to 7.16.
+Python 3.7 was still supported with the 7.x branch.
 
 See IPython `README.rst` file for more information:
 
     https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/master/README.rst
 
 """)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Setup the top level names
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from .core.getipython import get_ipython
 from .core import release
 from .core.application import Application
 from .terminal.embed import embed
 
 from .core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell
 from .utils.sysinfo import sys_info
 from .utils.frame import extract_module_locals
 
 # Release data
 __author__ = '%s <%s>' % (release.author, release.author_email)
 __license__  = release.license
 __version__  = release.version
 version_info = release.version_info
 
 def embed_kernel(module=None, local_ns=None, **kwargs):
     """Embed and start an IPython kernel in a given scope.
 
     If you don't want the kernel to initialize the namespace
     from the scope of the surrounding function,
     and/or you want to load full IPython configuration,
     you probably want `IPython.start_kernel()` instead.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     module : types.ModuleType, optional
         The module to load into IPython globals (default: caller)
     local_ns : dict, optional
         The namespace to load into IPython user namespace (default: caller)
     **kwargs : various, optional
         Further keyword args are relayed to the IPKernelApp constructor,
         allowing configuration of the Kernel.  Will only have an effect
         on the first embed_kernel call for a given process.
     """
     
     (caller_module, caller_locals) = extract_module_locals(1)
     if module is None:
         module = caller_module
     if local_ns is None:
         local_ns = caller_locals
     
     # Only import .zmq when we really need it
     from ipykernel.embed import embed_kernel as real_embed_kernel
     real_embed_kernel(module=module, local_ns=local_ns, **kwargs)
 
 def start_ipython(argv=None, **kwargs):
     """Launch a normal IPython instance (as opposed to embedded)
 
     `IPython.embed()` puts a shell in a particular calling scope,
     such as a function or method for debugging purposes,
     which is often not desirable.
 
     `start_ipython()` does full, regular IPython initialization,
     including loading startup files, configuration, etc.
     much of which is skipped by `embed()`.
 
     This is a public API method, and will survive implementation changes.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     argv : list or None, optional
         If unspecified or None, IPython will parse command-line options from sys.argv.
         To prevent any command-line parsing, pass an empty list: `argv=[]`.
     user_ns : dict, optional
         specify this dictionary to initialize the IPython user namespace with particular values.
     **kwargs : various, optional
         Any other kwargs will be passed to the Application constructor,
         such as `config`.
     """
     from IPython.terminal.ipapp import launch_new_instance
     return launch_new_instance(argv=argv, **kwargs)
 
 def start_kernel(argv=None, **kwargs):
     """Launch a normal IPython kernel instance (as opposed to embedded)
 
     `IPython.embed_kernel()` puts a shell in a particular calling scope,
     such as a function or method for debugging purposes,
     which is often not desirable.
 
     `start_kernel()` does full, regular IPython initialization,
     including loading startup files, configuration, etc.
     much of which is skipped by `embed()`.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     argv : list or None, optional
         If unspecified or None, IPython will parse command-line options from sys.argv.
         To prevent any command-line parsing, pass an empty list: `argv=[]`.
     user_ns : dict, optional
         specify this dictionary to initialize the IPython user namespace with particular values.
     **kwargs : various, optional
         Any other kwargs will be passed to the Application constructor,
         such as `config`.
     """
     from IPython.kernel.zmq.kernelapp import launch_new_instance
     return launch_new_instance(argv=argv, **kwargs)

appveyor.yml

@@ -1,28 +1,27 b''
 build: false
 matrix:
   fast_finish: true     # immediately finish build once one of the jobs fails.
 
 environment:
   global:
     APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: 'Visual Studio 2022'
     COLUMNS: 120  # Appveyor web viwer window width is 130 chars
 
   matrix:
-
    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python38"
      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8.x"
      PYTHON_ARCH: "32"
 
 init:
   - "ECHO %PYTHON% %PYTHON_VERSION% %PYTHON_ARCH%"
 
 install:
   - "SET PATH=%PYTHON%;%PYTHON%\\Scripts;%PATH%"
   - python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools pip
   - pip install pytest-cov
   - pip install -e .[test_extra]
 test_script:
   - pytest --color=yes -ra --cov --cov-report=xml
 on_finish:
   - curl -Os https://uploader.codecov.io/latest/windows/codecov.exe
   - codecov -e PYTHON_VERSION,PYTHON_ARCH

setup.py

@@ -1,279 +1,280 b''
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Setup script for IPython.
 
 Under Posix environments it works like a typical setup.py script.
 Under Windows, the command sdist is not supported, since IPython
 requires utilities which are not available under Windows."""
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (c) 2008-2011, IPython Development Team.
 #  Copyright (c) 2001-2007, Fernando Perez <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (c) 2001, Janko Hauser <[e-mail]>
 #  Copyright (c) 2001, Nathaniel Gray <[e-mail]>
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 #  The full license is in the file COPYING.rst, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import os
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 # **Python version check**
 #
 # This check is also made in IPython/__init__, don't forget to update both when
 # changing Python version requirements.
-if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
+if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
     pip_message = 'This may be due to an out of date pip. Make sure you have pip >= 9.0.1.'
     try:
         import pip
         pip_version = tuple([int(x) for x in pip.__version__.split('.')[:3]])
         if pip_version < (9, 0, 1) :
             pip_message = 'Your pip version is out of date, please install pip >= 9.0.1. '\
             'pip {} detected.'.format(pip.__version__)
         else:
             # pip is new enough - it must be something else
             pip_message = ''
     except Exception:
         pass
 
 
     error = """
-IPython 7.17+ supports Python 3.7 and above, following NEP 29.
+IPython 8+ supports Python 3.8 and above, following NEP 29.
 When using Python 2.7, please install IPython 5.x LTS Long Term Support version.
 Python 3.3 and 3.4 were supported up to IPython 6.x.
 Python 3.5 was supported with IPython 7.0 to 7.9.
 Python 3.6 was supported with IPython up to 7.16.
+Python 3.7 was still supported with the 7.x branch.
 
 See IPython `README.rst` file for more information:
 
     https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/master/README.rst
 
 Python {py} detected.
 {pip}
 """.format(py=sys.version_info, pip=pip_message )
 
     print(error, file=sys.stderr)
     sys.exit(1)
 
 # At least we're on the python version we need, move on.
 
 # BEFORE importing distutils, remove MANIFEST. distutils doesn't properly
 # update it when the contents of directories change.
 if Path("MANIFEST").exists():
     Path("MANIFEST").unlink()
 
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 # Our own imports
 from setupbase import target_update
 
 from setupbase import (
     setup_args,
     find_packages,
     find_package_data,
     check_package_data_first,
     find_entry_points,
     build_scripts_entrypt,
     find_data_files,
     git_prebuild,
     install_symlinked,
     install_lib_symlink,
     install_scripts_for_symlink,
     unsymlink,
 )
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Handle OS specific things
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if os.name in ('nt','dos'):
     os_name = 'windows'
 else:
     os_name = os.name
 
 # Under Windows, 'sdist' has not been supported.  Now that the docs build with
 # Sphinx it might work, but let's not turn it on until someone confirms that it
 # actually works.
 if os_name == 'windows' and 'sdist' in sys.argv:
     print('The sdist command is not available under Windows.  Exiting.')
     sys.exit(1)
 
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Things related to the IPython documentation
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # update the manuals when building a source dist
 if len(sys.argv) >= 2 and sys.argv[1] in ('sdist','bdist_rpm'):
 
     # List of things to be updated. Each entry is a triplet of args for
     # target_update()
     to_update = [
                  ('docs/man/ipython.1.gz',
                   ['docs/man/ipython.1'],
                   'cd docs/man && gzip -9c ipython.1 > ipython.1.gz'),
                  ]
 
 
     [ target_update(*t) for t in to_update ]
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Find all the packages, package data, and data_files
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 packages = find_packages()
 package_data = find_package_data()
 
 data_files = find_data_files()
 
 setup_args['packages'] = packages
 setup_args['package_data'] = package_data
 setup_args['data_files'] = data_files
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # custom distutils commands
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # imports here, so they are after setuptools import if there was one
 from distutils.command.sdist import sdist
 
 setup_args['cmdclass'] = {
     'build_py': \
             check_package_data_first(git_prebuild('IPython')),
     'sdist' : git_prebuild('IPython', sdist),
     'symlink': install_symlinked,
     'install_lib_symlink': install_lib_symlink,
     'install_scripts_sym': install_scripts_for_symlink,
     'unsymlink': unsymlink,
 }
 
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Handle scripts, dependencies, and setuptools specific things
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # For some commands, use setuptools.  Note that we do NOT list install here!
 # If you want a setuptools-enhanced install, just run 'setupegg.py install'
 needs_setuptools = {'develop', 'release', 'bdist_egg', 'bdist_rpm',
            'bdist', 'bdist_dumb', 'bdist_wininst', 'bdist_wheel',
            'egg_info', 'easy_install', 'upload', 'install_egg_info',
           }
 
 if len(needs_setuptools.intersection(sys.argv)) > 0:
     import setuptools
 
 # This dict is used for passing extra arguments that are setuptools
 # specific to setup
 setuptools_extra_args = {}
 
 # setuptools requirements
 
 extras_require = dict(
     parallel=["ipyparallel"],
     qtconsole=["qtconsole"],
     doc=["Sphinx>=1.3"],
     test=[
         "pytest",
         "testpath",
         "pygments",
     ],
     test_extra=[
         "pytest",
         "testpath",
         "curio",
         "matplotlib!=3.2.0",
         "nbformat",
         "numpy>=1.17",
         "pandas",
         "pygments",
         "trio",
     ],
     terminal=[],
     kernel=["ipykernel"],
     nbformat=["nbformat"],
     notebook=["notebook", "ipywidgets"],
     nbconvert=["nbconvert"],
 )
 
 install_requires = [
     "setuptools>=18.5",
     "jedi>=0.16",
     "decorator",
     "pickleshare",
     "traitlets>=4.2",
     "prompt_toolkit>=2.0.0,<3.1.0,!=3.0.0,!=3.0.1",
     "pygments",
     "backcall",
     "stack_data",
     "matplotlib-inline",
 ]
 
 # Platform-specific dependencies:
 # This is the correct way to specify these,
 # but requires pip >= 6. pip < 6 ignores these.
 
 extras_require.update(
     {
         ':sys_platform != "win32"': ["pexpect>4.3"],
         ':sys_platform == "darwin"': ["appnope"],
         ':sys_platform == "win32"': ["colorama"],
     }
 )
 # FIXME: re-specify above platform dependencies for pip < 6
 # These would result in non-portable bdists.
 if not any(arg.startswith('bdist') for arg in sys.argv):
     if sys.platform == 'darwin':
         install_requires.extend(['appnope'])
 
     if not sys.platform.startswith("win"):
         install_requires.append("pexpect>4.3")
 
     # workaround pypa/setuptools#147, where setuptools misspells
     # platform_python_implementation as python_implementation
     if 'setuptools' in sys.modules:
         for key in list(extras_require):
             if 'platform_python_implementation' in key:
                 new_key = key.replace('platform_python_implementation', 'python_implementation')
                 extras_require[new_key] = extras_require.pop(key)
 
 everything = set()
 for key, deps in extras_require.items():
     if ':' not in key:
         everything.update(deps)
 extras_require['all'] = list(sorted(everything))
 
-if 'setuptools' in sys.modules:
-    setuptools_extra_args['python_requires'] = '>=3.7'
-    setuptools_extra_args['zip_safe'] = False
-    setuptools_extra_args['entry_points'] = {
-        'console_scripts': find_entry_points(),
-        'pygments.lexers': [
-            'ipythonconsole = IPython.lib.lexers:IPythonConsoleLexer',
-            'ipython = IPython.lib.lexers:IPythonLexer',
-            'ipython3 = IPython.lib.lexers:IPython3Lexer',
+if "setuptools" in sys.modules:
+    setuptools_extra_args["python_requires"] = ">=3.8"
+    setuptools_extra_args["zip_safe"] = False
+    setuptools_extra_args["entry_points"] = {
+        "console_scripts": find_entry_points(),
+        "pygments.lexers": [
+            "ipythonconsole = IPython.lib.lexers:IPythonConsoleLexer",
+            "ipython = IPython.lib.lexers:IPythonLexer",
+            "ipython3 = IPython.lib.lexers:IPython3Lexer",
         ],
     }
     setup_args['extras_require'] = extras_require
     setup_args['install_requires'] = install_requires
 
 else:
     # scripts has to be a non-empty list, or install_scripts isn't called
     setup_args['scripts'] = [e.split('=')[0].strip() for e in find_entry_points()]
 
     setup_args['cmdclass']['build_scripts'] = build_scripts_entrypt
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Do the actual setup now
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 setup_args.update(setuptools_extra_args)
 
 
 
 def main():
     setup(**setup_args)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()