Drop Python 3.7 support

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         extras: [false]
         include:

README.rst

@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ from the command line with ``python -m natsort``.  Check out the
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-`natsort`_ requires Python 3.7 or greater.
+`natsort`_ requires Python 3.8 or greater.
 
 Optional Dependencies
 ---------------------

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools-scm>=7.1"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools-scm>=8.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Seth M. Morton", email = "[email protected]"},
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 description = "Simple yet flexible natural sorting in Python."
 readme = "README.rst"
 license = {text = "MIT"}
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ find = {namespaces = false}
 mypy_path = "mypy_stubs"
 
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py37"
+target-version = "py38"
 extend-exclude = ["build", "dist", "docs", "mypy_stubs", "_version.py"]
 
 [tool.ruff.format]