drop python 3.7 support

.github/workflows/gh-ci.yaml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        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"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3

pyproject.toml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ name = "mda_xdrlib"
 description = "Stand-alone XDRLIB module (from cpython 3.10.8)"
 authors = [{name = "The MDAnalysis development team", email = "[email protected]"}]
 maintainers = [{name = "The MDAnalysis development team", email = "[email protected]"}]
-requires-python = ">= 3.7"
+requires-python = ">= 3.8"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file="LICENSE" }
 classifiers = [
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
     "Topic :: System :: Archiving",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Python Software Foundation License",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",