Drop Python 3.7 support

.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This code is part of Qiskit.
 #
-# (C) Copyright IBM 2021, 2022.
+# (C) Copyright IBM 2021, 2023.
 #
 # This code is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. You may
 # obtain a copy of this license in the LICENSE.txt file in the root directory
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ runs:
         if [ "${{ inputs.event-name }}" == "schedule" ] || [ "${{ inputs.run-slow }}" == "true" ]; then
           export QISKIT_TESTS="run_slow"
         fi
-        if [ "${{ inputs.python-version }}" == "3.7" ]; then
+        if [ "${{ inputs.os }}" == "ubuntu-latest" ] && [ "${{ inputs.python-version }}" == "3.8" ]; then
           export PYTHON="coverage3 run --source qiskit_finance --parallel-mode"
         fi
         stestr --test-path test run 2> >(tee /dev/stderr out.txt > /dev/null)
-      shell: bash
+      shell: bash

.github/workflows/deploy-code.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This code is part of Qiskit.
 #
-# (C) Copyright IBM 2021, 2022.
+# (C) Copyright IBM 2021, 2023.
 #
 # This code is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. You may
 # obtain a copy of this license in the LICENSE.txt file in the root directory
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7]
+        python-version: [3.8]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: [3.7]
+        python-version: [3.8]
     steps:
       - name: Print Concurrency Group
         env:
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, '3.10', 3.11]
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, '3.10', 3.11]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: 3.8
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
           coverage3 combine
           mv .coverage ./ci-artifact-data/fin.dat
-        if: ${{ matrix.python-version == 3.7 }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.python-version == 3.8 }}
         shell: bash
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -286,16 +286,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.7]
+        python-version: [3.8]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: ubuntu-latest-3.7
-          path: /tmp/f37
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: ubuntu-latest-3.8
@@ -333,10 +329,10 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
       - name: Combined Deprecation Messages
         run: |
-          sort -f -u /tmp/f37/fin.dep /tmp/f38/fin.dep /tmp/f39/fin.dep /tmp/f310/fin.dep /tmp/f311/fin.dep /tmp/m38/fin.dep /tmp/m311/fin.dep /tmp/w38/fin.dep /tmp/w310/fin.dep || true
+          sort -f -u /tmp/f38/fin.dep /tmp/f39/fin.dep /tmp/f310/fin.dep /tmp/f311/fin.dep /tmp/m38/fin.dep /tmp/m311/fin.dep /tmp/w38/fin.dep /tmp/w310/fin.dep || true
         shell: bash
       - name: Coverage combine
-        run: coverage3 combine /tmp/f37/fin.dat
+        run: coverage3 combine /tmp/f38/fin.dat
         shell: bash
       - name: Upload to Coveralls
         env:

.mergify.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 queue_rules:
   - name: automerge
     conditions:
-      - check-success=Deprecation_Messages_and_Coverage (3.7)
+      - check-success=Deprecation_Messages_and_Coverage (3.8)
 
 pull_request_rules:
   - name: automatic merge on CI success and review
     conditions:
-      - check-success=Deprecation_Messages_and_Coverage (3.7)
+      - check-success=Deprecation_Messages_and_Coverage (3.8)
       - "#approved-reviews-by>=1"
       - label=automerge
       - label!=on hold

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = ['py37', 'py38', 'py39', 'py310', 'py311']
+target-version = ['py38', 'py39', 'py310', 'py311']

releasenotes/notes/drop_python_3_7-d90741833dc57229.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Support for running with Python 3.7 has been removed. To run Finance you need
+    a minimum Python version of 3.8.

setup.py

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
         "Operating System :: MacOS",
         "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(include=['qiskit_finance', 'qiskit_finance.*']),
     install_requires=REQUIREMENTS,
     include_package_data=True,
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     project_urls={
         "Bug Tracker": "https://github.com/qiskit-community/qiskit-finance/issues",
         "Documentation": "https://qiskit.org/ecosystem/finance/",

tox.ini

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 minversion = 3.3.0
-envlist = py37, py38, py39, py310, py311, lint
+envlist = py38, py39, py310, py311, lint
 skipsdist = True
 
 [testenv]