Drop support for python 3.6 and 3.7

.github/workflows/style.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        sudo pip install cmake-format black==22.1.0 'click<8;python_version<="3.6"' 'click==8.0.2;python_version >"3.6"'
+        sudo pip install cmake-format black==22.1.0
 
     - name: Clang Format
       run: ./script/clang-format --check

.github/workflows/testing.yml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'macos-latest']
-        python: ['3.6', '3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
@@ -79,19 +79,6 @@ jobs:
         name: ${{ matrix.os }} Python ${{ matrix.python }} wheel
         path: dist/*
 
-    - name: Build `libecl` migration package
-      run: |
-        pip install -U pip setuptools wheel setuptools_scm
-        python ci/github/setup.py bdist_wheel --dist-dir=dist-migration
-      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.python == '3.6'
-
-    - name: Upload `libecl` migration wheel as artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-      with:
-        name: Python libecl to ecl wheel
-        path: dist-migration/*
-      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.python == '3.6'
-
     - name: Install ecl
       run: pip install dist/*
 

WINDOWS.md

@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
     cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%INSTALLPATH% -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="ON"  -DENABLE_PYTHON="ON"    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release" %SOURCEPATH%
     cmake --build %BUILDPATH% --config Release --target install
 ~~~~
-6. For **_libecl_** to be accessible in Python the `%INSTALLPATH%\lib\pythonX.Y\site-package` and Python subdirectories must be added to the `PATH` and `PYTHONPATH` variables. Where `pythonx.y` is the current Python version _e.g._ (`python2.7`, `python3.6` _etc._) .
+6. For **_libecl_** to be accessible in Python the `%INSTALLPATH%\lib\pythonX.Y\site-package` and Python subdirectories must be added to the `PATH` and `PYTHONPATH` variables. Where `pythonx.y` is the current Python version _e.g._ (`python3.9`, `python3.10` _etc._) .
 
 8. Open a Python interactive session and run `import ecl` to check that the install and paths are now set.

ci/github/build_linux_wheel.sh

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 case "$1" in
-    3.6) pyver=cp36-cp36m ;;
-    3.7) pyver=cp37-cp37m ;;
     3.8) pyver=cp38-cp38 ;;
     3.9) pyver=cp39-cp39 ;;
     3.10) pyver=cp310-cp310 ;;

setup.py

@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ def utility_wrappers():
         "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
         "Natural Language :: English",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",