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pyxem / orix

Analysing crystal orientations and symmetry in Python
https://orix.readthedocs.io
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Drop support for Python 3.7 #482

Closed hakonanes closed 2 months ago

hakonanes commented 2 months ago

I suggest to drop support for Python 3.7.

Reasons:

  1. NumPy stopped supporting it 3.5y ago (https://endoflife.date/numpy#python-support)
  2. HyperSpy stopped supporting it in December after 2.0 (https://hyperspy.org/hyperspy-doc/current/changes.html#id58)
  3. It isn't available for Macs with Silicon chips (https://stackoverflow.com/a/70219965/3228100). I've got such a machine, so I cannot test it (easily).

I'll see if I can get it into the v0.12.0 release if people agree.

CSSFrancis commented 2 months ago

@hakonanes +1 for this. Realistically if numpy doesn't support it we can't really either as so much depends on numpy.

hakonanes commented 2 months ago

Agreed! I'll make a PR tomorrow with necessary changes and see if we can remove or simplify some stuff.

pc494 commented 2 months ago

Dropping old versions of Python is one my favourite things, go right ahead.