Drop support for Python 3.7 (#8609)

* Drop support for Python 3.7
* Update py-version + classifier
* Update functional tests

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/doc/exts/pylint_extensions.py b/doc/exts/pylint_extensions.py
index 936bdbb6b..cadcbdcba 100755
--- a/doc/exts/pylint_extensions.py
+++ b/doc/exts/pylint_extensions.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import os
 import re
 import sys
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, TypedDict
 
 import sphinx
 from sphinx.application import Sphinx
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ from pylint.lint import PyLinter
 from pylint.typing import MessageDefinitionTuple, OptionDict, ReportsCallable
 from pylint.utils import get_rst_title
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
-    from typing import TypedDict
-else:
-    from typing_extensions import TypedDict
-
 
 class _CheckerInfo(TypedDict):
     """Represents data about a checker."""
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/6306.breaking b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/6306.breaking
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8338251b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/6306.breaking
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Remove support for Python 3.7.
+
+Refs #6306