From 0370014ee74a0f4480127932a78f177f6f433b9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo van Kemenade <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:06:32 +0200
Subject: Drop support for EOL Python 3.6

---
 .github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml | 2 +-
 README.md                           | 2 +-
 doc/source/intro.rst                | 2 +-
 setup.py                            | 3 +--
 smmap/buf.py                        | 2 +-
 tox.ini                             | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index d593fd0..9e2d881 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f083dd0..e21f534 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ For performance critical 64 bit applications, a simplified version of memory map
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-* Python 3.6+
+* Python 3.7+
 * OSX, Windows or Linux
 
 The package was tested on all of the previously mentioned configurations.
diff --git a/doc/source/intro.rst b/doc/source/intro.rst
index 3489b04..109fec2 100644
--- a/doc/source/intro.rst
+++ b/doc/source/intro.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ For performance critical 64 bit applications, a simplified version of memory map
 #############
 Prerequisites
 #############
-* Python 3.6+
+* Python 3.7+
 * OSX, Windows or Linux
 
 The package was tested on all of the previously mentioned configurations.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9ab8a7f..1df3b62 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ setup(
     license="BSD",
     packages=find_packages(),
     zip_safe=True,
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.7",
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
         "Environment :: Console",
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ setup(
         "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
diff --git a/smmap/buf.py b/smmap/buf.py
index ad27b69..731b064 100644
--- a/smmap/buf.py
+++ b/smmap/buf.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class SlidingWindowMapBuffer:
                     d = d.tobytes()
                 md.append(d)
             # END while there are bytes to read
-            return bytes().join(md)
+            return b''.join(md)
         # END fast or slow path
     #{ Interface
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 092c79d..810badd 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # and then run "tox" from this directory.
 
 [tox]
-envlist = flake8, py{36, 37, 38, 39, 310, 311}
+envlist = flake8, py{37, 38, 39, 310, 311}
 
 [testenv]
 commands = {envpython} -m pytest --cov smmap --cov-report xml {posargs}
-- 
cgit v1.2.1