Merge pull request #716 from cjmayo/py38

Raise minimum Python version to 3.8

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          - "3.8"
           - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
         toxenv: [py]
         include:
-          - python-version: "3.7"
+          - python-version: "3.8"
             toxenv: minreqs
 
     steps:

README.rst

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Features
 Installation
 -------------
 
-Python 3.7 or later is needed. Using pip to install LinkChecker:
+Python 3.8 or later is needed. Using pip to install LinkChecker:
 
 ``pip3 install linkchecker``
 

doc/changelog.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+10.x
+
+Changes:
+- Minimum Python version required is 3.8
+
+
 10.2.1 (released 05.12.2022)
 
 Fixes

doc/i18n/gettext/index.pot

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ msgid "Introduction"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: ../../src/index.rst:10
-msgid "LinkChecker is a free, `GPL <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>`_ licensed website validator. LinkChecker checks links in web documents or full websites. It runs on Python 3 systems, requiring Python 3.7 or later."
+msgid "LinkChecker is a free, `GPL <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>`_ licensed website validator. LinkChecker checks links in web documents or full websites. It runs on Python 3 systems, requiring Python 3.8 or later."
 msgstr ""
 
 #: ../../src/index.rst:15

doc/i18n/locales/de/LC_MESSAGES/index.po

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ""
 "LinkChecker is a free, `GPL <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>`_ "
 "licensed website validator. LinkChecker checks links in web documents or "
-"full websites. It runs on Python 3 systems, requiring Python 3.7 or "
+"full websites. It runs on Python 3 systems, requiring Python 3.8 or "
 "later."
 msgstr ""
 

doc/src/index.rst

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Introduction
 LinkChecker is a free, `GPL <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>`_
 licensed website validator.
 LinkChecker checks links in web documents or full websites.
-It runs on Python 3 systems, requiring Python 3.7 or later.
+It runs on Python 3 systems, requiring Python 3.8 or later.
 
 Visit the project on `GitHub <https://github.com/linkchecker/linkchecker>`_.
 

doc/upgrading.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 Upgrading
 =========
+
+Migrating from 10.2 to 10.x
+---------------------------
+Python 3.8 or newer is required.
+
 Migrating from 10.1 to 10.2
 ---------------------------
 Python 3.7 or newer is required.

linkcheck/__init__.py

@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ Main package for link checking.
 # version checks
 import sys
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 7, 0, 'final', 0):
+if sys.version_info < (3, 8, 0, 'final', 0):
     import platform
 
     raise SystemExit(
-        "This program requires Python 3.7 or later instead of %s."
+        "This program requires Python 3.8 or later instead of %s."
         % platform.python_version()
     )
 

linkcheck/htmlutil/linkparse.py

@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ class LinkFinder:
                 base = self.base_ref
             # note: value can be None
             value = attrs.get(attr)
-            rel = attrs.get('rel', '').lower()
-            if tag == 'link' and ('dns-prefetch' in rel or 'preconnect' in rel):
+            if tag == 'link' and (rel := attrs.get('rel', '').lower()) \
+                    and ('dns-prefetch' in rel or 'preconnect' in rel):
                 if ':' in value:
                     value = value.split(':', 1)[1]
                 value = 'dns:' + value.rstrip('/')

pyproject.toml

@@ -11,14 +11,13 @@ classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 or later (GPLv2+)",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
 ]
 
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 
 dependencies = [
     "requests >= 2.20",

tox.ini

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py3{7,8,9,10,11}, minreqs
+envlist = py3{8,9,10,11}, minreqs
 
 [base]
 deps =