Remove Python 3.7 support (#8361)

Closes #7803
Authored by: bashonly

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with: # 3.7 is used for Vista support. See https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/390
-          python-version: "3.7"
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.8"
           architecture: "x86"
       - name: Install Requirements
         run: |
@@ -436,7 +436,16 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cat >> _update_spec << EOF
           # This file is used for regulating self-update
-          lock 2022.08.18.36 .+ Python 3.6
+          lock 2022.08.18.36 .+ Python 3\.6
+          lock 2023.11.16 (?!win_x86_exe).+ Python 3\.7
+          lock 2023.11.16 win_x86_exe .+ Windows-(?:Vista|2008Server)
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2022.08.18.36 .+ Python 3\.6
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2023.11.16 (?!win_x86_exe).+ Python 3\.7
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp 2023.11.16 win_x86_exe .+ Windows-(?:Vista|2008Server)
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2023.11.15.232826 (?!win_x86_exe).+ Python 3\.7
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds 2023.11.15.232826 win_x86_exe .+ Windows-(?:Vista|2008Server)
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2023.11.15.232812 (?!win_x86_exe).+ Python 3\.7
+          lockV2 yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds 2023.11.15.232812 win_x86_exe .+ Windows-(?:Vista|2008Server)
           EOF
 
       - name: Sign checksum files

.github/workflows/core.yml

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         # CPython 3.11 is in quick-test
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.12', pypy-3.7, pypy-3.8, pypy-3.10]
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.12', pypy-3.8, pypy-3.10]
         run-tests-ext: [sh]
         include:
         # atleast one of each CPython/PyPy tests must be in windows
         - os: windows-latest
-          python-version: '3.7'
+          python-version: '3.8'
           run-tests-ext: bat
         - os: windows-latest
           python-version: '3.12'
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install dependencies
+    - name: Install test requirements
       run: pip install pytest -r requirements.txt
     - name: Run tests
       continue-on-error: False

.github/workflows/download.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: 3.9
     - name: Install test requirements
-      run: pip install pytest
+      run: pip install pytest -r requirements.txt
     - name: Run tests
       continue-on-error: true
       run: ./devscripts/run_tests.sh download
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.10', '3.12', pypy-3.7, pypy-3.8, pypy-3.10]
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', pypy-3.8, pypy-3.10]
         run-tests-ext: [sh]
         include:
         # atleast one of each CPython/PyPy tests must be in windows
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install pytest
-      run: pip install pytest
+    - name: Install test requirements
+      run: pip install pytest -r requirements.txt
     - name: Run tests
       continue-on-error: true
       run: ./devscripts/run_tests.${{ matrix.run-tests-ext }} download

.github/workflows/quick-test.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: '3.11'
     - name: Install test requirements
-      run: pip install pytest pycryptodomex
+      run: pip install pytest -r requirements.txt
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
         python3 -m yt_dlp -v || true