Remove/replace more references to Python 3.6 and 3.7

.github/azure-steps.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ steps:
   - script: |
       python -m mypy spacy
     displayName: 'Run mypy'
-    condition: ne(variables['python_version'], '3.6')
 
   - task: DeleteFiles@1
     inputs:

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ repos:
     rev: 22.3.0
     hooks:
     - id: black
-      language_version: python3.7
+      language_version: python3.8
       additional_dependencies: ['click==8.0.4']
 -   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
     rev: 5.0.4

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ except:  # noqa: E722
 
 ### Python conventions
 
-All Python code must be written **compatible with Python 3.6+**. More detailed
+All Python code must be written **compatible with Python 3.8+**. More detailed
 code conventions can be found in the [developer docs](https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/blob/master/extra/DEVELOPER_DOCS/Code%20Conventions.md).
 
 #### I/O and handling paths

Makefile

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ override SPACY_EXTRAS = spacy-lookups-data==1.0.2 jieba spacy-pkuseg==0.0.28 sud
 endif
 
 ifndef PYVER
-override PYVER = 3.6
+override PYVER = 3.8
 endif
 
 VENV := ./env$(PYVER)

README.md

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ For detailed installation instructions, see the
 
 - **Operating system**: macOS / OS X · Linux · Windows (Cygwin, MinGW, Visual
   Studio)
-- **Python version**: Python 3.6+ (only 64 bit)
+- **Python version**: Python 3.8+ (only 64 bit)
 - **Package managers**: [pip] · [conda] (via `conda-forge`)
 
 [pip]: https://pypi.org/project/spacy/

build-constraints.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # build version constraints for use with wheelwright + multibuild
-numpy==1.15.0; python_version<='3.7' and platform_machine!='aarch64'
-numpy==1.19.2; python_version<='3.7' and platform_machine=='aarch64'
 numpy==1.17.3; python_version=='3.8' and platform_machine!='aarch64'
 numpy==1.19.2; python_version=='3.8' and platform_machine=='aarch64'
 numpy==1.19.3; python_version=='3.9'

requirements.txt

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ langcodes>=3.2.0,<4.0.0
 # Official Python utilities
 setuptools
 packaging>=20.0
-typing_extensions>=3.7.4.1,<4.2.0; python_version < "3.8"
 # Development dependencies
 pre-commit>=2.13.0
 cython>=0.25,<3.0
@@ -31,8 +30,7 @@ pytest-timeout>=1.3.0,<2.0.0
 mock>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
 flake8>=3.8.0,<6.0.0
 hypothesis>=3.27.0,<7.0.0
-mypy>=0.990,<0.1000; platform_machine != "aarch64" and python_version >= "3.7"
+mypy>=0.990,<0.1000; platform_machine != "aarch64"
-types-dataclasses>=0.1.3; python_version < "3.7"
 types-mock>=0.1.1
 types-setuptools>=57.0.0
 types-requests

setup.cfg

@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ classifiers =
     Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
     Programming Language :: Cython
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ project_urls =
 [options]
 zip_safe = false
 include_package_data = true
-python_requires = >=3.6
+python_requires = >=3.8
 install_requires =
     # Our libraries
     spacy-legacy>=4.0.0.dev0,<4.1.0
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ install_requires =
     # Official Python utilities
     setuptools
     packaging>=20.0
-    typing_extensions>=3.7.4,<4.2.0; python_version < "3.8"
     langcodes>=3.2.0,<4.0.0
 
 [options.entry_points]

spacy/tests/test_cli.py

@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ def test_cli_find_threshold(capsys):
         [
             """# comment
             --some-flag
-            spacy; python_version >= '3.6'""",
+            spacy; python_version >= '3.8'""",
             (False, False),
         ],
         [

website/docs/usage/index.mdx

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ menu:
 
 ## Installation instructions {id="installation"}
 
-spaCy is compatible with **64-bit CPython 3.6+** and runs on **Unix/Linux**,
+spaCy is compatible with **64-bit CPython 3.8+** and runs on **Unix/Linux**,
 **macOS/OS X** and **Windows**. The latest spaCy releases are available over
 [pip](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/spacy) and
 [conda](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/spacy).