Require at least tensorboard 2.12.0, and drop Python 3.7 support acco…

…rdingly

TensorBoard 2.12.0 drops Python 3.7 support.

Ref: https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorboard/blob/master/RELEASE.md#release-2120

Python 3.7 is EOL in 2023-06-27.

Ref: https://devguide.python.org/versions/#supported-versions

.github/workflows/test-with-tox.yaml

@@ -18,12 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           - macos-14  # macos-latest
           - windows-2019
           - windows-2022  # windows-latest
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
-        exclude:
-          - platform: ubuntu-24.04
-            python-version: 3.7
-          - platform: macos-14
-            python-version: 3.7
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}

README.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ A simple yet powerful tensorboard event log parser/reader.
 Installation:
 
 ```sh
-pip install -U tbparse # requires Python >= 3.7
+pip install -U tbparse # requires Python >= 3.8
 ```
 
 We suggest using an additional virtual environment for parsing and plotting the tensorboard events. So no worries if your training code uses Python 3.6 or older versions.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ All events above are generated and plotted in [gallery-pytorch.ipynb](https://gi
 
 ```sh
 pip install tensorflow # optional, only required if you want to parse images and audio
-pip install -U tbparse # requires Python >= 3.7
+pip install -U tbparse # requires Python >= 3.8
 ```
 
 **Note**: For details on when TensorFlow is required, see [Installing without TensorFlow](https://tbparse.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pages/installation.html#installing-without-tensorflow).

docs/index.rst

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Installation:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   pip install -U tbparse # requires Python >= 3.7
+   pip install -U tbparse # requires Python >= 3.8
 
 We suggest using an additional virtual environment for parsing and plotting
 the tensorboard events. So no worries if your training code uses Python 3.6

docs/pages/installation.rst

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Install from PyPI:
 .. code-block:: bash
 
    pip install tensorflow # optional, only required if you want to parse images and audio
-   pip install -U tbparse # requires Python >= 3.7
+   pip install -U tbparse # requires Python >= 3.8
 
 **Note**: For details on when TensorFlow is required, see :ref:`Installing without TensorFlow <tbparse_installing-without-tensorflow>`.
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Install from Source:
    git clone https://github.com/j3soon/tbparse
    cd tbparse
    pip install tensorflow # optional, only required if you want to parse images and audio
-   pip install -e . # requires Python >= 3.7
+   pip install -e . # requires Python >= 3.8
 
 .. _tbparse_installing-without-tensorflow:
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ You can install tbparse with reduced feature set if you don't want to install Te
 .. code-block:: bash
 
    # Don't install TensorFlow
-   pip install -U tbparse # requires Python >= 3.7
+   pip install -U tbparse # requires Python >= 3.8
 
 Without TensorFlow, tbparse supports parsing
 :ref:`scalars <tbparse_parsing-scalars>`,

setup.py

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
@@ -37,10 +36,10 @@
     ],
     package_dir={"": "."},
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(where=".", exclude=("tests*",)),
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     install_requires=[
         "pandas>=1.3.0",
-        "tensorboard>=2.0.0",
+        "tensorboard>=2.12.0",
     ],
     # The following error occurs if tensorboardX>2.6
     #    ImportError: cannot import name 'builder' from 'google.protobuf.internal'

tox.ini

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py37, py38, py39, py310, py311, py312
+envlist = py38, py39, py310, py311, py312
 
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-    3.7: py37
     3.8: py38
     3.9: py39
     3.10: py310