Chore: Remove support for EOL Python 3.6

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ jobs:
         exclude:
 
           # Exclude test matrix slots that are no longer supported by GHA runners.
+          - os: 'ubuntu-20.04'
+            python-version: '3.6'
           - os: 'macos-latest'
             python-version: '3.6'
           - os: 'macos-latest'
@@ -88,14 +90,7 @@ jobs:
         cache-dependency-glob: |
           pyproject.toml
 
-    - name: Install and validate package (Python 3.6)
-      if: matrix.python-version == '3.6'
-      run: |
-        pip install '.[full,develop,test]'
-        poe test
-
-    - name: Install and validate package (Python >=3.6)
-      if: matrix.python-version != '3.6'
+    - name: Install and validate package
       run: |
         uv pip install '.[full,develop,test]'
         poe check

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
   the `<target>` argument of `responder run`, but is semantically different,
   as the former accepts a filesystem directory to the `package.json` file,
   but the latter expects a Python entrypoint specification.
+- Platform: Removed support for EOL Python 3.6
 
 ### Fixed
 

README.md

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Alternatively, install directly from the repository:
 
     pip install 'responder[full] @ git+https://github.com/kennethreitz/responder.git'
 
-Responder supports **Python 3.6+**.
+Responder supports **Python 3.7+**.
 
 # The Basic Idea
 

docs/source/index.rst

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Or use standard pip where ``uv`` is not available.
 
     pip install --upgrade 'responder'
 
-Responder supports **Python 3.6+**. If you are looking at installing Responder
+Responder supports **Python 3.7+**. If you are looking at installing Responder
 for hacking on it, please refer to the :ref:`sandbox` documentation.
 
 .. toctree::

responder/api.py

@@ -4,21 +4,13 @@
 import uvicorn
 from starlette.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from starlette.middleware.errors import ServerErrorMiddleware
+from starlette.middleware.exceptions import ExceptionMiddleware
 from starlette.middleware.gzip import GZipMiddleware
 from starlette.middleware.httpsredirect import HTTPSRedirectMiddleware
 from starlette.middleware.sessions import SessionMiddleware
 from starlette.middleware.trustedhost import TrustedHostMiddleware
 from starlette.testclient import TestClient
 
-# Python 3.7+
-try:
-    from starlette.middleware.exceptions import ExceptionMiddleware
-# Python 3.6
-except ImportError:
-    from starlette.exceptions import (  # type: ignore[attr-defined,no-redef]
-        ExceptionMiddleware,
-    )
-
 from . import status_codes
 from .background import BackgroundQueue
 from .formats import get_formats

setup.py

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def run(self):
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests"]),
     package_data={},
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["responder=responder.ext.cli:cli"]},
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.7",
     setup_requires=[],
     install_requires=required,
     extras_require={
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ def run(self):
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "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",