Initial Python 3.7 drop

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/doc/changelog.asciidoc b/doc/changelog.asciidoc
index 5f2e945e6..20d940f0e 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/changelog.asciidoc
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ Added
 Removed
 ~~~~~~~
 
-- Support for Python 3.6 is dropped, as it's been
-  https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-6-rides-into-the-sunset/12964[end-of-life upstream]
-  since December 2021. Python 3.7.0 or newer is now required.
+- Python 3.8.0 or newer is now required.
+  - Support for Python 3.6 and 3.7 is dropped, as they both reached
+    their [end of life] in December 2021 and June 2023, respectively.
 - Support for Qt/PyQt before 5.15.0 and QtWebEngine before 5.15.2 are now
   dropped, as older Qt versions are
   https://endoflife.date/qt[end-of-life upstream] since mid/late 2020
diff --git a/doc/contributing.asciidoc b/doc/contributing.asciidoc
index d99dc41ef..c2c791c89 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/contributing.asciidoc
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ unittests and several linters/checkers.
 Currently, the following tox environments are available:
 
 * Tests using https://www.pytest.org[pytest]:
-  - `py37`, `py38`, ...: Run pytest for python 3.7/3.8/... with the system-wide PyQt.
-  - `py37-pyqt512`, ..., `py37-pyqt515`: Run pytest with the given PyQt version (`py37-*` also works).
-  - `py37-pyqt515-cov`: Run with coverage support (other Python/PyQt versions work too).
+  - `py38`, `py39`, ...: Run pytest for python 3.8/3.9/... with the system-wide PyQt.
+  - `py38-pyqt515`, ..., `py38-pyqt65`: Run pytest with the given PyQt version (`py39-*` etc. also works).
+  - `py38-pyqt515-cov`: Run with coverage support (other Python/PyQt versions work too).
 * `flake8`: Run various linting checks via https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flake8[flake8].
 * `vulture`: Run https://pypi.python.org/pypi/vulture[vulture] to find
   unused code portions.
@@ -171,16 +171,16 @@ Examples:
 
 ----
 # run only pytest tests which failed in last run:
-tox -e py37 -- --lf
+tox -e py38 -- --lf
 
 # run only the end2end feature tests:
-tox -e py37 -- tests/end2end/features
+tox -e py38 -- tests/end2end/features
 
 # run everything with undo in the generated name, based on the scenario text
-tox -e py37 -- tests/end2end/features/test_tabs_bdd.py -k undo
+tox -e py38 -- tests/end2end/features/test_tabs_bdd.py -k undo
 
 # run coverage test for specific file (updates htmlcov/index.html)
-tox -e py37-cov -- tests/unit/browser/test_webelem.py
+tox -e py38-cov -- tests/unit/browser/test_webelem.py
 ----
 
 Specifying the backend for tests
diff --git a/doc/install.asciidoc b/doc/install.asciidoc
index c8be798df..63c6e95fc 100644
--- a/doc/install.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/install.asciidoc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ version (Qt 5.7, based on a Chromium from March 2016). Furthermore, it packages
 Ubuntu 16.04 doesn't come with an up-to-date engine (a new enough QtWebKit, or
 QtWebEngine) and also comes with Python 3.5.
 
-You should be able to install a newer Python (3.7+) using the
+You should be able to install a newer Python (3.8+) using the
 https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa[deadsnakes PPA] or
 https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv[pyenv], and then proceed to
 <<tox,install qutebrowser in a virtualenv>>. However, this is currently untested. If you
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ This installs all needed Python dependencies in a `.venv` subfolder
 This comes with an up-to-date Qt/PyQt including a pre-compiled QtWebEngine
 binary, but has a few caveats:
 
-- Make sure your `python3` is Python 3.7 or newer, otherwise you'll get a "No
+- Make sure your `python3` is Python 3.8 or newer, otherwise you'll get a "No
   matching distribution found" error and/or qutebrowser will not run.
 - It only works on 64-bit x86 systems, with other architectures you'll get the
   same error.