package: drop Python 3.6 support

Python 3.6 EOL is 2021-12-23 [1]. Current build script no longer
supports Python 3.6 due to `packaging` Python dependency bump.
(And fixing the issue is more than just fixating older `packaging`
version as a dependency.)

https://devguide.python.org/versions/

Author: DifferentialOrange

.github/workflows/testing.yml

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ jobs:
           - '2.11'
           - 'master'
         python:
-          - '3.6'
           - '3.7'
           - '3.8'
           - '3.9'
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
             path: 'release/linux/x86_64/2.10/'
           - bundle: 'sdk-gc64-2.11.0-0-r563.linux.x86_64'
             path: 'release/linux/x86_64/2.11/'
-        python: ['3.6', '3.11']
+        python: ['3.7', '3.11']
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone the connector
@@ -225,7 +224,7 @@ jobs:
         tarantool:
           - '2.11'
         python:
-          - '3.6'
+          - '3.7'
           - '3.11'
     steps:
       - name: Clone the connector repo
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ jobs:
         tarantool:
           - '2.11.0.g247a9a418-1'
         python:
-          - '3.6'
+          - '3.7'
           - '3.11'
 
     steps:
@@ -348,7 +347,7 @@ jobs:
         tarantool:
           - '2.11.0.g247a9a418-1'
         python:
-          - '3.6'
+          - '3.7'
           - '3.11'
     steps:
       - name: Clone the connector repo

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Changed
+- Drop Python 3.6 support (PR #327).
+
 ## 1.2.0 - 2024-03-27
 
 ### Added

requirements.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 msgpack
 pytz
-dataclasses; python_version <= '3.6'

setup.py

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def get_dependencies(filename):
     command_options=command_options,
     install_requires=get_dependencies('requirements.txt'),
     setup_requires=[
-        'setuptools_scm==6.4.2',
+        'setuptools_scm==7.1.0',
     ],
-    python_requires='>=3.6',
+    python_requires='>=3.7',
 )