deprecate python 3.7 support (huggingface#366)

* deprecate python 3.7 support

* Update setup.py

Co-authored-by: Helena Kloosterman <helena.kloosterman@intel.com>

* Update .github/workflows/test_openvino_basic.yml

Co-authored-by: Helena Kloosterman <helena.kloosterman@intel.com>

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Co-authored-by: Helena Kloosterman <helena.kloosterman@intel.com>

Author: echarlaix

.github/workflows/test_openvino_basic.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # Testing lower and upper bound of supported Python versions
         # This also ensures that the test fails if dependencies break for Python 3.7
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.11"]
         transformers: ['transformers', 'git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git']
         optimum: ['optimum', 'git+https://github.com/huggingface/optimum.git']
 

setup.py

@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@
         "Intended Audience :: Education",
         "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
     ],
     keywords="transformers, quantization, pruning, knowledge distillation, optimization, training",