bump min version to 3.8

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ jobs:
       FLAIR_CACHE_ROOT: ./cache/flair
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up Python 3.7
+      - name: Set up Python 3.8
         id: setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.8
       - name: Install Flair dependencies
         run: pip install -e .
       - name: Install unittest dependencies

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ the code should hopefully be easy.
 
 ### Setup
 
-Flair requires python-3.7 or higher. To make sure your code also runs on the oldest supported
-python version, it is recommended to use python-3.7.x for flair development.
+Flair requires python-3.8 or higher. To make sure your code also runs on the oldest supported
+python version, it is recommended to use python-3.8.x for flair development.
 
 Create a python environment of your preference and run:
 ```bash

README.md

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ In your favorite virtual environment, simply do:
 pip install flair
 ```
 
-Flair requires Python 3.7+. 
+Flair requires Python 3.8+. 
 
 ### Example 1: Tag Entities in Text
 

setup.py

@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
     license="MIT",
     install_requires=required,
     include_package_data=True,
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
 )