Bump version and update change log for 1.4.7 (and bump `python_requir…

…es`) (#613)

* Bump `python_requires` in `setup.cfg`.

* remove `'3.7'` from the `python-version` in `install-tests` of the CI pipeline.

* update `docs\source\conf.py`

* update `comtypes\__init__.py`

* update `README.md`

* update change log for 1.4.7

.github/workflows/autotest.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, windows-2019]
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
         architecture: ['x86', 'x64']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

CHANGES.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 Comtypes CHANGELOG
 ==================
 
+Release 1.4.7
+--------------
+* Improve ``_CArrayType`` alias import. By @junkmd.
+* Rename ``_byref_type`` and ``_carg_obj`` to ``_CArgObject``. By @junkmd.
+* Fix typos and make the wording more natural in ``README.md``. By @umarbutler.
+* Modernize ``BSTR`` definition. By @junkmd.
+* Modernize ``tagDEC`` definition. By @junkmd.
+* Remove methods with mangling names in ``typeinfo``. By @junkmd.
+* Rename ``test_istream`` to ``test_stream``. By @junkmd.
+* Add ``test_msvidctl``. By @junkmd.
+* Add ``test_storage``. By @junkmd.
+* Add ``test_monikers``. By @junkmd.
+* Add ``test_shelllink``. By @junkmd.
+* Add ``test_persist``. By @junkmd.
+* Modernize ``persist``. By @junkmd.
+* Add type annotations to ``shelllink``. By @junkmd.
+* Bump ``python_requires`` to ``>=3.8`` in ``setup.cfg``. By @junkmd.
+
 Release 1.4.6
 --------------
 * Add tests and method annotations for ``IRecordInfo``. By @junkmd.

README.md

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 
 `comtypes` allows you to define, call, and implement custom and dispatch-based COM interfaces in pure Python.
 
-`comtypes` requires Windows and Python 3.7 or later.
+`comtypes` requires Windows and Python 3.8 or later.
+- Version [1.4.6](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.4.6/) is the last version to support Python 3.7.
 - Version [1.2.1](https://pypi.org/project/comtypes/1.2.1/) is the last version to support Python 2.7 and 3.3–3.6.
-- `comtypes` does not work with Python 3.7.6 and 3.8.1 as reported in [GH-202](https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/issues/202). This bug has been fixed in Python >= 3.7.7 and >= 3.8.2.
+- `comtypes` does not work with Python 3.8.1 as reported in [GH-202](https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/issues/202). This bug has been fixed in Python >= 3.8.2.
 - Certain `comtypes` functions may not work correctly in Python 3.8 and 3.9 as reported in [GH-212](https://github.com/enthought/comtypes/issues/212). This bug has been fixed in Python >= 3.10.10 and >= 3.11.2.
 
 ## Installation

comtypes/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # comtypes version numbers follow semver (http://semver.org/) and PEP 440
-__version__ = "1.4.6"
+__version__ = "1.4.7"
 
 try:
     from _ctypes import COMError  # noqa

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '1.4'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.4.6'
+release = '1.4.7'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

setup.cfg

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ classifiers =
 	Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
 
 [options]
-python_requires = >=3.7
+python_requires = >=3.8
 
 packages =
 	comtypes