Drop support for Python 3.6 (#2268)

Author: pquentin

docs/guide/configuration.asciidoc

@@ -53,19 +53,12 @@ es = Elasticsearch(
 [discrete]
 ==== TLS versions
 
-Configuring the minimum TLS version to connect to is done via the `ssl_version` parameter. By default this is set to a minimum value of TLSv1.2. In Python 3.7+ you can use the new `ssl.TLSVersion` enumeration to specify versions.
+Configuring the minimum TLS version to connect to is done via the `ssl_version` parameter. By default this is set to a minimum value of TLSv1.2. Use the `ssl.TLSVersion` enumeration to specify versions.
 
 [source,python]
 ------------------------------------
 import ssl
 
-# Python 3.6
-es = Elasticsearch(
-    ...,
-    ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TSLv1_2
-)
-
-# Python 3.7+
 es = Elasticsearch(
     ...,
     ssl_version=ssl.TLSVersion.TLSv1_2

docs/guide/getting-started.asciidoc

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ operations with it.
 [discrete]
 === Requirements
 
-* https://www.python.org/[Python] 3.6 or newer
+* https://www.python.org/[Python] 3.7 or newer
 * https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/[`pip`], installed by default alongside Python
 
 [discrete]

docs/sphinx/async.rst

@@ -4,22 +4,17 @@ Using Asyncio with Elasticsearch
  .. py:module:: elasticsearch
     :no-index:
 
-Starting in ``elasticsearch-py`` v7.8.0 for Python 3.6+ the ``elasticsearch`` package supports async/await with
+The ``elasticsearch`` package supports async/await with
 `Asyncio <https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html>`_ and `Aiohttp <https://docs.aiohttp.org>`_.
 You can either install ``aiohttp`` directly or use the ``[async]`` extra:
 
  .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ python -m pip install elasticsearch>=7.8.0 aiohttp
+    $ python -m pip install elasticsearch aiohttp
 
     # - OR -
 
-    $ python -m pip install elasticsearch[async]>=7.8.0
-
- .. note::
-    Async functionality is a new feature of this library in v7.8.0+ so
-    `please open an issue <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-py/issues>`_
-    if you find an issue or have a question about async support.
+    $ python -m pip install elasticsearch[async]
 
 Getting Started with Async
 --------------------------
@@ -67,13 +62,13 @@ in the ``examples/fastapi-apm`` directory.
 Frequently Asked Questions
 --------------------------
 
-NameError / ImportError when importing ``AsyncElasticsearch``?
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ValueError when initializing ``AsyncElasticsearch``?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-If when trying to use ``AsyncElasticsearch`` and you're receiving a ``NameError`` or ``ImportError``
-you should ensure that you're running Python 3.6+ (check with ``$ python --version``) and
-that you have ``aiohttp`` installed in your environment (check with ``$ python -m pip freeze | grep aiohttp``).
-If either of the above conditions is not met then async support won't be available.
+If when trying to use ``AsyncElasticsearch`` you receive ``ValueError: You must
+have 'aiohttp' installed to use AiohttpHttpNode`` you should ensure that you
+have ``aiohttp`` installed in your environment (check with ``$ python -m pip
+freeze | grep aiohttp``). Otherwise, async support won't be available.
 
 What about the ``elasticsearch-async`` package?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

docs/sphinx/quickstart.rst

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ operations like indexing or searching documents.
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-- `Python <https://www.python.org/>`_ 3.6 or newer
+- `Python <https://www.python.org/>`_ 3.7 or newer
 - `pip <https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/>`_
 
 

noxfile.py

@@ -32,12 +32,11 @@
 INSTALL_ENV = {"AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS": "1"}
 
 
-@nox.session(python=["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"])
+@nox.session(python=["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"])
 def test(session):
     session.install(".[async,requests]", env=INSTALL_ENV, silent=False)
     session.install("-r", "dev-requirements.txt", silent=False)
 
-    python_version = tuple(int(x) for x in session.python.split("."))
     junit_xml = os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, "junit", "elasticsearch-py-junit.xml")
     pytest_argv = [
         "pytest",
@@ -49,10 +48,6 @@ def test(session):
         "--cache-clear",
         "-vv",
     ]
-    # Python 3.6+ is required for async
-    if python_version < (3, 6):
-        pytest_argv.append("--ignore=test_elasticsearch/test_async/")
-
     session.run(*pytest_argv)
 
 

setup.py

@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@
         "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    python_requires=">=3.7",
     install_requires=install_requires,
     extras_require={
         "requests": ["requests>=2.4.0, <3.0.0"],