Bumps version to 0.11.1. (#292)

Author: cheqianh

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', 'pypy-3.7', 'pypy-3.8' ]
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', 'pypy-3.8']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up python

CHANGES.md

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+### 0.11.1 (2023-10-09)
+Drops the support for Python versions older than 3.8.
+
 ### 0.11.0 (2023-10-09)
 * Refactors the benchmark tool
 * Uses specific ion-c version to build ion-python C extension. (#250)

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ for Python.
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/amazon-ion/ion-python.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/amazon-ion/ion-python)
 [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/ion-python/badge/?version=latest)](https://ion-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest)
 
-This package is designed to work with **Python 3**. It is intended to work with all stable minor versions. Newer language features will be used as deemed valuable. Support may be dropped for versions more than six months past EOL. 
+This package is designed to work with **Python 3.8+**. Newer language features will be used as deemed valuable. Support may be dropped for versions more than six months past EOL. 
 
 ## Getting Started
 
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ installed Python (`requirements.txt` installs `tox`).
 Install relevant versions of Python:
 
 ```
-$ for V in 3.7.10 3.8.10 3.9.5 pypy3.7-7.3.5; do pyenv install $V; done
+$ for V in 3.8.10 3.9.5 do pyenv install $V; done
 ```
 
 Once you have these installations, add them as a local `pyenv` configuration
 
 ```
-$ pyenv local 3.7.10 3.8.10 3.9.5 pypy3.7-7.3.5
+$ pyenv local 3.8.10 3.9.5
 ```
 
 Assuming you have `pyenv` properly set up (making sure `pyenv init` is evaluated into your shell),

amazon/ion/__init__.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations under the
 # License.
 __author__ = 'Amazon.com, Inc.'
-__version__ = '0.11.0'
+__version__ = '0.11.1'
 
 __all__ = [
     'core',

setup.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def run_setup():
 
     setup(
         name='amazon.ion',
-        version='0.11.0',
+        version='0.11.1',
         description='A Python implementation of Amazon Ion.',
         url='http://github.com/amazon-ion/ion-python',
         author='Amazon Ion Team',