Remove python 3.6

.github/workflows/python.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-2019, macOS-latest]
-        pyver: ['3.6', '3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        pyver: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3

README.md

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Illumina sequencers including **NextSeq 1k/2k** and NovaSeqX. These libraries ar
 with one exception: GA systems have been excluded.
 
 ***
-> We now support an interface to 3.6-3.11
-> Note that 3.10 and 3.11 are CentOS 7 or later while earlier versions support Centos 5 or later
+> We now support an interface to 3.7-3.12
+> Note that 3.10-3.12 are CentOS 7 or later while earlier versions support Centos 5 or later
 > Note: dumptext has been deprecated in favor of imaging_table and will be removed in the next version
 ***
 

docs/src/install.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ In addition to the binary archive below, there are language specific packages in
 
 Note, we only distribute from GitHub currently, and not PyPi or NuGet.org. These should
 be compatible with most Linux Versions, Mac OSX and Windows. We support
-Python 3.6 to 3.11.
+Python 3.7 to 3.12.
 
 ### Binary Archive (C++, C#, Python, Java)
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ For Pythons users, a Wheel package is available on Github Releases or PyPI:
 $ pip install interop
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Supported versions for binary distribution: 3.6 to 3.11.
+Supported versions for binary distribution: 3.7 to 3.12.
 
 Test the installation
 

docs/src/python_binding.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Older versions (prior to 1.1.3) can be installed using:
     $ pip install -f https://github.com/Illumina/interop/releases/tag/v1.1.2 interop
     $ pip install -f https://github.com/Illumina/interop/releases/latest interop
 
-Note, only Python versions 3.6 to 3.11 are currently 
+Note, only Python versions 3.7 to 3.12 are currently 
 supported as binary builds. Other Python versions must be built 
 from source.