Drop support of Python 3.7 and install latest developments of optax to avoid failing tests

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
-        python-version: 3.7
+        python-version: 3.8
     - name: Give PyPI some time to update the index
       run: sleep 240
     - name: Attempt install from PyPI

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - style
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ '3.7', '3.10']
+        python-version: [ '3.8', '3.10']
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}

pyproject.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 name = "blackjax"
 authors= [{name = "The Blackjax team", email = "[email protected]"}]
 description = "Flexible and fast sampling in Python"
-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 keywords=[
     "probability",
     "machine learning",
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Operating System :: MacOS",
     "Operating System :: POSIX",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "jax>=0.3.13",
     "jaxlib>=0.3.10",
     "jaxopt>=0.5.5",
-    "optax",
+    "optax@git+https://github.com/deepmind/optax.git",
     "typing-extensions>=4.4.0",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]

requirements-doc.txt

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jupytext
 myst_nb
 numba
 numpyro
-optax
+optax@git+https://github.com/deepmind/optax.git
 oryx
 pymc
 scikit-learn