Merge branch 'master' into migrate-to-setup.cfg

# By Pierre Sassoulas (3) and Stavros Ntentos (1)
* master:
  Release v1.1.7
  Upgrade python version to python 3.8 in tooling configuration
  Drop python 3.6 and 3.7
  Move everything from the setup.cfg to pyproject.toml

Signed-off-by: Stavros Ntentos <[email protected]>

Author: stdedos