Drop support for Ruby 2.7

.github/workflows/ruby.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
-          ruby-version: '2.7'
+          ruby-version: '3.0'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: bundle install
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false # don't fail all matrix builds if one fails
       matrix:
         ruby:
-          - '2.7'
           - '3.0'
           - '3.1'
           - '3.2'

.rubocop.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require:
   - rubocop-rake
 
 AllCops:
-  TargetRubyVersion: 2.7
+  TargetRubyVersion: 3.0
   NewCops: enable
 
 # Suppress noise for obvious operator precedence.

MAINTAINING.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ If you're reviewing a PR, ask yourself:
 ## Managing libraries dependencies EOL
 
 As a guideline for Ruby's End of Life (EOL) versions, a good heuristic (that's not too hard on maintainers) is to keep support for 1 EOL version.
-In other words, once Ruby 3.0 is EOL, drop support for 2.7.
+In other words, once Ruby 3.1 is EOL, drop support for 3.0.
 
 ## Security
 

faker.gemspec

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.bindir        = 'bin'
   spec.executables   = ['faker']
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']
-  spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.7'
+  spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.metadata['changelog_uri'] = 'https://github.com/faker-ruby/faker/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md'
   spec.metadata['source_code_uri'] = 'https://github.com/faker-ruby/faker'

lib/faker.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 require 'psych'
 require 'i18n'
 
-Dir.glob(File.join(mydir, 'helpers', '*.rb')).sort.each { |file| require file }
+Dir.glob(File.join(mydir, 'helpers', '*.rb')).each { |file| require file }
 
 I18n.load_path += Dir[File.join(mydir, 'locales', '**/*.yml')]
 
@@ -275,4 +275,4 @@ def disable_enforce_available_locales
 end
 
 # require faker objects
-Dir.glob(File.join(mydir, 'faker', '/**/*.rb')).sort.each { |file| require file }
+Dir.glob(File.join(mydir, 'faker', '/**/*.rb')).each { |file| require file }

lib/faker/default/id_number.rb

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class IdNumber < Base
     ].freeze
     ZA_RACE_DIGIT = '8'
     ZA_CITIZENSHIP_DIGITS = %w[0 1].freeze
-    BRAZILIAN_ID_FORMAT = /(\d{1,2})(\d{3})(\d{3})([\dX])/.freeze
+    BRAZILIAN_ID_FORMAT = /(\d{1,2})(\d{3})(\d{3})([\dX])/
     BRAZILIAN_ID_FROM = 10_000_000
     BRAZILIAN_ID_TO = 99_999_999
 

test/faker/default/test_faker_crypto_coin.rb

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ class TestFakerCryptoCoin < Test::Unit::TestCase
   ACRONYM = 1
   URL_LOGO = 2
 
-  REGEX_COIN_NAME = /[a-zA-Z .]{3,}/.freeze
-  REGEX_ACRONYM = /\w+{3,}/.freeze
-  REGEX_URL_LOGO = /^https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/.......\./.freeze
+  REGEX_COIN_NAME = /[a-zA-Z .]{3,}/
+  REGEX_ACRONYM = /\w+{3,}/
+  REGEX_URL_LOGO = /^https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/.......\./
 
   def setup
     @tester = Faker::CryptoCoin

test/faker/default/test_faker_vehicle.rb

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 require_relative '../../test_helper'
 
 class TestFakerVehicle < Test::Unit::TestCase
-  WORD_MATCH = /\w+\.?/.freeze
-  VIN_REGEX = /\A[A-HJ-NPR-Z0-9]{17}\z/.freeze
+  WORD_MATCH = /\w+\.?/
+  VIN_REGEX = /\A[A-HJ-NPR-Z0-9]{17}\z/
 
   def setup
     @tester = Faker::Vehicle