Updating lib version to 7.1.0 and added note in README that Python 3.9 support is dropped.

Author: petyaslavova

README.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ The Python interface to the Redis key-value store.
 
 **Note:** redis-py 5.0 is the last version of redis-py that supports Python 3.7, as it has reached [end of life](https://devguide.python.org/versions/). redis-py 5.1 supports Python 3.8+.<br>
 **Note:** redis-py 6.1.0 is the last version of redis-py that supports Python 3.8, as it has reached [end of life](https://devguide.python.org/versions/). redis-py 6.2.0 supports Python 3.9+.
+**Note:** redis-py 7.0.1 is the last version of redis-py that supports Python 3.9, as it has reached [end of life](https://devguide.python.org/versions/). redis-py 7.1.0 supports Python 3.10+.
 
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redis/__init__.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def int_or_str(value):
         return value
 
 
-__version__ = "7.0.1"
+__version__ = "7.1.0"
 
 VERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split(".")))