chore: dropped Python 3.8 support (#1213)

Author: cartertinney

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # See here for image contents: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.192.0/containers/python-3/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile
 
-# [Choice] Python version: 3, 3.9, 3.8
+# [Choice] Python version: 3, 3.9
 ARG VARIANT="3.9"
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/python:0-${VARIANT}
 

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
 		"context": "..",
 		"args": { 
-			// Update 'VARIANT' to pick a Python version: 3, 3.8, 3.9
+			// Update 'VARIANT' to pick a Python version: 3, 3.9
 			"VARIANT": "3",
 			// Options
 			"NODE_VERSION": "lts/*"

README.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The Azure IoT Device library is available on PyPI:
 pip install azure-iot-device
 ```
 
-Python 3.8 or higher is required in order to use the library
+Python 3.9 or higher is required in order to use the library
 
 ## Using the library
 API documentation for this package is available via [**Microsoft Docs**](https://docs.microsoft.com/python/api/azure-iot-device/azure.iot.device?view=azure-python).

samples/README.md

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ This directory contains samples showing how to use the various features of the M
 
 ## Quick Start - Simple Telemetry Sample (send message)
 
-**Note that this sample is configured for Python 3.8+.** To ensure that your Python version is up to date, run `python --version`. If you have both Python 2 and Python 3 installed (and are using a Python 3 environment for this SDK), then install all libraries using `pip3` as opposed to `pip`. This ensures that the libraries are installed to your Python 3 runtime. 
-
 1. Install the [Azure CLI](https://docs.microsoft.com/cli/azure/install-azure-cli?view=azure-cli-latest) (or use the [Azure Cloud Shell](https://shell.azure.com/)) and use it to [create an Azure IoT Hub](https://docs.microsoft.com/cli/azure/iot/hub?view=azure-cli-latest#az_iot_hub_create).
 
     ```bash

scripts/configure-virtual-environments.sh

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 script_dir=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
 
-export RUNTIMES_TO_INSTALL="3.8.10 3.9.9 3.10.2"
+export RUNTIMES_TO_INSTALL="3.9.9 3.10.2"
 
 echo "This script will do the following:"
 echo "1. Use apt to install pre-requisites for pyenv"

setup.py

@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@
         "PySocks",
         "typing_extensions",
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.8, <4",
+    python_requires=">=3.9, <4",
     packages=find_namespace_packages(where="azure-iot-device"),
     package_data={"azure.iot.device": ["py.typed"]},
     package_dir={"": "azure-iot-device"},

vsts/dps-e2e.yaml

@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ stages:
     steps:
     - task: UsePythonVersion@0
       inputs:
-        versionSpec: '3.8'
+        versionSpec: '3.9'
         architecture: 'x64'
 
     - script: 'python scripts/env_setup.py --no_dev'

vsts/python-canary.yaml

@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ jobs:
         transport: 'mqttws'
         imageName: 'windows-latest'
         consumerGroup: 'cg2'
-      py38_linux_mqttws:
-        pv: '3.8'
+      py39_linux_mqttws:
+        pv: '3.9'
         transport: 'mqttws'
         imageName: 'Ubuntu 20.04'
         consumerGroup: 'cg4'
-      py38_linux_mqtt:
-        pv: '3.8'
+      py39_linux_mqtt:
+        pv: '3.9'
         transport: 'mqtt'
         imageName: 'Ubuntu 20.04'
         consumerGroup: 'cg5'

vsts/python-e2e.yaml

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stages:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        py38_mqtt:              { pv: '3.8', transport: 'mqtt', consumer_group: 'cg1' }
+        py39_mqtt:              { pv: '3.9', transport: 'mqtt', consumer_group: 'cg1' }
         py312_mqttws:           { pv: '3.12', transport: 'mqttws', consumer_group: 'cg2' }
 
     steps: