Drop support for Python 3.8

Python 3.8 went end of life at 2024-10-07.

Author: matthias-bach-by

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}

.python-version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.8
+3.9

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Added
 Removed
 -------
 
-* Python 3.6 is no longer supported. It likely still works but we will no longer run CI against it.
+* Python 3.6 to 3.8 are no longer supported. They likely still works but we will no longer run CI against it.
 * Compatibility with junit-xml < 1.9. Junit-xml 1.9 was released more than three years ago.
 
 Version 6.1.0 — 2023-09-22

requirements.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.8
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.9
 # by the following command:
 #
 #    pip-compile --no-emit-index-url --strip-extras

setup.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     long_description_content_type='text/x-rst',
     license='new BSD',
     install_requires=requirements,
-    python_requires='>=3.8',
+    python_requires='>=3.9',
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Environment :: Console',
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
         'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
         'Topic :: System :: Archiving :: Packaging',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',