Fix Python Versions - Remove Python 3.8

Author: holtskinner

.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml

@@ -10,16 +10,13 @@ branchProtectionRules:
     - 'OwlBot Post Processor'
     - 'docs'
     - 'lint'
-    - 'unit (3.8)'
     - 'unit (3.9)'
-    - 'unit (3.10)'
-    - 'unit (3.11)'
-    - 'unit (3.12)'
+    - 'unit (3.14)'
     - 'cover'
     - 'Kokoro'
     - 'Samples - Lint'
-    - 'Samples - Python 3.8'
-    - 'Samples - Python 3.12'
+    - 'Samples - Python 3.9'
+    - 'Samples - Python 3.14'
 permissionRules:
   - team: actools-python
     permission: admin

.github/workflows/unittest.yml

@@ -5,18 +5,15 @@ on:
 name: unittest
 jobs:
   unit:
-    # TODO(https://github.com/googleapis/gapic-generator-python/issues/2303): use `ubuntu-latest` once this bug is fixed.
-    # Use ubuntu-22.04 until Python 3.7 is removed from the test matrix
-    # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners#standard-github-hosted-runners-for-public-repositories
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
+        python: ['3.9', '3.14']
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - name: Setup Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
     - name: Install nox
@@ -41,11 +38,11 @@ jobs:
         - unit
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - name: Setup Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
-        python-version: "3.13"
+        python-version: "3.14"
     - name: Install coverage
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools pip wheel

.kokoro/samples/python3.8/common.cfg

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ action {
 # Specify which tests to run
 env_vars: {
     key: "RUN_TESTS_SESSION"
-    value: "py-3.8"
+    value: "py-3.9"
 }
 
 # Declare build specific Cloud project.
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ gfile_resources: "/bigstore/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/python-docs-samples"
 gfile_resources: "/bigstore/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/trampoline"
 
 # Use the trampoline script to run in docker.
-build_file: "python-documentai-toolbox/.kokoro/trampoline_v2.sh"
+build_file: "python-documentai-toolbox/.kokoro/trampoline_v2.sh"

README.rst

@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ Supported Python Versions
 Our client libraries are compatible with all current `active`_ and `maintenance`_ versions of
 Python.
 
-Python >= 3.8
+Python >= 3.9
 
 .. _active: https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#in-development-main-branch
 .. _maintenance: https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#maintenance-branches
 
 Unsupported Python Versions
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-Python <= 3.7
+Python <= 3.8
 
 **NOTE**:
 Python 3.7 was marked as `unsupported`_ by the python community in June 2023.

noxfile.py

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION = "3.13"
 
 UNIT_TEST_PYTHON_VERSIONS: List[str] = [
-    "3.8",
     "3.9",
     "3.10",
     "3.11",

setup.py

@@ -71,12 +71,11 @@
         "Pillow>=10.0.0, <12.0.0",
         "Jinja2>=3.1.0, <4.0.0",
     ),
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",