Drop support for Python 3.8

Author: dmtucker

.github/workflows/publication.yaml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
-        python-version: '3.8'
+        python-version: "3.9"
     - run: python -m pip install --upgrade tox-gh-actions
     - env:
         TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}

.github/workflows/validation.yaml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v6

pyproject.toml

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "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",
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Testing",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "filelock>=3.0",
     "mypy>=1.0",

tox.ini

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 minversion = 4.4
 isolated_build = true
 envlist =
-    py38-pytest{7.0, 7.x, 8.0, 8.x}-mypy{1.0, 1.x}-xdist{2.0, 2.x, 3.0, 3.x}
     py39-pytest{7.0, 7.x, 8.0, 8.x}-mypy{1.0, 1.x}-xdist{2.0, 2.x, 3.0, 3.x}
     py310-pytest{7.0, 7.x, 8.0, 8.x, 9.0, 9.x}-mypy{1.0, 1.x, 2.0, 2.x}-xdist{2.0, 2.x, 3.0, 3.x}
     py311-pytest{7.0, 7.x, 8.0, 8.x, 9.0, 9.x}-mypy{1.0, 1.x, 2.0, 2.x}-xdist{2.0, 2.x, 3.0, 3.x}
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ envlist =
 
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-    3.8: py38-pytest{7.0, 7.x, 8.0, 8.x}-mypy{1.0, 1.x}-xdist{2.0, 2.x, 3.0, 3.x}
     3.9: py39-pytest{7.0, 7.x, 8.0, 8.x}-mypy{1.0, 1.x}-xdist{2.0, 2.x, 3.0, 3.x}
     3.10: py310-pytest{7.0, 7.x, 8.0, 8.x, 9.0, 9.x}-mypy{1.0, 1.x, 2.0, 2.x}-xdist{2.0, 2.x, 3.0, 3.x}
     3.11: py311-pytest{7.0, 7.x, 8.0, 8.x, 9.0, 9.x}-mypy{1.0, 1.x, 2.0, 2.x}-xdist{2.0, 2.x, 3.0, 3.x}