Merge pull request #83 from davidcaron/dancergraham/remove-python-3.8…

…-support

Remove Python 3.8 support

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-2019
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_LINUX: "bash scripts/install_xerces_c.sh"
           CIBW_BUILD: "cp*-manylinux_x86_64"
-          CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: ">=3.8, <3.14"
+          CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: ">=3.9, <3.14"
 
       - name: Build wheels (Windows)
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-2019'
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_WINDOWS: "powershell scripts/install_xerces_c.ps1"
           CIBW_BUILD: "cp*-win_amd64*"
-          CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: ">=3.8, <3.14"
+          CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: ">=3.9, <3.14"
 
       - name: Build wheels (macOS)
         if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_MACOS: "bash scripts/install_xerces_c.sh"
           CIBW_BUILD: "cp*-macosx*"
-          CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: ">=3.8, <3.14"
+          CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: ">=3.9, <3.14"
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ "ubuntu-latest", "windows-2019", "macos-latest" ]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:

setup.py

@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ def build_extensions(self):
         "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",
@@ -142,5 +141,5 @@ def build_extensions(self):
     ],
     cmdclass={"build_ext": BuildExt},
     zip_safe=False,
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
 )