Drop support for Python 3.8

.github/workflows/docs-lint.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 env:
   FORCE_COLOR: 1
+  PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK: 1
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -15,12 +19,12 @@ jobs:
         - TOXENV: lint
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.x"
           cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: "pyproject.toml"
 

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
           cache: pip

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -2,23 +2,27 @@ name: Test
 
 on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 env:
   FORCE_COLOR: 1
-
+  PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK: 1
+
 jobs:
-  build:
+  test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       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"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest, windows-latest]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         allow-prereleases: true

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ repos:
     rev: v3.16.0
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
-        args: [--py38-plus]
+        args: [--py39-plus]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
     rev: 5.13.2

pyproject.toml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainers = [
     {name = "Hugo van Kemenade"},
     {name = "Claude Paroz", email = "[email protected]"},
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",

tox.ini

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ minversion = 2.4
 envlist =
     docs
     lint
-    py{38,39,310,311,312,313}
+    py{39,310,311,312,313}
 
 [testenv]
 deps =