Drop support for 3.8 and 3.9

.github/workflows/auto_test.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.13", "3.12", "3.11", "3.10", "3.9", "3.8"]
+        python-version: ["3.14-dev", "3.13", "3.12", "3.11", "3.10"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install -e .[testing]
+        python -m pip install -e . --group dev
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         pytest tests/

.github/workflows/build_zipapp.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.8"  # build with oldest supported python
+        python-version: "3.10"  # build with oldest supported python
     - name: Build the Zipapp
       run: >-
         python3 scripts/build_zipapp.py

pyproject.toml

@@ -12,16 +12,14 @@ authors = [
     { name = "David C Ellis" },
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
-    "ducktools-lazyimporter",
-    "ducktools-classbuilder>=0.7.1",
-    "packaging>=23.2",
+    "ducktools-lazyimporter>=0.7.3",
+    "ducktools-classbuilder>=0.9.1",
+    "packaging>=24.2",
 ]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -36,12 +34,17 @@ dynamic = ['version']
 [project.urls]
 "Homepage" = "https://github.com/davidcellis/ducktools-pythonfinder"
 
-[project.optional-dependencies]
-testing = ["pytest", "pytest-cov", "pyfakefs"]
-
 [project.scripts]
 "ducktools-pythonfinder" = "ducktools.pythonfinder.__main__:main"
 
+[dependency-groups]
+dev = [
+    "pytest>=8.4",
+    "pytest-cov>=6.1",
+    "pyfakefs>=5.8",
+    "mypy>=1.16",
+]
+
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]
 

src/ducktools/pythonfinder/__main__.py

@@ -301,11 +301,11 @@ def display_remote_binaries(
 
 
 def main() -> int:
-    if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
         v = sys.version_info
         raise UnsupportedPythonError(
             f"Python {v.major}.{v.minor}.{v.micro} is not supported. "
-            f"ducktools.pythonfinder requires Python 3.8 or later."
+            f"ducktools.pythonfinder requires Python 3.10 or later."
         )
 
     if sys.argv[1:]:

src/ducktools/pythonfinder/shared.py

@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@ def from_str(
         metadata = {} if metadata is None else metadata
         paths = {} if paths is None else paths
 
-        # noinspection PyArgumentList
         return cls(
             version=version_tuple,
             executable=executable,
@@ -392,7 +391,7 @@ def from_str(
     @classmethod
     def from_json(
         cls,
-        version: str,
+        version: list[int | str],  # This is actually the list version of [int, int, int, str, int]
         executable: str,
         architecture: str,
         implementation: str,
@@ -405,7 +404,6 @@ def from_json(
 
         paths = {} if paths is None else paths
 
-        # noinspection PyArgumentList
         return cls(
             version=tuple(version),  # type: ignore
             executable=executable,

tests/test_orgsearch.py

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
+from functools import lru_cache
+
 from packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet
 import pytest
 
@@ -35,8 +37,9 @@ def website_caches(sources_folder):
     return release_cache, release_file_cache
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def searcher(website_caches):
+    @lru_cache
     def make_org_search(system, machine):
         release_cache, release_file_cache = website_caches
         return PythonOrgSearch(