fix: remove python 3.8 support

Author: rgonalo

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ v3.4.1
 
 *Release date: In development*
 
+- Remove Python 3.8 support (Python 3.8 reached the end of its life on October 14th, 2024)
+
 v3.4.0
 ------
 

requirements_dev.txt

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ coveralls~=3.3
 mock~=5.0
 requests-mock~=1.10
 Pygments~=2.14
-flake8~=5.0; python_version < '3.8'
-flake8~=6.0; python_version >= '3.8'
+flake8~=6.0
 build~=0.10
 wheel~=0.40
 twine~=4.0

setup.py

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ def get_long_description():
         'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
         'Natural Language :: English',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',