Drop support for Python 3.8

it's EOL since 2024-10 and it's no longer in use by a supported
plattform

fixes #2616

Author: sebix

.github/workflows/scripts/setup-full.sh

@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ sudo chown -R elasticsearch:elasticsearch /etc/default/elasticsearch
 sudo systemctl start elasticsearch
 
 sudo apt update
-if [ $python_version == '3.8' ]; then
-	# for pymssql there are no wheels for 3.8 https://github.com/certtools/intelmq/issues/2539
-	DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" sudo -E apt install -y build-essential freetds-dev libssl-dev libkrb5-dev
-fi
 # for psql (used below)
 DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" sudo -E apt install -y postgresql-client
 

.github/workflows/unittests.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     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']
         type: ['full', 'basic']
 
     services:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Please refer to the [NEWS](NEWS.md) for a list of changes which have an affect o
 ### Configuration
 
 ### Core
+- Drop support for Python 3.8 (fixes #2616, PR#2617 by Sebastian Wagner).
 
 ### Development
 

NEWS.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Please refer to the change log for a full list of changes.
 --------------------------------
 
 ### Requirements
+Python `>=3.9` is now required, which is available on all platforms supported by IntelMQ.
 
 ### Tools
 

debian/control

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16),
                python3-pytest-cov,
                findutils,
                sed
-X-Python3-Version: >= 3.7
+X-Python3-Version: >= 3.9
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Homepage: https://github.com/certtools/intelmq/
 

docs/admin/intro.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ system to preserve processed events.
 
 ## Base Requirements
 
-The following instructions assume the following requirements. Python versions >= 3.7 are supported.
+The following instructions assume the following requirements. Python versions >= 3.9 are supported.
 
 Supported and recommended operating systems are:
 

intelmq/lib/mixins/stomp.py

@@ -379,12 +379,11 @@ def create_default_context(cls,
                 cafile = _SYSTEM_DEFAULT_CA_MARKER
             ssl_context.load_verify_locations(cafile, capath, cadata)
 
-            if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 8):
-                # Support for OpenSSL 1.1.1 keylog (copied from `Py>=3.8`):
-                if hasattr(ssl_context, 'keylog_filename'):
-                    keylogfile = os.environ.get('SSLKEYLOGFILE')
-                    if keylogfile and not sys.flags.ignore_environment:
-                        ssl_context.keylog_filename = keylogfile
+            # Support for OpenSSL 1.1.1 keylog:
+            if hasattr(ssl_context, 'keylog_filename'):
+                keylogfile = os.environ.get('SSLKEYLOGFILE')
+                if keylogfile and not sys.flags.ignore_environment:
+                    ssl_context.keylog_filename = keylogfile
 
         else:
             ssl_context = ssl.create_default_context(

setup.py

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     version=__version__,  # noqa: F821
     maintainer='Sebastian Wagner',
     maintainer_email='[email protected]',
-    python_requires='>=3.8',
+    python_requires='>=3.9',
     install_requires=REQUIRES,
     tests_require=TESTS_REQUIRES,
     test_suite='intelmq.tests',