Dropped support for Python 3.8

Its EOL was recently passed - see https://devguide.python.org/versions/#unsupported-versions

Made the new minimum Python version 3.9.

---------

Co-authored-by: Anders <[email protected]>

Author: tim-schilling

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -11,17 +11,13 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13-dev']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         django-version: ['4.2', '5.0', 'main']
 
         exclude:
-          # Exclude py3.8 and py3.9 for Django main and 5.0
-          - python-version: '3.8'
-            django-version: '5.0'
+          # Exclude py3.9 for Django main and 5.0
           - python-version: '3.9'
             django-version: '5.0'
-          - python-version: '3.8'
-            django-version: 'main'
           - python-version: '3.9'
             django-version: 'main'
 
@@ -101,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up newest stable Python version
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.11
+          python-version: 3.13
           cache: 'pip'
           # Invalidate the cache when this file updates, as the dependencies' versions
           # are pinned in the step below

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ repos:
       - id: detect-private-key
 
   - repo: https://github.com/tox-dev/pyproject-fmt
-    rev: 2.2.3
+    rev: v2.5.0
     hooks:
       - id: pyproject-fmt
   - repo: https://github.com/abravalheri/validate-pyproject
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ repos:
     rev: v3.17.0
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
-        args: [--py38-plus]
+        args: [--py39-plus]

CHANGES.rst

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Unreleased
 - Fixed issue with deferred fields causing DoesNotExist error (gh-678)
 - Added HistoricOneToOneField (gh-1394)
 - Updated all djangoproject.com links to reference the stable version (gh-1420)
+- Dropped support for Python 3.8, which reached end-of-life on 2024-10-07 (gh-1421)
 
 3.7.0 (2024-05-29)
 ------------------

README.rst

@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ This app supports the following combinations of Django and Python:
 ==========  ========================
   Django      Python
 ==========  ========================
-4.2         3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13-dev
-5.0         3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13-dev
-main        3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13-dev
+4.2         3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
+5.0         3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
+main        3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
 ==========  ========================
 
 Getting Help

docs/index.rst

@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ This app supports the following combinations of Django and Python:
 ==========  =======================
   Django      Python
 ==========  =======================
-4.2         3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13-dev
-5.0         3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13-dev
-main        3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13-dev
+4.2         3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
+5.0         3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
+main        3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
 ==========  =======================
 
 Contribute

pyproject.toml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainers = [
 authors = [
   { name = "Corey Bertram", email = "[email protected]" },
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
   "Environment :: Web Environment",
@@ -26,13 +26,11 @@ classifiers = [
   "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-  "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",
-  # DEV: uncomment this when the `pyproject-fmt` pre-commit hook stops removing it
-  #"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
 ]
 dynamic = [
   "readme",
@@ -83,12 +81,12 @@ fragments = [
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 88
 target-version = [
-  "py38",
+  "py39",
 ]
 
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
-py_version = "38"
+py_version = "39"
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 parallel = true

tox.ini

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 [tox]
 envlist =
-    py{38,39,310,311,312,313}-dj42-{sqlite3,postgres,mysql,mariadb},
+    py{39,310,311,312,313}-dj42-{sqlite3,postgres,mysql,mariadb},
     py{310,311,312,313}-dj50-{sqlite3,postgres,mysql,mariadb},
     py{310,311,312,313}-djmain-{sqlite3,postgres,mysql,mariadb},
     docs,
     lint
 
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-    3.8: py38
     3.9: py39
     3.10: py310
     3.11: py311, docs, lint