Remove support for Python 3.8 (#502)

* Remove support

* Add PR

Author: pjbull

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        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"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

HISTORY.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - Fixed `CloudPath(...) / other` to correctly attempt to fall back on `other`'s `__rtruediv__` implementation, in order to support classes that explicitly support the `/` with a `CloudPath` instance. Previously, this would always raise a `TypeError` if `other` were not a `str` or `PurePosixPath`. (PR [#479](https://github.com/drivendataorg/cloudpathlib/pull/479))
 - Add `md5` property to `GSPath`, updated LocalGSPath to include `md5` property, updated mock_gs.MockBlob to include `md5_hash` property.
 - Fixed an uncaught exception on Azure Gen2 storage accounts with HNS enabled when used with `DefaultAzureCredential`. (Issue [#486](https://github.com/drivendataorg/cloudpathlib/issues/486))
+- Removed support for Python 3.8, which was EOL in October 2024. (PR [#502](https://github.com/drivendataorg/cloudpathlib/pull/502))
 
 ## v0.20.0 (2024-10-18)
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@ classifiers = [
   "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
   "Operating System :: OS Independent",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-  "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",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
   "typing-extensions>4 ; python_version < '3.11'",
 ]