Drop Python 3.8 and 3.9 support and update change log

Author: stevepiercy

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ jobs:
         - ["ubuntu", "ubuntu-24.04"]
         config:
         # [Python version, tox env]
-        - ["3.8",   "py38"]
-        - ["3.9",   "py39"]
         - ["3.10",  "py310"]
         - ["3.11",  "py311"]
         - ["3.12",  "py312"]

doc/changelog.rst

@@ -8,8 +8,35 @@ Version 2.0.0
 
 unreleased
 
-- Add support for Python 3.7 up to 3.12.
-- Drop support for Python 3.6 and older.
+
+Breaking changes
+................
+
+- Drop support for Python 3.9 and older.
+
+
+Major changes
+.............
+
+- Add support for Python 3.10 up to 3.14.
+- Updated :file:`setup.py` with newer Sphinx version and reorganized dependencies (``dev_requires``, ``docs_requires``, ``test_requires``, and ``install_requires``).
+- Adjusted a unit test regular expression for :file:`bottle_test.py`.
+
+
+Internal
+........
+
+- Added Dependabot configuration.
+- Replaced Travis CI with GitHub workflows for continuous integration checks.
+
+
+Documentation
+.............
+
+- Simplified and updated documentation requirements in :file:`rtd-requires.txt`.
+- Added a :file:`.readthedocs.yaml` configuration for Read the Docs builds.
+- Added omitted change log entries for v1.8.1.
+- Adjusted Sphinx configuration and example regex usage in conf.py.
 
 
 Version 1.8.1

setup.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def readme():
     description='Sphinx domain for documenting HTTP APIs',
     long_description=readme(),
     zip_safe=False,
-    python_requires='>=3.8',
+    python_requires='>=3.10',
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Environment :: Console',
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ def readme():
         'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
-        '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',

tox.ini

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
 envlist =
-    py38
-    py39
     py310
     py311
     py312