From e17a4f8fd030f4a49fd0b1c0c8a2aadd32055785 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2025 18:30:33 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Drop support for EOL Python 3.8

---
 .github/workflows/check.yaml | 1 -
 docs/installation.rst        | 4 ++--
 pyproject.toml               | 3 +--
 tox.toml                     | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yaml b/.github/workflows/check.yaml
index 8b9e479cf9..70d626e390 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ jobs:
           - "3.11"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.9"
-          - "3.8"
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
           - windows-latest
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index dbb94a75b4..728652c79e 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Installation
 As tool
 --------
 
-:pypi:`tox` is a CLI tool that needs a Python interpreter (version 3.7 or higher) to run. We recommend either
+:pypi:`tox` is a CLI tool that needs a Python interpreter (version 3.9 or higher) to run. We recommend either
 :pypi:`pipx` or  :pypi:`uv` to install tox into an isolated environment. This has the added benefit that later you'll
 be able to upgrade tox without affecting other parts of the system. We provide method for ``pip`` too here but we
 discourage that path if you can:
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Python and OS Compatibility
 
 tox works with the following Python interpreter implementations:
 
-- `CPython <https://www.python.org/>`_ versions 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
+- `CPython <https://www.python.org/>`_ versions 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
 
 This means tox works on the latest patch version of each of these minor versions. Previous patch versions are supported
 on a best effort approach.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9c1116c232..416953c651 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ maintainers = [
 authors = [
   { name = "Bernát Gábor", email = "gaborjbernat@gmail.com" },
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
   "Framework :: tox",
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
   "Operating System :: POSIX",
   "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",
diff --git a/tox.toml b/tox.toml
index 8889cb5a7f..55ebb9f471 100644
--- a/tox.toml
+++ b/tox.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 requires = ["tox>=4.24.1"]
-env_list = ["fix", "3.13", "3.12", "3.11", "3.10", "3.9", "3.8", "cov", "type", "docs", "pkg_meta"]
+env_list = ["fix", "3.13", "3.12", "3.11", "3.10", "3.9", "cov", "type", "docs", "pkg_meta"]
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 
 [env_run_base]

From df272af08e9ec9acebe1abe8fd854f2581c20e85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2025 19:43:05 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add news

---
 docs/changelog/3527.feature.rst | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/changelog/3527.feature.rst

diff --git a/docs/changelog/3527.feature.rst b/docs/changelog/3527.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17a92adf91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/3527.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Drop support for EOL Python 3.8.