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Drop support for EOL Python 3.8
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Merge branch 'main' into rm-3.8
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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion .github/workflows/check.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ jobs:
- "3.11"
- "3.10"
- "3.9"
- "3.8"
os:
- ubuntu-latest
- windows-latest
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Drop support for EOL Python 3.8.
4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions docs/installation.rst
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Expand Up @@ -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:
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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.
3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions pyproject.toml
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Expand Up @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ maintainers = [
authors = [
{ name = "Bernát Gábor", email = "[email protected]" },
]
requires-python = ">=3.8"
requires-python = ">=3.9"
classifiers = [
"Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
"Framework :: tox",
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"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",
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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]
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