Drop Python 3.8 (#548)

Python 3.8 reached end-of-life on October 7th, 2024 (see devguide.python.org, Status of Python Versions, Unsupported versions

See also: https://devguide.python.org/versions/#unsupported-versions

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.13']
         tmux-version: ['2.6', '2.7', '2.8', '3.0a', '3.1b', '3.2a', '3.3a', '3.4', '3.5', 'master']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

CHANGES

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ $ pip install --user --upgrade --pre libtmux
 
 <!-- To maintainers and contributors: Please add notes for the forthcoming version above -->
 
+### Breaking changes
+
+- Drop Python 3.8. end of life was October 7th, 2024 (#548)
+
+  tmuxp 1.48.0 was the last release for Python 3.8.
+
+  The minimum python for tmuxp as of 1.49.0 is Python 3.9
+
 ## libtmux 0.38.1 (2024-11-26)
 
 - Keep minimum Python version at 3.8 for now.

README.md

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ See donation options at <https://git-pull.com/support.html>.
 # Project details
 
 - tmux support: 1.8+
-- python support: >= 3.8, pypy, pypy3
+- python support: >= 3.9, pypy, pypy3
 - Source: <https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux>
 - Docs: <https://libtmux.git-pull.com>
 - API: <https://libtmux.git-pull.com/api.html>

pyproject.toml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libtmux"
 version = "0.38.1"
 description = "Typed library that provides an ORM wrapper for tmux, a terminal multiplexer."
-requires-python = ">=3.8,<4.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.9,<4.0"
 authors = [
   {name = "Tony Narlock", email = "[email protected]"}
 ]
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Framework :: Pytest",
   "Intended Audience :: Developers",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",