Drop Python 3.8 (#951)

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

Author: tony

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ jobs:
         tmux-version: ['2.6', '2.7', '2.8', '3.0a', '3.1b', '3.2a', '3.3a', '3.4', '3.5', 'master']
         # balance ci coverage across supported python/tmux versions with CI speed
         include:
-          - python-version: '3.8'
+          - python-version: '3.9'
             tmux-version: '2.6'
-          - python-version: '3.8'
+          - python-version: '3.9'
             tmux-version: 'master'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

CHANGES

@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ $ pipx install --suffix=@next 'tmuxp' --pip-args '\--pre' --force
 
 <!-- Maintainers, insert changes / features for the next release here -->
 
+### Breaking changes
+
+- Drop Python 3.8. end of life was October 7th, 2024 (#951)
+
+  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
+
 ## tmuxp 1.48.0 (2024-11-26)
 
 _Maintenance only, no bug fixes or new features_

README.md

@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ 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/tmuxp>
 - Docs: <https://tmuxp.git-pull.com>
 - API: <https://tmuxp.git-pull.com/api.html>

pyproject.toml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "tmuxp"
 version = "1.48.0"
 description = "Session manager for tmux, which allows users to save and load tmux sessions through simple configuration files."
-requires-python = ">=3.8,<4.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.9,<4.0"
 authors = [
   {name = "Tony Narlock", email = "[email protected]"}
 ]
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Environment :: Web Environment",
   "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",