Drop support for Python 3.8

Author: hugovk

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+env:
+  FORCE_COLOR: 1
+
 jobs:
   # Always build & lint package.
   build-package:

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 env:
   FORCE_COLOR: 1
+  PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK: 1
 
 permissions:
   contents: read

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: Test
 
 on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 env:
   FORCE_COLOR: 1
 
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         os: [windows-latest, macos-latest, ubuntu-latest]
 
     steps:
@@ -26,7 +29,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install -U pip
-          python -m pip install -U wheel
           python -m pip install -U tox
 
       - name: Tox tests

pyproject.toml

@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@ keywords = [
 license = { text = "MIT" }
 maintainers = [ { name = "Hugo van Kemenade" } ]
 authors = [ { name = "Marcus Volz" } ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
   "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
   "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",

tox.ini

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires =
     tox>=4.2
 env_list =
     lint
-    py{312, 311, 310, 39, 38}
+    py{312, 311, 310, 39}
 
 [testenv]
 pass_env =