Drop 3.8 support

Author: oschwald

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", 3.11, 3.12, 3.13]
+        python-version: [3.9, "3.10", 3.11, 3.12, 3.13]
 
     name: Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} on ${{ matrix.platform }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}

HISTORY.rst

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ History
 4.9.0
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
+* IMPORTANT: Python 3.9 or greater is required. If you are using an older
+  version, please use an earlier release.
 * ``metro_code`` on ``geoip2.record.Location`` has been deprecated. The
   code values are no longer being maintained.
 * The type hinting for the optional `locales` keyword argument now allows

README.rst

@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ correction, please `contact MaxMind support
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-Python 3.8 or greater is required. Older versions are not supported.
+Python 3.9 or greater is required. Older versions are not supported.
 
 The Requests HTTP library is also required. See
 <https://pypi.org/project/requests/> for details.

pyproject.toml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "maxminddb>=2.5.1,<3.0.0",
     "requests>=2.24.0,<3.0.0",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 readme = "README.rst"
 license = {text = "Apache License, Version 2.0"}
 classifiers = [
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",

setup.cfg

@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ geoip2 = py.typed
 disable = duplicate-code
 
 [tox:tox]
-envlist = {py38,py39,py310,py311,py312,py313}-test,py313-{black,lint,flake8,mypy}
+envlist = {py39,py310,py311,py312,py313}-test,py313-{black,lint,flake8,mypy}
 
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-    3.8: py38
     3.9: py39
     3.10: py310
     3.11: py311