Drop EOL Python 3.8 support

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         tox_env:
-          - "py38-pytestmin"
+          - "py39-pytestmin"
-          - "py38-pytestlatest"
           - "py39-pytestlatest"
           - "py310-pytestlatest"
           - "py311-pytestlatest"
@@ -47,10 +46,8 @@ jobs:
 
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         include:
-          - tox_env: "py38-pytestmin"
+          - tox_env: "py39-pytestmin"
-            python: "3.8"
+            python: "3.9"
-          - tox_env: "py38-pytestlatest"
-            python: "3.8"
           - tox_env: "py39-pytestlatest"
             python: "3.9"
           - tox_env: "py310-pytestlatest"

changelog/1162.removal.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dropped support for EOL Python 3.8.

pyproject.toml

@@ -25,14 +25,13 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "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",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "execnet>=2.1",
     "pytest>=7.0.0",

tox.ini

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [tox]
 envlist =
   linting
-  py{38,39,310,311,312,313}-pytestlatest
+  py{39,310,311,312,313}-pytestlatest
   py310-pytestmain
   py310-psutil
   py310-setproctitle