feat!: Drop support for Python 3.8 (eol 2024-10-07) (#339)

Author: keelerm84

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     services:
       redis:
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 ## Supported Python versions
 
-This version of the LaunchDarkly SDK is compatible with Python 3.8 through 3.12. It is tested with the most recent patch releases of those versions. Python versions 2.7 to 3.6 are no longer supported.
+This version of the LaunchDarkly SDK is compatible with Python 3.9+.
 
 ## Getting started
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "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",
     "Topic :: Software Development",
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
 ]
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ exclude = [
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.8"
+python = ">=3.9"
 certifi = ">=2018.4.16"
 expiringdict = ">=1.1.4"
 pyRFC3339 = ">=1.0"
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ urllib3 = ">=1.26.0"
 jinja2 = "3.1.3"
 
 [tool.mypy]
-python_version = "3.8"
+python_version = "3.9"
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 install_types = true
 non_interactive = true