Drop supports of Python 3.8

Author: kdeldycke

.github/workflows/tests.yaml

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ jobs:
                   "windows-2019",
               },
               "python-version": {
-                  "3.8",
                   "3.9",
                   "3.10",
                   "3.11",

changelog.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > This version is not released yet and is under active development.
 
+- Drop supports for Python 3.8.
 - Add `is_<group_id>` booleans to module root to test the membership of the current platform to that group.
 - Rename `ALL_LINUX` group to `LINUX`.
 - Rename `ALL_WINDOWS` group to `ANY_WINDOWS`.

extra_platforms/__init__.py

@@ -15,26 +15,7 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 """Expose package-wide elements."""
 
-import sys
-
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
-    from functools import cache
-else:
-    from functools import lru_cache
-
-    def cache(user_function):
-        """Simple lightweight unbounded cache. Sometimes called "memoize".
-
-        .. important::
-
-            This is a straight `copy of the functools.cache implementation
-            <https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/55a26de/Lib/functools.py#L647-L653>`_,
-            which is only `available in the standard library starting with Python v3.9
-            <https://docs.python.org/3/library/functools.html?highlight=caching#functools.cache>`.
-        """
-        return lru_cache(maxsize=None)(user_function)
-
-
+from functools import cache
 from platform import platform
 from typing import FrozenSet
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 name = "extra-platforms"
 version = "1.3.0"
 # Python versions and their status: https://devguide.python.org/versions/
-requires-python = ">= 3.8"
+requires-python = ">= 3.9"
 description = "Detect platforms and group them by family"
 authors = [{ name = "Kevin Deldycke", email = "kevin@deldycke.com" }]
 readme = "readme.md"
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ classifiers = [
     'Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows',
     'Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux',
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",