Drop Python 3.8 (#439)

# Changes

## Drop Python 3.8

Python 3.8 reached end-of-life status on October 7th, 2024 (see [PEP 569](https://peps.python.org/pep-0569/)).

Author: tony

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ['3.10', '3.13']
         django-version: ['4.2', '5.0', '5.1']
         include:
-          - python-version: '3.8'
-            django-version: '4.2'
           - python-version: '3.9'
             django-version: '4.2'
     steps:

CHANGES

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 - _Add your latest changes from PRs here_
 
+### Breaking changes (#439)
+
+- Drop Python 3.8
+
+  The minimum version of Python in this and future releases is Python 3.9.
+
+  Python 3.8 reached end-of-life status on October 7th, 2024 (see PEP 569).
+
 ## django-docutils 0.27.0 (2024-11-26)
 
 _Maintenance release only, no bug fixes or new features_

README.md

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ DJANGO_DOCUTILS_LIB_TEXT = {
 
 ## More information
 
-- Python 3.8+
+- Python 3.9+
 - Django 4.2+
 
 [![Docs](https://github.com/tony/django-docutils/workflows/docs/badge.svg)](https://github.com/tony/django-docutils/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Docs%22)

pyproject.toml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "django-docutils"
 version = "0.27.0"
 description = "Docutils (a.k.a. reStructuredText, reST, RST) support for django."
-requires-python = ">=3.8,<4.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.9,<4.0"
 authors = [
   {name = "Tony Narlock", email = "tony@git-pull.com"}
 ]
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ classifiers = [
   'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
   'Natural Language :: English',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-  'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',