From bc5dcec542ab1105b240e72550d8ab90f42893dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shaked Zychlinski <shakedzy@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 23:19:16 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] drop support for python 3.8

---
 .github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml | 2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                        | 1 +
 setup.py                            | 6 ++++--
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml
index 2bfe759..bc5f868 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        version: [ "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]
+        version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ffc506f..b4839b5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Change Log
 
 ## 0.7.7
+* _Drop support for Python 3.8 as it reaches its end-of-life date_
 * Fix issue [#160](https://github.com/shakedzy/dython/issues/160)
 
 ## 0.7.6
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 97634ea..b089a42 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
 dev_requirements = (HERE / "dev_requirements.txt").read_text(encoding="utf8")
 EXTRAS_REQUIRE = {"dev": [s.strip() for s in dev_requirements.split("\n")]}
 
+min_minor = 9
+max_minor = 12
 CLASSIFIERS = [
-    f"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.{str(v)}" for v in range(8, 13)
+    f"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.{str(v)}" for v in range(min_minor, max_minor+1)
 ]
-PYTHON_REQUIRES = ">=3.8"
+PYTHON_REQUIRES = f">=3.{min_minor}"
 
 setup(
     name=PACKAGE_NAME,