Merge branch 'f-remove-py38-pipeline' into 'dev'

Remove support for Python 3.8

See merge request !171

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -61,16 +61,6 @@ mypy:
     - make mypy
 
 # run unit tests
-unittest_py3.8:
-  tags: [ docker ]
-  stage: test
-  needs: [ ]
-  image: python:3.8
-  script: &python_test_script
-    # Python docker has problems with tox and pip so use plain pytest here
-    - touch ~/.pylinkahead.ini
-    - pip install .[test]
-    - python -m pytest unittests
 
 # This needs to be changed once Python 3.9 isn't the standard Python in Debian
 # anymore.
@@ -90,7 +80,11 @@ unittest_py3.10:
   stage: test
   needs: [ ]
   image: python:3.10
-  script: *python_test_script
+  script: &python_test_script
+    # Python docker has problems with tox and pip so use plain pytest here
+    - touch ~/.pylinkahead.ini
+    - pip install .[test]
+    - python -m pytest unittests
 
 unittest_py3.11:
   tags: [ docker ]
@@ -158,7 +152,7 @@ build-testenv:
 pages_prepare: &pages_prepare
   tags: [ cached-dind ]
   stage: deploy
-  needs: [ code_style, pylint, unittest_py3.8, unittest_py3.9, unittest_py3.10 ]
+  needs: [ code_style, pylint, unittest_py3.9, unittest_py3.10 ]
   only:
     refs:
       - /^release-.*$/i

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Removed ###
 
+* Support for Python 3.8
+
 ### Fixed ###
 
 * [#73](https://gitlab.com/linkahead/linkahead-pylib/-/issues/73)

DEPENDENCIES.md

 * caosdb-server >= 0.12.0
-* Python >= 3.8
+* Python >= 3.9
 * pip >= 20.0.2
 
 Any other dependencies are defined in the setup.py and are being installed via pip

README_SETUP.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ### How to install ###
 
-First ensure that python with at least version 3.8 is installed. Should this not be
+First ensure that python with at least version 3.9 is installed. Should this not be
 the case, you can use the [Installing python](#installing-python-) guide for your OS.
 
 #### Generic installation ####
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ entries `install_requires` and `extras_require`.
 
 #### Linux ####
 
-Make sure that Python (at least version 3.8) and pip is installed, using your system tools and
+Make sure that Python (at least version 3.9) and pip is installed, using your system tools and
 documentation.
 
 Then open a terminal and continue in the [Generic installation](#generic-installation) section.

setup.py

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def setup_package():
             "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis",
         ],
         packages=find_packages('src'),
-        python_requires='>=3.8',
+        python_requires='>=3.9',
         package_dir={'': 'src'},
         install_requires=['lxml>=4.6.3',
                           "requests[socks]>=2.26",