Drop support for Python 3.8

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
         - os: ubuntu-22.04
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
         - os: ubuntu-22.04
           python-version: '3.12'
         - os: ubuntu-22.04
           python-version: 'pypy3.9'
         - os: macos-latest
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout pygit2

.github/workflows/wheels.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build wheels
         run: python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
-    
+
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: wheels
@@ -54,4 +54,3 @@ jobs:
       with:
         user: __token__
         password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
-

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 1.14.0 (UNRELEASED)
 -------------------------
 
+- Drop support for Python 3.8
+
+- Add Linux wheels for musl
+  `#1266 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/pull/1266>`_
+
 - New ``Repository.submodules`` namespace
   `#1250 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/pull/1250>`_
 
@@ -22,6 +27,8 @@
 - Documentation fixes
   `#1255 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/pull/1255>`_
   `#1258 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/pull/1258>`_
+  `#1268 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/pull/1268>`_
+  `#1270 <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/pull/1270>`_
 
 Breaking changes:
 

README.rst

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pygit2 - libgit2 bindings in Python
 ######################################################################
 
 Bindings to the libgit2 shared library, implements Git plumbing.
-Supports Python 3.8 to 3.12 and PyPy3 7.3+
+Supports Python 3.9 to 3.12 and PyPy3 7.3+
 
 .. image:: https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg
    :target: https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/actions/workflows/tests.yml

docs/development.rst

@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ documentation.
 
 Step 2. Build Python to be used with valgrind, e.g.::
 
-  $ ./configure --prefix=~/Python-3.8.15 --without-pymalloc --with-pydebug --with-valgrind
+  $ ./configure --prefix=~/Python-3.9.18 --without-pymalloc --with-pydebug --with-valgrind
   $ make
   $ make install
-  $ export PYTHONBIN=~/Python-3.8.15/bin
+  $ export PYTHONBIN=~/Python-3.9.18/bin
 
 Step 3. Build pygit2 with debug symbols::
 

docs/index.rst

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pygit2 - libgit2 bindings in Python
 ######################################################################
 
 Bindings to the libgit2 shared library, implements Git plumbing.
-Supports Python 3.8 to 3.12 and PyPy3 7.3+
+Supports Python 3.9 to 3.12 and PyPy3 7.3+
 
 Links
 =====================================

docs/install.rst

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Requirements
 
 Supported versions of Python:
 
-- Python 3.8 to 3.12
+- Python 3.9 to 3.12
 - PyPy3 7.3+
 
 Python requirements (these are specified in ``setup.py``):
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ of Python and the required libgit2 version.
 +-----------+----------------+------------+
 | pygit2    | Python         | libgit2    |
 +-----------+----------------+------------+
+| 1.14      | 3.9 - 3.12     | 1.7        |
++-----------+----------------+------------+
 | 1.13      | 3.8 - 3.12     | 1.7        |
 +-----------+----------------+------------+
 | 1.12      | 3.8 - 3.11     | 1.6        |

setup.py

@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ def exclude(line):
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ def run(self):
     cffi_modules=['pygit2/_run.py:ffi'],
     ext_modules=ext_modules,
     # Requirements
-    python_requires='>=3.8',
+    python_requires='>=3.9',
     setup_requires=['cffi>=1.16.0'],
     install_requires=install_requires,
     # URLs