From 246d3d28d785c8ff577a692973a995f6d210d4bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: M Bussonnier <bussonniermatthias@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:56:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Bump min Python to 3.9;

3.8 has been EOL for 2+ months.
---
 .github/actions/base-setup/action.yml | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/tests.yml           | 4 ++--
 README.md                             | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/base-setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/base-setup/action.yml
index c4ceb17..df1291c 100644
--- a/.github/actions/base-setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/base-setup/action.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ runs:
         if [ $DEPENDENCY_TYPE == "pre" ]; then
           DEFAULT_PYTHON="3.13"
         elif [ $DEPENDENCY_TYPE == "minimum" ]; then
-          DEFAULT_PYTHON="3.8"
+          DEFAULT_PYTHON="3.9"
         elif [ $DEPENDENCY_TYPE != "standard" ]; then
           echo "Unrecognized dependency type $DEPENDENCY_TYPE"
           exit 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 09d1826..19492a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.12"]
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: "3.13"
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install -e ".[test]"
           # NOTE: keep the python version in sync with README
           python --version
-          python --version | grep "3.8"
+          python --version | grep "3.9"
           hatch run check_minimum
 
   base_setup_pre:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 076e4cb..1970ad4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
 If you want to use your minimum dependencies, you can use the following
 option, which will create a constraints file and set the `PIP_CONSTRAINT`
 environment variable, so that installations will use that file.
-By default the Python version will be "3.7", which can be overridden with
+By default the Python version will be "3.9", which can be overridden with
 `python_version`.  Note that the environment variable also works if
 you use virtual environments like `hatch`.
 Note: this does not work on Windows, and will error.