[CLIENT-3157] Remove Python 3.8 support

.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml

@@ -173,17 +173,6 @@ jobs:
         # We need the last tag before the ref, so we can relabel the version if needed
         fetch-depth: 0
 
-    - name: 'macOS arm64: Install experimental Python 3.8 macOS arm64 build'
-      # By default, cibuildwheel installs and uses Python 3.8 x86_64 to cross compile macOS arm64 wheels
-      # There is a bug that builds macOS x86_64 wheels instead, so we install this Python 3.8 native ARM build to ensure
-      # the wheel is compiled for macOS arm64
-      # https://cibuildwheel.pypa.io/en/stable/faq/#macos-building-cpython-38-wheels-on-arm64
-      if: ${{ matrix.python-tag == 'cp38' && inputs.platform-tag == 'macosx_arm64' }}
-      run: |
-        curl -o /tmp/Python38.pkg https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.10/python-3.8.10-macos11.pkg
-        sudo installer -pkg /tmp/Python38.pkg -target /
-        sh "/Applications/Python 3.8/Install Certificates.command"
-
     - name: 'Windows: Add msbuild to PATH'
       if: ${{ inputs.platform-tag == 'win_amd64' }}
       uses: microsoft/[email protected]

.github/workflows/stage-tests.yml

@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ jobs:
           ["ubuntu:22.04", 2, "linux/amd64", "3.10"],
           ["ubuntu:22.04", 2, "linux/arm64", "3.10"],
           # Bookworm is Debian 12
-          ["python:3.8-bookworm", 2, "linux/amd64", "3.8"],
-          ["python:3.8-bookworm", 2, "linux/arm64", "3.8"],
           ["python:3.9-bookworm", 2, "linux/amd64", "3.9"],
           ["python:3.9-bookworm", 2, "linux/arm64", "3.9"],
           ["python:3.10-bookworm", 2, "linux/amd64", "3.10"],
@@ -152,7 +150,6 @@ jobs:
           macos-14-large
         ]
         python-version: [
-          "3.8",
           "3.9",
           "3.10",
           "3.11",

.github/workflows/test-server-rc.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # Python versions to build wheels on
         python: [
-          ["3.8", "cp38"],
           ["3.9", "cp39"],
           ["3.10", "cp310"],
           ["3.11", "cp311"],
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python: [
-          ["3.8", "cp38"],
           ["3.9", "cp39"],
           ["3.10", "cp310"],
           ["3.11", "cp311"],
@@ -113,7 +111,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: [
-          ["3.8", "cp38"],
           ["3.9", "cp39"],
           ["3.10", "cp310"],
           ["3.11", "cp311"],

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: PR tests
 
 env:
-  LOWEST_SUPPORTED_PY_VERSION: '3.8'
+  LOWEST_SUPPORTED_PY_VERSION: '3.9'
 
 # Trigger test workflow whenever:
 # 1. A pull request is updated (e.g with new commits)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        py-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        py-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         py-version: [
-          "3.8",
           "3.9",
           "3.10",
           "3.11",

.github/workflows/valgrind.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
   build-manylinux-wheel:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml
     with:
-      python-tags: '["cp38"]'
+      python-tags: '["cp39"]'
       platform-tag: manylinux_x86_64
       sha-to-build-and-test: ${{ github.sha }}
     secrets: inherit
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: '3.8'
+        python-version: '3.9'
         architecture: 'x64'
 
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
-        name: cp38-manylinux_x86_64.build
+        name: cp39-manylinux_x86_64.build
 
     - name: Install client
       run: pip install ./*.whl

README.rst

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Aerospike Python Client
 Compatibility
 -------------
 
-The Python client for Aerospike works with Python 3.8 - 3.12 and supports the following OS'es:
+The Python client for Aerospike works with Python 3.9 - 3.12 and supports the following OS'es:
 
 * macOS 12 - 14
 * CentOS 7 Linux

doc/conf.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def __getattr__(cls, name):
     "sphinxcontrib.spelling"
 ]
 napoleon_google_docstring = True
-intersphinx_mapping = {"python": ("https://docs.python.org/3.8", None)}
+intersphinx_mapping = {"python": ("https://docs.python.org/3", None)}
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = []

pyproject.toml

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
     "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
     "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",