From 6549bd9d9cda1bf5acde43912329362361eb8b8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James McKinney <26463+jpmckinney@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:27:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] build: Drop Python 3.8 support

---
 .github/workflows/lint.yml    |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/publish.yml |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/tests.yml   |  2 +-
 docs/news.rst                 | 11 ++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 9d9a1e0a..cfd5e39f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
           cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: setup.py
       - run: pip install --upgrade pre-commit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index e674823d..0bf2c855 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
       - run: pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
       - run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
       - name: Publish to TestPyPI
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index c2511094..16ecba0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: [3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/docs/news.rst b/docs/news.rst
index 57ccc989..a7bef278 100644
--- a/docs/news.rst
+++ b/docs/news.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ Release notes
 
 .. changelog
 
+Unreleased
+----------
+
+Removed
+~~~~~~~
+
+- Drop support for end-of-life Python version 3.8.
+
 1.5.0 (2024-09-05)
 ------------------
 
@@ -43,7 +51,6 @@ Changed
 ~~~~~~~
 
 - Every :ref:`poll_interval`, up to :ref:`max_proc` processes are started by the default :ref:`poller`, instead of only one process. (The number of running jobs will not exceed :ref:`max_proc`.)
-- Drop support for end-of-life Python version 3.7.
 
 Web UI
 ^^^^^^
@@ -152,6 +159,8 @@ Removed
   - ``SCRAPYD_SLOT``
   - ``SCRAPYD_SPIDER``
 
+- Drop support for end-of-life Python version 3.7.
+
 1.4.3 (2023-09-25)
 ------------------