remove support for 3.8

Author: amol-

.github/workflows/run_tests.yml

@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run ruff
         uses: astral-sh/ruff-action@v3
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ jobs:
           pip install -U --upgrade-strategy=eager --pre -e .[test]
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          pytest -v
+          pytest -v

pyproject.toml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ name = "gearbox"
 version = "0.3.1"
 description = "Command line toolkit born as a PasteScript replacement for the TurboGears2 web framework"
 readme = "README.rst"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 keywords = ["web framework", "command-line", "setup"]
 license = { text = "MIT" }
 authors = [
@@ -19,12 +20,12 @@ classifiers = [
     "Framework :: TurboGears",
     "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",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
     "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: WSGI",
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules"
 ]
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ gevent = "gearbox.commands.serve:gevent_server_factory"
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 88
-target-version = "py38"
+target-version = "py39"
 output-format = "grouped"
 lint.select = ["E4", "E7", "E9", "F", "I001"]
 exclude = ["build", "dist", ".venv", "venv", "env", "__pycache__"]