Dropping Python 3.8 support as it has reached end of life

Author: petyaslavova

.github/workflows/hiredis-py-integration.yaml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Compute outputs
         run: |
-          echo "CURRENT=${{ env.CURRENT_REDIS_VERSION }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT  
+          echo "CURRENT=${{ env.CURRENT_REDIS_VERSION }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   hiredis-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         redis-version: [ '${{ needs.redis_version.outputs.CURRENT }}' ]
-        python-version: [ '3.8', '3.13']
+        python-version: [ '3.9', '3.13']
         parser-backend: [ 'hiredis' ]
         hiredis-version: [ 'unstable' ]
         event-loop: [ 'asyncio' ]

.github/workflows/integration.yaml

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         redis-version: ['8.0.1-pre', '${{ needs.redis_version.outputs.CURRENT }}', '7.2.7', '6.2.17']
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.13']
         parser-backend: ['plain']
         event-loop: ['asyncio']
     env:
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         redis-version: [ '${{ needs.redis_version.outputs.CURRENT }}' ]
-        python-version: [ '3.8', '3.13']
+        python-version: [ '3.9', '3.13']
         parser-backend: [ 'hiredis' ]
         hiredis-version: [ '>=3.2.0', '<3.0.0' ]
         event-loop: [ 'asyncio' ]
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         redis-version: [ '${{ needs.redis_version.outputs.CURRENT }}' ]
-        python-version: [ '3.8', '3.13' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.9', '3.13' ]
         parser-backend: [ 'plain' ]
         event-loop: [ 'uvloop' ]
     env:
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', 'pypy-3.9', 'pypy-3.10']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', 'pypy-3.9', 'pypy-3.10']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5

README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The Python interface to the Redis key-value store.
 ---------------------------------------------
 
 **Note:** redis-py 5.0 will be the last version of redis-py to support Python 3.7, as it has reached [end of life](https://devguide.python.org/versions/). redis-py 5.1 will support Python 3.8+.
-
+**Note:** redis-py 6.1.0 will be the last version of redis-py to support Python 3.8, as it has reached [end of life](https://devguide.python.org/versions/). redis-py 6.2.0 will support Python 3.9+.
 ---------------------------------------------
 
 ## How do I Redis?

pyproject.toml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "Python client for Redis database and key-value store"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 authors = [{ name = "Redis Inc.", email = "oss@redis.com" }]
 keywords = ["Redis", "database", "key-value-store"]
 classifiers = [
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ filterwarnings = [
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py38"
+target-version = "py39"
 line-length = 88
 exclude = [
     "*.egg-info",