Merge pull request #1018 from kc611/bump_39

Bump minimum supported Python version to 3.9

README.rst

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Key Benefits
 Compatibility
 =============
 
-llvmlite has been tested with Python 3.8 -- 3.12 and is likely to work with
+llvmlite has been tested with Python 3.9 -- 3.12 and is likely to work with
 greater versions.
 
 As of version 0.41.0, llvmlite requires LLVM 14.x.x on all architectures

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ jobs:
     name: macOS
     vmImage: macos-11
     matrix:
-      py38:
-        PYTHON: '3.8'
-        CONDA_ENV: cienv
       py39:
         PYTHON: '3.9'
         CONDA_ENV: cienv
@@ -26,10 +23,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux
     vmImage: ubuntu-20.04
     matrix:
-      py38:
-        PYTHON: '3.8'
-        CONDA_ENV: cienv
-        RUN_FLAKE8: yes
       py39:
         PYTHON: '3.9'
         CONDA_ENV: cienv
@@ -52,10 +45,6 @@ jobs:
 #       pypy:
 #         PYTHON: pypy
 #         CONDA_ENV: cienv
-      py38_wheel:
-        PYTHON: '3.8'
-        CONDA_ENV: cienv
-        WHEEL: 'yes'
       py39_wheel:
         PYTHON: '3.9'
         CONDA_ENV: cienv

buildscripts/manylinux_2_17/README.md

@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ The conda packages will be stored into `<llvmlite_source_root>/docker_output/dis
 
 Available Python installations (`<pyver>`) are:
 
-- cp38-cp38
 - cp39-cp39
 - cp310-cp310
+- cp311-cp311
+- cp312-cp312
 
 
 Reference: https://github.com/pypa/manylinux

conda-recipes/llvmlite/meta.yaml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ requirements:
     # requires libxml2
     - libxml2        # [win]
   run:
-    - python >=3.8
+    - python >=3.9
     - vs2015_runtime # [win]
     # osx has dynamically linked libstdc++
     - libcxx >=4.0.1 # [osx]

docs/source/contributing.rst

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ you commit changes. You can skip this check with ``git commit --no-verify``.
 Platform support
 ----------------
 
-Llvmlite will be kept compatible with Python 3.8 and later
+Llvmlite will be kept compatible with Python 3.9 and later
 under at least Windows, macOS and Linux.
 
 We do not expect contributors to test their code on all platforms.  Pull

setup.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 
 
-min_python_version = (3, 8)
+min_python_version = (3, 9)
 
 
 def _version_info_str(int_tuple):
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ setup(name='llvmlite',
           "Operating System :: OS Independent",
           "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",