Remove Python 3.8 support

Author: danielfrankcom

.github/workflows/bandit-scan.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
-        # TODO: workflow to test for python 3.8 or more
+        # TODO: workflow to test for python 3.9 or more
         python-version: '3.10'
 
     - name: Install uv

.github/workflows/cicd.yml

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # Run test for every Python and Django version we intend to support.
         python-version:
-          - '3.8'
           - '3.9'
           - '3.10'
           - '3.11'
@@ -53,12 +52,6 @@ jobs:
           - '>=5.2,<5.3'
         exclude:
           # Django 5.0+ requires Python 3.10+
-          - python-version: '3.8'
-            django-version: '>=5.0,<5.1'
-          - python-version: '3.8'
-            django-version: '>=5.1,<5.2'
-          - python-version: '3.8'
-            django-version: '>=5.2,<5.3'
           - python-version: '3.9'
             django-version: '>=5.0,<5.1'
           - python-version: '3.9'

README.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Aurora DSQL Django adapter needs boto3 to work. Follow the Boto3 [installation g
 
 ### Required Python versions
 
-aurora_dsql_django requires Python 3.8 or later. 
+aurora_dsql_django requires Python 3.9 or later.
 
 Please see the link below for more detail to install Python:
 

examples/pet-clinic-app/README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Bootstrap the Django App
 ### Pre-requisites
 - Provision a Aurora DSQL cluster and note the hostname
-- Python version >=3.8 must have been installed
+- Python version >=3.9 must have been installed
 - aws-sdk for python version >=3.x.y
 
 ### Bootstrap Django app

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dynamic = ["version", "readme"]
 description = "Aurora DSQL adapter for Django"
 license = {text = "Apache License 2.0"}
 authors = [{name = "Amazon Web Services"}]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "boto3>=1.35.74,<2",
     "botocore>=1.35.74,<2",
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",