Support Python 3.8

Author: Gallaecio

CHANGES.rst

@@ -2,13 +2,20 @@
 Release notes
 =============
 
+0.5.0 (unreleased)
+==================
+
+Change the minimum version of Python from 3.9 to 3.8.
+
+
 0.4.0 (2025-09-16)
 ==================
 
 | Extended easy intersphinx configuration to:
 | `packaging <https://packaging.pypa.io/en/stable/>`_
 | `pytest <https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/>`_
 
+
 0.3.0 (2025-09-02)
 ==================
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "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",
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ classifiers = [
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
 authors = [{ name = "Scrapy developers", email = "[email protected]" }]
 maintainers = [{ name = "Scrapy developers", email = "[email protected]" }]