Remove Python 3.8 support (#525)

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "pypy3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "pypy3.10"]
         os: [ubuntu-24.04, windows-latest]
         exclude:
           - os: windows-latest
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ jobs:
             python-version: "3.10"
           - os: windows-latest
             python-version: "3.11"
-          - os: windows-latest
-            python-version: "3.12"
           - os: windows-latest
             python-version: "3.13"
           - os: windows-latest

setup.py

@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
     "pytest-asyncio==0.21.1",
     "pytest-console-scripts==1.4.1",
     "pytest-cov==5.0.0",
-    "vcrpy==4.4.0;python_version<='3.8'",
-    "vcrpy==7.0.0;python_version>'3.8'",
+    "vcrpy==7.0.0",
     "aiofiles",
 ]
 
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
         "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",

tests/test_websocket_online.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
 import logging
-import sys
 from typing import Dict
 
 import pytest
@@ -151,7 +150,6 @@ async def test_websocket_sending_invalid_payload():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.online
-@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 8), reason="requires python3.8 or higher")
 @pytest.mark.skip(reason=skip_reason)
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_websocket_sending_invalid_data_while_other_query_is_running():
@@ -203,7 +201,6 @@ async def query_task2():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.online
-@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 8), reason="requires python3.8 or higher")
 @pytest.mark.skip(reason=skip_reason)
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_websocket_two_queries_in_parallel_using_two_tasks():

tox.ini

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 [tox]
 envlist =
     black,flake8,import-order,mypy,manifest,
-    py{38,39,310,311,312,313,py3}
+    py{39,310,311,312,313,py3}
 
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-    3.8: py38
     3.9: py39
     3.10: py310
     3.11: py311
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ commands =
     pip install -U setuptools
     ; run "tox -- tests -s" to show output for debugging
     py{39,310,311,312,313,py3}: pytest {posargs:tests}
-    py{38}: pytest {posargs:tests --cov-report=term-missing --cov=gql}
+    py{312}: pytest {posargs:tests --cov-report=term-missing --cov=gql}
 
 [testenv:black]
 basepython = python