Drop Python 3.8; update githuba action versions.

Author: jamadden

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -87,7 +87,13 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # 3.12.1 breaks zope.testrunner.
         # See https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.testrunner/issues/157
-        python-version: ['pypy-3.10', '3.12.0', 3.8, 3.9, '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version:
+          - '3.9'
+          - '3.10'
+          - '3.11'
+          - "3.12"
+          # - "3.13"
+          - "pypy-3.10-v7.3.17"
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
         exclude:
           # Can't build persistent on 3.12 with -UNDEBUG because it
@@ -100,10 +106,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           cache: 'pip'
@@ -166,7 +172,7 @@ jobs:
           ls -l dist
           twine check dist/*
       - name: Upload RelStorage wheel
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: RelStorage-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}.whl
           path: dist/*whl
@@ -250,26 +256,26 @@ jobs:
     name: ${{ matrix.image }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
         with:
           platforms: all
       - name: Build RelStorage
         env:
           DOCKER_IMAGE: quay.io/pypa/${{ matrix.image }}
         run: bash ./scripts/releases/make-manylinux
       - name: Store RelStorage wheels
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: wheelhouse/*whl
           name: ${{ matrix.image }}_wheels.zip
       - name: Publish package to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.4.1
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.10.3
         if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
         with:
           user: __token__

CHANGES.rst

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
   to support newer compilers like GCC 13.
 - Compile in C++ 11 mode instead of whatever the compiler default was
   (sometimes C++ 03), because the latter is deprecated by Boost.
-- Stop relying on an undeclared dependency on ``six``. See :issue:`504`.
+- Stop relying on an undeclared dependency on ``six``. See
+  :issue:`504`.
+- Drop support for Python 3.8.
 
 4.0.0 (2023-12-11)
 ==================

scripts/releases/make-manylinux

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ if [ -d /RelStorage -a -d /opt/python ]; then
     rm -rf wheelhouse
     mkdir wheelhouse
     ls -l /opt/python
-    for variant in `ls -d /opt/python/cp{312,38,39,310,311}*`; do
+    for variant in `ls -d /opt/python/cp{312,39,310,311,313}*`; do
         echo "Building $variant"
         mkdir /tmp/build
         cd /tmp/build

setup.py

@@ -169,13 +169,12 @@ def read_file(*path):
     platforms=["any"],
     description="A backend for ZODB that stores pickles in a relational database.",
     # 3.8: importlib.metadata
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     classifiers=[
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: Zope Public License",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "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",