Drop Python 3.8 support, require Python 3.9+ (#321)

* Drop Python 3.8 support, require Python 3.9+

* Run pyupgrade for Python 3.9+

Apply pyupgrade for Python 3.9+

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'macos-latest', 'windows-latest']
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
         # test oldesst and newest libspatialindex versions
         sidx-version: ['1.8.5', '2.0.0']
         exclude:
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4

DEPENDENCIES.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- python 3.8+
+- python 3.9+
 - setuptools
 - libspatialindex C library 1.8.5+:
   https://libspatialindex.org/

environment.yml

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ channels:
 - defaults
 - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-- python>=3.8
+- python>=3.9
 - libspatialindex>=1.8.5

pyproject.toml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainers = [
 ]
 description = "R-Tree spatial index for Python GIS"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 keywords = ["gis", "spatial", "index", "r-tree"]
 license = {text = "MIT"}
 classifiers = [
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ version = {attr = "rtree.__version__"}
 rtree = ["py.typed"]
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel]
-build = "cp38-*"
+build = "cp39-*"
 build-verbosity = 3
 repair-wheel-command = "python scripts/repair_wheel.py -w {dest_dir} {wheel}"
 test-requires = "tox"

rtree/index.py

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 import pickle
 import pprint
 import warnings
-from typing import Any, Iterator, Literal, Sequence, overload
+from collections.abc import Iterator, Sequence
+from typing import Any, Literal, overload
 
 from . import core
 from .exceptions import RTreeError

tests/conftest.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import os
 import shutil
-from typing import Iterator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 
 import py
 import pytest

tests/test_index.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import unittest
-from typing import Iterator
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest

tests/test_tpr.py

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 import os
 import unittest
 from collections import defaultdict, namedtuple
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from math import ceil
-from typing import Any, Iterator
+from typing import Any
 
 import numpy as np
 from numpy.random import default_rng

tox.ini

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [tox]
 requires =
     tox>=4
-env_list = py{38,39,310,311,312}
+env_list = py{39,310,311,312}
 
 [testenv]
 description = run unit tests