From 57df25d1c725ba7bd28fee787592cd1b513b6bdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Holloway <peter.holloway@diamond.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 11:35:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove support for Python 3.8

---
 .github/workflows/code.yml               | 7 +------
 docs/developer/tutorials/dev-install.rst | 2 +-
 docs/user/tutorials/installation.rst     | 2 +-
 pyproject.toml                           | 3 +--
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/code.yml b/.github/workflows/code.yml
index 97c0217f1..9c7d65de9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code.yml
@@ -36,12 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"] # can add windows-latest, macos-latest
         python: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
-        install: ["-e .[dev]"]
-        # Make one version be non-editable to test both paths of version code
-        include:
-          - os: "ubuntu-latest"
-            python: "3.8"
-            install: ".[dev]"
+        install: [".[dev]", "-e .[dev]"]
 
     services:
       activemq:
diff --git a/docs/developer/tutorials/dev-install.rst b/docs/developer/tutorials/dev-install.rst
index c3b969502..d07027bd9 100644
--- a/docs/developer/tutorials/dev-install.rst
+++ b/docs/developer/tutorials/dev-install.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Install dependencies
 --------------------
 
 You can choose to either develop on the host machine using a `venv` (which
-requires python 3.8 or later) or to run in a container under `VSCode
+requires python 3.9 or later) or to run in a container under `VSCode
 <https://code.visualstudio.com/>`_
 
 .. tab-set::
diff --git a/docs/user/tutorials/installation.rst b/docs/user/tutorials/installation.rst
index 3bbb380c8..db6777e33 100644
--- a/docs/user/tutorials/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/user/tutorials/installation.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Installation
 Check your version of python
 ----------------------------
 
-You will need python 3.8 or later. You can check your version of python by
+You will need python 3.9 or later. You can check your version of python by
 typing into a terminal::
 
     $ python3 --version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6ba3db4d0..864594955 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ name = "blueapi"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies = [
 dynamic = ["version"]
 license.file = "LICENSE"
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [