Switch from EOLed 3.8 to 3.9

.github/workflows/build-macos.yaml

@@ -410,10 +410,10 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
           git config --global user.name "GitHub Almighty"
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.version }} Datalad
         run: |

.github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yaml

@@ -466,10 +466,10 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
           git config --global user.name "GitHub Almighty"
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.version }} Datalad
         run: |

.github/workflows/build-windows.yaml

@@ -400,10 +400,10 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
           git config --global user.name "GitHub Almighty"
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.version }} Datalad
         run: |

.github/workflows/daily-status.yaml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '^3.8'
+          python-version: '^3.9'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip 'pip-run!=8.4' wheel

.github/workflows/template/build-{{ostype}}.yaml.j2

@@ -713,10 +713,10 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
           git config --global user.name "GitHub Almighty"
 
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.version }} Datalad
         run: |

.github/workflows/tools/daily-status.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__python_requires__ = ">= 3.8"
+__python_requires__ = ">= 3.9"
 __requires__ = [
     "ghreq ~= 0.2",
     "ghtoken ~= 0.1",

.github/workflows/tools/dispatch-build

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import click
 from ghreq import Client, make_user_agent
 from ghtoken import get_ghtoken
 
-__python_requires__ = ">= 3.8"
+__python_requires__ = ">= 3.9"
 __requires__ = ["click ~= 8.0", "ghreq ~= 0.2", "ghtoken ~= 0.1"]
 
 REPO = "datalad/git-annex"

.github/workflows/typing.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '^3.8'
+          python-version: '^3.9'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |

clients/spec-file.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 git >=2.32
-python >=3.8
+python >=3.9
 conda-forge::click >=8.0
 conda-forge::click-loglevel >=0.2
 conda-forge::pydantic >=2.0,<3