Drop support for Python 3.8 (#1121)

* drop support for python 3.8

* drop support for python 3.8

.changes/unreleased/Breaking Changes-20241016-184157.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Breaking Changes
+body: Drop support for Python 3.8
+time: 2024-10-16T18:41:57.721002-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: mikealfare
+  Issue: "1121"

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.9'
 
       - name: Install python dependencies
         run: |
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.9'
 
       - name: Install python dependencies
         run: |
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-12, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}

.github/workflows/release-internal.yml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ defaults:
     shell: "bash"
 
 env:
-  PYTHON_TARGET_VERSION: 3.8
+  PYTHON_TARGET_VERSION: 3.9
 
 jobs:
   run-unit-tests:

.github/workflows/release-prep.yml

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 
 env:
-  PYTHON_TARGET_VERSION: 3.8
+  PYTHON_TARGET_VERSION: 3.9
   NOTIFICATION_PREFIX: "[Release Preparation]"
 
 jobs:
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ repos:
     -   id: black
         args:
         -   --line-length=99
-        -   --target-version=py38
         -   --target-version=py39
         -   --target-version=py310
         -   --target-version=py311

Makefile

@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ lint: ## Runs flake8 and mypy code checks against staged changes.
 	pre-commit run --all-files
 
 .PHONY: unit
-unit: ## Runs unit tests with py38.
+unit: ## Runs unit tests with py39.
 	@\
 	python -m pytest tests/unit
 
 .PHONY: test
-test: ## Runs unit tests with py38 and code checks against staged changes.
+test: ## Runs unit tests with py39 and code checks against staged changes.
 	@\
 	python -m pytest tests/unit; \
 	python dagger/run_dbt_spark_tests.py --profile spark_session \

dagger/run_dbt_spark_tests.py

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ async def test_spark(test_args):
         platform = dagger.Platform("linux/amd64")
         tst_container = (
             client.container(platform=platform)
-            .from_("python:3.8-slim")
+            .from_("python:3.9-slim")
             .with_mounted_cache("/var/cache/apt/archives", os_reqs_cache)
             .with_mounted_cache("/root/.cache/pip", pip_cache)
             # install OS deps first so any local changes don't invalidate the cache

dev-requirements.txt

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git#subdirectory=dbt-tests-adapter
 
 # dev
 ipdb~=0.13.13
-pre-commit~=3.7.0;python_version>="3.9"
-pre-commit~=3.5.0;python_version<"3.9"
+pre-commit~=3.7.0
 pytest~=7.4
 pytest-csv~=3.0
 pytest-dotenv~=0.5.2

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # this image gets published to GHCR for production use
 ARG py_version=3.11.2
 
-FROM python:$py_version-slim-bullseye as base
+FROM python:$py_version-slim-bullseye AS base
 
 RUN apt-get update \
   && apt-get dist-upgrade -y \
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
 RUN python -m pip install --upgrade "pip==24.0" "setuptools==69.2.0" "wheel==0.43.0" --no-cache-dir
 
 
-FROM base as dbt-spark
+FROM base AS dbt-spark
 
 ARG commit_ref=main
 ARG extras=all

setup.py

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 import re
 
 # require python 3.8 or newer
-if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
     print("Error: dbt does not support this version of Python.")
-    print("Please upgrade to Python 3.8 or higher.")
+    print("Please upgrade to Python 3.9 or higher.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 # require version of setuptools that supports find_namespace_packages
@@ -83,11 +83,10 @@ def _get_plugin_version_dict():
         "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
         "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
         "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
 )