From 232982d08ab3336d6cbc6ed37995223abe9d9ff9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tfx-bsl-team <tensorflow-extended-nonhuman@googlegroups.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 12:30:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Python 3.8 Deprecation for TFX-bsl

PiperOrigin-RevId: 572981361
---
 README.md  | 4 ++--
 RELEASE.md | 2 ++
 setup.py   | 3 +--
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d2d86f3..9f1045b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # TFX Basic Shared Libraries
 
-[![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python%20-3.8%7C3.9-blue)](https://github.com/tensorflow/tfx-bsl)
+[![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python%7C3.9-blue)](https://github.com/tensorflow/tfx-bsl)
 [![PyPI](https://badge.fury.io/py/tfx-bsl.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/tfx-bsl)
 
 TFX Basic Shared Libraries (`tfx_bsl`) contains libraries shared by many
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Then, run the following at the project root:
 sudo docker-compose build manylinux2010
 sudo docker-compose run -e PYTHON_VERSION=${PYTHON_VERSION} manylinux2010
 ```
-where `PYTHON_VERSION` is one of `{38, 39}`.
+where `PYTHON_VERSION` is one of `{39}`.
 
 A wheel will be produced under `dist/`.
 
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 46edb73..b6046ce 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 ## Deprecations
 
+*   Deprecated python 3.8 support.
+
 # Version 1.14.0
 
 ## Major Features and Improvements
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3dc57ca..2d0e376 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ def select_constraint(default, nightly=None, git_master=None):
         'Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
         'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ def select_constraint(default, nightly=None, git_master=None):
             git_master='@git+https://github.com/tensorflow/metadata@master'),
         'tensorflow-serving-api>=2.13.0,<3',
     ],
-    python_requires='>=3.8,<4',
+    python_requires='>=3.9,<4',
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
     package_data={'': ['*.lib', '*.pyd', '*.so']},