Merge pull request #1829 from buildtesters/remove_python_3.8_dependency

remove python 3.8 dependency from buildtest

.github/workflows/cli_tutorial_check.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
  - name: Setup Python
  uses: actions/setup-python@v5.0.0
  with:
- python-version: 3.8
+ python-version: 3.9
 
  - name: Buildtest CLI Check
  shell: bash

.github/workflows/installation.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
  fail-fast: false
  matrix:
  os: [macos-latest, macos-13, ubuntu-latest]
- python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+ python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
 
  steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/regression.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
  matrix:
  os: [macos-latest, macos-13, ubuntu-latest]
- python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+ python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
 
  steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/style.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
  - uses: actions/checkout@v4
  - uses: actions/setup-python@v5.0.0
  with:
- python-version: 3.8
+ python-version: 3.9
 
  - name: Check imports with pyflakes
  run: |

bin/buildtest

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ prefix=os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(buildtest_file))
 
 sys.path.insert(0, prefix)
 
-if sys.version_info[:3] < (3, 8, 0):
- sys.exit("buildtest requires Python 3.8.0 or higher.")
+if sys.version_info[:3] < (3, 9, 0):
+ sys.exit("buildtest requires Python 3.9.0 or higher.")
 
 from buildtest.main import main
 

docs/installing_buildtest.rst

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Requirements
 You need the following packages to install buildtest.
 
 - `git <https://git-scm.com/downloads>`_
-- `Python <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_ >= 3.8
+- `Python <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_ >= 3.9
 
 Cloning buildtest
 ------------------
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ If you prefer the latest release, you can clone the **master** branch::
 Installing buildtest
 -----------------------
 
-buildtest requires a python 3.8 or higher, we recommend you setup a python environment in order
+buildtest requires a Python 3.9 or higher, we recommend you setup a python environment in order
 to install buildtest. You can use `venv <https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html>`_, `conda <https://conda.io/>`_,
 or `pipenv <https://pipenv.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ to manage your python environment depending on your preference.
 Assuming you have cloned buildtest in your HOME directory you will need to follow these instructions to install buildtest.
@@ -66,15 +66,15 @@ Assuming you have cloned buildtest in your HOME directory you will need to follo
 
  .. code-block:: console
 
- conda create -n buildtest python=3.8
+ conda create -n buildtest python=3.9
  source activate buildtest
  source $HOME/buildtest/setup.sh
 
  .. tab-item:: pipenv
 
  .. code-block:: console
 
- pipenv --python 3.8
+ pipenv --python 3.9
  pipenv shell
  source $HOME/buildtest/setup.sh
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Specify Python Wrapper via BUILDTEST_PYTHON
 The `buildtest <https://github.com/buildtesters/buildtest/blob/devel/bin/buildtest>`_ program will search for
 a python wrapper (`python`, `python3`) to run buildtest, however you can specify an alternate python wrapper by
 setting environment variable ``BUILDTEST_PYTHON`` wrapper. This variable will be set during execution of buildtest,
-please note the python wrapper must be 3.8 or higher in-order for buildtest to function properly.
+please note the python wrapper must be 3.9 or higher in-order for buildtest to function properly.
 
 Development Dependencies (Optional)
 ------------------------------------

pyproject.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 name = "buildtest"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = [
  { name = "Shahzeb Siddiqui", email = "shahzebmsiddiqui@gmail.com" },
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ testpaths = ["tests"]
 markers = [
  "schema: run schema tests",
  "utility: run test for utility methods used throughout codebase",
- "cli: run test for targetting buildtest command line features"
+ "cli: run test for targetting buildtest command line features",
+ "spack: run spack tests"
 ]
 
 [tool.coverage.run]

tests/buildsystem/test_spack.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 def test_spack_examples():
  # spack builds must run in container ghcr.io/buildtesters/buildtest_spack:latest which comes with username 'spack' and home directory '/home/spack'
  # if not (getpass.getuser() == "spack" and os.path.expanduser("~") == "/home/spack"):
- if not (getpass.getuser() in ["root", "spack"] and shutil.which("spack")):
+ if not (getpass.getuser() in ["root", "spack", "runner"] and shutil.which("spack")):
  pytest.skip(
  "Unable to run this test requires docker container: ghcr.io/buildtesters/buildtest_spack:spack-sc23"
  )