From a7accd69be7eeda469b44d031290dcae8ef60446 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Tapley Hoyt <cthoyt@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:31:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Bump minimum version of python to 3.9

---
 .github/workflows/tests.yml | 6 +++---
 pyproject.toml              | 2 +-
 setup.cfg                   | 4 +---
 src/pystow/cache.py         | 5 -----
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index e3009a2..4ff11e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ "3.12", "3.8" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.12", "3.9" ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ "3.12", "3.8" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.12", "3.9" ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest ]
-        python-version: [ "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8f9416f..11a8e62 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__"
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 100
-target-version = ["py38", "py39", "py310", "py311", "py312"]
+target-version = ["py39", "py310", "py311", "py312"]
 
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e46c1a2..c3dc526 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ classifiers =
     License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
     Operating System :: OS Independent
     Programming Language :: Python
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
@@ -44,13 +43,12 @@ keywords =
 
 [options]
 install_requires =
-    pickle5; python_version < "3.8"
     click
     requests
     tqdm
 
 zip_safe = false
-python_requires = >=3.7
+python_requires = >=3.9
 
 # Where is my code
 packages = find:
diff --git a/src/pystow/cache.py b/src/pystow/cache.py
index ed33e71..d35c7e8 100644
--- a/src/pystow/cache.py
+++ b/src/pystow/cache.py
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@
     cast,
 )
 
-try:
-    import pickle5 as pickle
-except ImportError:
-    import pickle
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import pandas as pd
 

From 288d9b392961c990aab5c5e38e7d260984aabcd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Tapley Hoyt <cthoyt@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:32:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update cache.py

---
 src/pystow/cache.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/pystow/cache.py b/src/pystow/cache.py
index d35c7e8..845c847 100644
--- a/src/pystow/cache.py
+++ b/src/pystow/cache.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import functools
 import json
 import logging
+import pickle
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import (