Drop support for Python 3.8

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
  strategy:
  fail-fast: false
  matrix:
- python-version: ["pypy3.10", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+ python-version: ["pypy3.10", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
  os: [windows-latest, macos-latest, ubuntu-latest]
 
  steps:

pyproject.toml

@@ -18,15 +18,14 @@ keywords = [
 license = { text = "ISC" }
 maintainers = [ { name = "Hugo van Kemenade" } ]
 authors = [ { name = "Kenneth Reitz", email = "me@kennethreitz.org" } ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 classifiers = [
  "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
  "Intended Audience :: Developers",
  "License :: OSI Approved :: ISC License (ISCL)",
  "Natural Language :: English",
  "Programming Language :: Python",
  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
- "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",

src/em_keyboard/__init__.py

@@ -35,21 +35,14 @@
 
 __version__ = _version.__version__
 
-try:
- from importlib.resources import as_file, files
-
- with as_file(files("em_keyboard").joinpath("emojis.json")) as em_json:
- EMOJI_PATH = em_json
-except ImportError:
- from importlib.resources import path
+from importlib.resources import as_file, files
 
- with path("em_keyboard", "emojis.json") as em_json:
-  EMOJI_PATH = em_json
+with as_file(files("em_keyboard").joinpath("emojis.json")) as em_json:
+ EMOJI_PATH = em_json
 
 CUSTOM_EMOJI_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~/.emojis.json"))
 
-# TODO Remove quotes when dropping Python 3.8
-EmojiDict = "dict[str, list[str]]"
+EmojiDict = dict[str, list[str]]
 
 
 def parse_emojis(filename: str | os.PathLike[str] = EMOJI_PATH) -> EmojiDict:

tox.ini

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ requires =
 env_list =
  cli
  lint
- py{py3, 313, 312, 311, 310, 39, 38}
+ py{py3, 313, 312, 311, 310, 39}
 
 [testenv]
 extras =