Drop Python 3.8 (#333)

.github/workflows/CI.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.11"]
         os: [windows-latest, macos-latest, ubuntu-latest]
 
     steps:

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 <img width="800" alt="Ultra Markdown" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/59607654/103167048-d3524d00-484d-11eb-96ca-70608a7529fc.png">
 
-Ultra Markdown, an ultra fast (high performance) Markdown parser compliant with the markdown [spec](https://spec.commonmark.org/) written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.8+. Unlike others, **Ultra Markdown** is written using Python's C API and uses [CMark](https://github.com/commonmark/cmark), an ultra fast Markdown parser written in C.
+Ultra Markdown, an ultra fast (high performance) Markdown parser compliant with the markdown [spec](https://spec.commonmark.org/) written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.9+. Unlike others, **Ultra Markdown** is written using Python's C API and uses [CMark](https://github.com/commonmark/cmark), an ultra fast Markdown parser written in C.
 
 ---
 

docs/index.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <img width="800" alt="Ultra Markdown" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/59607654/103167048-d3524d00-484d-11eb-96ca-70608a7529fc.png">
 
-<p align="center">Ultra Markdown, an ultra fast (high performance) Markdown parser written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.8+. </p>
+<p align="center">Ultra Markdown, an ultra fast (high performance) Markdown parser written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.9+. </p>
 
 <p align="center" >
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/umarkdown?logo=pypi&style=flat-square"/>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 ---
 
-_Ultra Markdown, an ultra fast (high performance) Markdown parser compliant with the markdown [spec](https://spec.commonmark.org/) written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.8+. Unlike others, **Ultra Markdown** is written using Python's C API and uses [CMark](https://github.com/commonmark/cmark), an ultra fast Markdown parser written in C._
+_Ultra Markdown, an ultra fast (high performance) Markdown parser compliant with the markdown [spec](https://spec.commonmark.org/) written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.9+. Unlike others, **Ultra Markdown** is written using Python's C API and uses [CMark](https://github.com/commonmark/cmark), an ultra fast Markdown parser written in C._
 
 ---
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ $ python -m pip install umarkdown[cli]
 > ### Prerequisites
 
 - Compiler: gcc or clang on Linux and MacOS, MSVC for Windows.
-- Python: 3.8 or greater
+- Python: 3.9 or greater
 
 > ### Installation Process
 

mkdocs.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 site_name: Ultra Markdown
-site_description: Ultra Markdown, ultra fast (high performance) Markdown parser compliant with the markdown written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.8+.
+site_description: Ultra Markdown, ultra fast (high performance) Markdown parser compliant with the markdown written in pure C with bindings for Python 3.9+.
 site_url: https://umarkdown.netlify.app/
 theme:
   name: material

requirements.txt

@@ -1,48 +1,48 @@
-attrs==22.2.0
-certifi==2022.12.7
-cfgv==3.3.1
-charset-normalizer==2.1.1
-click==8.1.3
+attrs==23.2.0
+certifi==2024.2.2
+cfgv==3.4.0
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+click==8.1.7
 colorama==0.4.6
-contourpy==1.0.6
-coverage==7.2.1
-cycler==0.11.0
-distlib==0.3.6
-filelock==3.12.2
-fonttools==4.39.4
+contourpy==1.2.1
+coverage==7.5.2
+cycler==0.12.1
+distlib==0.3.8
+filelock==3.14.0
+fonttools==4.52.1
 ghp-import==2.1.0
-identify==2.5.10
-idna==3.4
+identify==2.5.36
+idna==3.7
 iniconfig==2.0.0
-Jinja2==3.1.2
-kiwisolver==1.4.4
-Markdown==3.3.7
-markdown2==2.4.6
-MarkupSafe==2.1.1
-matplotlib==3.6.2
+Jinja2==3.1.4
+kiwisolver==1.4.5
+Markdown==3.6
+markdown2==2.4.13
+MarkupSafe==2.1.5
+matplotlib==3.9.0
 mergedeep==1.3.4
-mkdocs==1.4.2
-mkdocs-material==8.5.11
-mkdocs-material-extensions==1.1.1
-nodeenv==1.7.0
-numpy==1.24.1
-packaging==22.0
-Pillow==9.4.0
+mkdocs==1.6.0
+mkdocs-material==9.5.25
+mkdocs-material-extensions==1.3.1
+nodeenv==1.8.0
+numpy==1.26.4
+packaging==24.0
+Pillow==10.3.0
 pip-upgrade==0.0.6
-platformdirs==2.6.2
-pluggy==1.0.0
-pre-commit==2.20.0
-Pygments==2.15.1
-pymdown-extensions==9.9
-pyparsing==3.0.9
-pytest==7.3.1
-pytest-cov==4.1.0
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
-PyYAML==6.0
+platformdirs==4.2.2
+pluggy==1.5.0
+pre-commit==3.7.1
+Pygments==2.18.0
+pymdown-extensions==10.8.1
+pyparsing==3.1.2
+pytest==8.2.1
+pytest-cov==5.0.0
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
+PyYAML==6.0.1
 pyyaml_env_tag==0.1
-requests==2.31.0
+requests==2.32.2
 six==1.16.0
 toml==0.10.2
-urllib3==1.26.15
-virtualenv==20.17.1
-watchdog==2.2.0
+urllib3==2.2.1
+virtualenv==20.26.2
+watchdog==4.0.1

setup.cfg

@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ ignore =
 profile = black
 [mypy]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
-python_version = 3.8
+python_version = 3.9

setup.py

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ def run(self):
         "Programming Language :: C",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
@@ -69,8 +68,8 @@ def run(self):
         "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
     ],
     use_scm_version=True,
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     extras_require={
-        "cli": ["click==8.0.3"],
+        "cli": ["click==8.1.7"],
     },
 )

umarkdown/__init__.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 --------------
 
 Ultra Markdown is an ultrafast Markdown parser written in
-pure C with bindings for Python3.8+. It internally uses CMark,
+pure C with bindings for Python3.9+. It internally uses CMark,
 an ultrafast C library for parsing Markdown to HTML.
 Unlike others, Ultra Markdown is written using Python's C API
 which makes it ultrafast for parsing Markdown.

umarkdown/_internal.c

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(_internal_markdown_doc, "Converts Markdown to HTML\n \
 ");
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(_internal_doc, "Ultra Markdown is an ultrafast Markdown parser written in\
-pure C with bindings for Python3.8+. It internally uses CMark,\
+pure C with bindings for Python3.9+. It internally uses CMark,\
 an ultrafast C library for parsing Markdown to HTML.\
 Unlike others, Ultra Markdown is written using Python's C API\
 which makes it ultrafast for parsing Markdown.");

umarkdown/cli.py

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def main(
             || Ultra Markdown Command Line Interface ||
             ===========================================
        Ultra Markdown is an ultrafast Markdown parser written in
-          pure C with bindings for Python3.8+. It internally
+          pure C with bindings for Python3.9+. It internally
     uses CMark, an ultrafast C library for parsing Markdown to HTML.
 
     """