From 383640cb7e060d28a1249d7649b89133eba9e934 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:30:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Drop Python 3.8 support

---
 .github/workflows/test_linux.yml | 2 +-
 README.md                        | 2 +-
 novelwriter/__init__.py          | 4 ++--
 pyproject.toml                   | 3 +--
 setup/debian/control             | 6 +++---
 setup/description_pypi.md        | 2 +-
 setup/launchpad_setup.cfg        | 3 +--
 7 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml
index 2ca682ca..a7228a08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_linux.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
   testLinux:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Python Setup
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a11b89e7..ef16835e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ documentation.
 
 ## Implementation
 
-novelWriter is written with Python 3 (3.8+) using Qt5 and PyQt5 (5.15 only), and is released on
+novelWriter is written with Python 3 (3.9+) using Qt5 and PyQt5 (5.15 only), and is released on
 Linux, Windows and macOS. It can in principle run on any Operating System that also supports Qt,
 PyQt and Python.
 
diff --git a/novelwriter/__init__.py b/novelwriter/__init__.py
index c7ea96b5..d8e3a4f3 100644
--- a/novelwriter/__init__.py
+++ b/novelwriter/__init__.py
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ def main(sysArgs: list | None = None) -> GuiMain | None:
     # Check Packages and Versions
     errorData = []
     errorCode = 0
-    if sys.hexversion < 0x030800f0:
+    if sys.hexversion < 0x030900f0:
         errorData.append(
-            "At least Python 3.8 is required, found %s" % CONFIG.verPyString
+            "At least Python 3.9 is required, found %s" % CONFIG.verPyString
         )
         errorCode |= 0x04
     if CONFIG.verQtValue < 0x050f00:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 84841ec3..d9584cca 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ readme = {file = "setup/description_pypi.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
 license = {text = "GNU General Public License v3"}
 classifiers = [
     "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",
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Natural Language :: English",
     "Topic :: Text Editors",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "pyqt5>=5.15",
     "pyenchant>=3.0.0",
diff --git a/setup/debian/control b/setup/debian/control
index 10481e32..6e5504a2 100644
--- a/setup/debian/control
+++ b/setup/debian/control
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ Source: novelwriter
 Maintainer: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <code@vkbo.net>
 Section: text
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: dh-python, python3-setuptools, python3-all, debhelper (>= 9), python3 (>=3.8), python3-pyqt5 (>= 5.15), python3-enchant (>= 2.0)
+Build-Depends: dh-python, python3-setuptools, python3-all, debhelper (>= 9), python3 (>=3.9), python3-pyqt5 (>= 5.15), python3-enchant (>= 2.0)
 Standards-Version: 4.5.1
 Homepage: https://novelwriter.io
-X-Python3-Version: >= 3.8
+X-Python3-Version: >= 3.9
 
 Package: novelwriter
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, python3 (>=3.8), python3-pyqt5 (>= 5.15), python3-enchant (>= 2.0)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, python3 (>=3.9), python3-pyqt5 (>= 5.15), python3-enchant (>= 2.0)
 Description: A markdown-like text editor for planning and writing novels
  novelWriter is a plain text editor designed for writing novels assembled from
  many smaller text documents. It uses a minimal formatting syntax inspired by
diff --git a/setup/description_pypi.md b/setup/description_pypi.md
index 1bd8cfef..a774e10b 100644
--- a/setup/description_pypi.md
+++ b/setup/description_pypi.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ synchronisation tools. All text is saved as plain text files with a meta data he
 project structure is stored in a single project XML file, and other meta data is primarily saved as
 JSON files.
 
-The application is written with Python 3 (3.8+) using Qt5 and PyQt5 (5.10+). It is developed on
+The application is written with Python 3 (3.9+) using Qt5 and PyQt5 (5.10+). It is developed on
 Linux, but should in principle work fine on other operating systems as well as long as dependencies
 are met. It is regularly tested on Debian and Ubuntu Linux, Windows, and MacOS.
 
diff --git a/setup/launchpad_setup.cfg b/setup/launchpad_setup.cfg
index a2757b71..7917d77f 100644
--- a/setup/launchpad_setup.cfg
+++ b/setup/launchpad_setup.cfg
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ license_files = LICENSE.md
 license = GNU General Public License v3
 classifiers =
     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
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ project_urls =
 
 [options]
 zip_safe = False
-python_requires = >=3.8
+python_requires = >=3.9
 include_package_data = True
 packages = find_namespace:
 install_requires =