Soft-drop py3{8,9}

Author: maldoinc

.github/contributing.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ make lint test
 
 ## Guidelines
 
-- **Python Support**: Target Python 3.8+ compatibility
+- **Python Support**: Target Python 3.10+ compatibility
 - **Dependencies**: No new dependencies without approval
 - **Documentation**: Update docs for user-facing changes
 - **Testing**: Maintain test coverage for new code

.github/workflows/run_all.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}

pyproject.toml

@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Framework :: aiohttp",
     "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",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",