Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into nightly

Author: Overhang.IO

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.12']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}

README.rst

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ The latter command will parse tracking log events from the ``$(tutor config prin
 Adding data to your data lake
 -----------------------------
 
-Tables created in Clickhouse are managed by a lightweight migration system. You can view existing migrations that ship by default with Cairn in the following folder: ``$VIRTUAL_ENV/lib/python3.8/site-packages/tutorcairn/templates/cairn/apps/clickhouse/migrations.d/``.
+Tables created in Clickhouse are managed by a lightweight migration system. You can view existing migrations that ship by default with Cairn in the following folder: ``$VIRTUAL_ENV/lib/python3.9/site-packages/tutorcairn/templates/cairn/apps/clickhouse/migrations.d/``.
 
 You are free to create your own migrations that will automatically be created in Clickhouse every time the ``tutor local launch`` or ``tutor local do init`` commands are run. To do so, as usual in Tutor, you should create a `Tutor plugin <https://docs.tutor.edly.io/plugins.html>`__. This plugin should include the ``CAIRN_MIGRATIONS_FOLDER`` configuration. This setting should point to a template folder, inside the plugin, where migration templates are defined. For instance, assuming you created the "customcairn" plugin::
 

changelog.d/20241107_185222_danyal.faheem_remove_py3_8_reference.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- [Deprecation] Drop support for python 3.8 as it has reached end of life. (by @Danyal-Faheem)

setup.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def load_about():
     long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests*"]),
     include_package_data=True,
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     install_requires=["tutor>=18.0.0,<19.0.0"],
     extras_require={"dev": ["tutor[dev]>=18.0.0,<19.0.0"]},
     entry_points={"tutor.plugin.v1": ["cairn = tutorcairn.plugin"]},
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ def load_about():
         "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3",
         "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",