Merge branch 'main' into test-python314

Author: gaborbernat

.github/workflows/check.yaml

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ jobs:
           - "3.11"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.9"
-          - "3.8"
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
           - windows-latest

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: validate-pyproject
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.11.7"
+    rev: "v0.11.9"
     hooks:
       - id: ruff-format
       - id: ruff

docs/changelog/3527.feature.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Drop support for EOL Python 3.8.

docs/installation.rst

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Installation
 As tool
 --------
 
-:pypi:`tox` is a CLI tool that needs a Python interpreter (version 3.7 or higher) to run. We recommend either
+:pypi:`tox` is a CLI tool that needs a Python interpreter (version 3.9 or higher) to run. We recommend either
 :pypi:`pipx` or  :pypi:`uv` to install tox into an isolated environment. This has the added benefit that later you'll
 be able to upgrade tox without affecting other parts of the system. We provide method for ``pip`` too here but we
 discourage that path if you can:
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Python and OS Compatibility
 
 tox works with the following Python interpreter implementations:
 
-- `CPython <https://www.python.org/>`_ versions 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
+- `CPython <https://www.python.org/>`_ versions 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
 
 This means tox works on the latest patch version of each of these minor versions. Previous patch versions are supported
 on a best effort approach.

pyproject.toml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ maintainers = [
 authors = [
   { name = "Bernát Gábor", email = "gaborjbernat@gmail.com" },
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
   "Framework :: tox",
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
   "Operating System :: POSIX",
   "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",

tox.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 requires = ["tox>=4.24.1"]
-env_list = ["fix", "3.14", "3.13", "3.12", "3.11", "3.10", "3.9", "3.8", "cov", "type", "docs", "pkg_meta"]
+env_list = ["fix", "3.14", "3.13", "3.12", "3.11", "3.10", "3.9", "cov", "type", "docs", "pkg_meta"]
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 
 [env_run_base]