chore: remove Python 3.8 related code

src/karapace/avro_dataclasses/introspect.py

@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@
 from dataclasses import Field, fields, is_dataclass, MISSING
 from enum import Enum
 from functools import lru_cache
-from typing import Final, Sequence, TYPE_CHECKING, TypeVar, Union
-
-# Note: It's important get_args and get_origin are imported from typing_extensions
-# until support for Python 3.8 is dropped.
-from typing_extensions import get_args, get_origin
+from typing import Final, get_args, get_origin, Sequence, TYPE_CHECKING, TypeVar, Union
 
 import datetime
 import uuid

src/karapace/protobuf/proto_normalizations.py

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 from karapace.protobuf.service_element import ServiceElement
 from karapace.protobuf.type_element import TypeElement
 from karapace.protobuf.type_tree import TypeTree
-from karapace.utils import remove_prefix
 from typing import Sequence
 
 import abc
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ class NormalizedOneOfElement(OneOfElement):
 
 def normalize_type_field_element(type_field: FieldElement, package: str, type_tree: TypeTree) -> NormalizedFieldElement:
     sorted_options = None if type_field.options is None else list(sorted(type_field.options, key=sort_by_name))
-    field_type_normalized = remove_prefix(remove_prefix(type_field.element_type, "."), f"{package}.")
+    field_type_normalized = type_field.element_type.removeprefix(".").removeprefix(f"{package}.")
     reference_in_type_tree = type_tree.type_in_tree(field_type_normalized)
     google_included_type = (
         field_type_normalized in KnownDependency.index_simple or field_type_normalized in KnownDependency.index

src/karapace/protobuf/type_tree.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Sequence
 from karapace.dataclasses import default_dataclass
-from karapace.utils import remove_prefix
 
 import itertools
 
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ def _type_in_tree(tree: TypeTree, remaining_tokens: list[str]) -> TypeTree | Non
         return tree
 
     def type_in_tree(self, queried_type: str) -> TypeTree | None:
-        return TypeTree._type_in_tree(self, remove_prefix(queried_type, ".").split("."))
+        return TypeTree._type_in_tree(self, queried_type.removeprefix(".").split("."))
 
     def expand_missing_absolute_path(self) -> Sequence[str]:
         oldest_import = self.oldest_matching_import()

src/karapace/utils.py

@@ -246,19 +246,6 @@ def log(
             self.logger.exception("Error in logging")
 
 
-def remove_prefix(string: str, prefix: str) -> str:
-    """
-    Not available in python 3.8.
-    """
-    i = 0
-    while i < len(string) and i < len(prefix):
-        if string[i] != prefix[i]:
-            return string
-        i += 1
-
-    return string[i:]
-
-
 def shutdown():
     """
     Send a SIGTERM into the current running application process, which should initiate shutdown logic.

tests/unit/test_utils.py

@@ -3,37 +3,12 @@
 See LICENSE for details
 """
 from _pytest.logging import LogCaptureFixture
-from karapace.utils import remove_prefix, shutdown
+from karapace.utils import shutdown
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import logging
 
 
-def test_remove_prefix_basic() -> None:
-    result = remove_prefix("hello world", "hello ")
-    assert result == "world"
-
-
-def test_remove_prefix_empty_prefix() -> None:
-    result = remove_prefix("hello world", "")
-    assert result == "hello world"
-
-
-def test_remove_prefix_prefix_not_in_string() -> None:
-    result = remove_prefix("hello world", "hey ")
-    assert result == "hello world"
-
-
-def test_remove_prefix_multiple_occurrences_of_prefix() -> None:
-    result = remove_prefix("hello hello world", "hello ")
-    assert result == "hello world"
-
-
-def test_remove_prefix_empty_string() -> None:
-    result = remove_prefix("", "hello ")
-    assert result == ""
-
-
 def test_shutdown(caplog: LogCaptureFixture) -> None:
     with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="karapace.utils"):
         with patch("karapace.utils.signal") as mock_signal: