further cleanup

.github/workflows/branchbuild.yml

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-13]
 
     steps:

.github/workflows/releasebuild.yml

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
       CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: pytest hypothesis
       CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: pytest {package}/tests
       CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
-      CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: ">=3.8"
+      CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: ">=3.9"
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
       CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: pytest hypothesis
       CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: pytest {package}/tests
       CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
-      CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: ">=3.8"
+      CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: ">=3.9"
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4

README.md

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ RapidFuzz is a fast string matching library for Python and C++, which is using t
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- Python 3.8 or later
+- Python 3.9 or later
 - On Windows the [Visual C++ 2019 redistributable](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads) is required
 
 ## Installation

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "scikit-build-core>=0.10.0",
+    "scikit-build-core>=0.10.1",
     "Cython >=3.0.11, <3.1.0"
 ]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "RapidFuzz"
 dynamic = ["version"]
-requires-python = ">= 3.8"
+requires-python = ">= 3.9"
 authors = [
   {name = "Max Bachmann", email = "[email protected]"},
 ]
 description = "rapid fuzzy string matching"
 readme = "README.md"
 classifiers=[
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-  "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",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
   "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
 ]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/rapidfuzz/RapidFuzz"
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ line-length = 120
 
 [tool.mypy]
 files = ["src"]
-python_version = "3.8"
+python_version = "3.9"
 warn_unused_configs = true
 show_error_codes = true
 enable_error_code = ["ignore-without-code", "redundant-expr", "truthy-bool"]
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ xfail_strict = true
 log_cli_level = "info"
 
 [tool.pylint]
-py-version = "3.8"
+py-version = "3.9"
 
 [tool.pylint.reports]
 output-format = "colorized"

tools/sdist.patch

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ index 517f32d..1e855ed 100644
 @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
  [build-system]
  requires = [
--    "scikit-build-core>=0.10.0",
+-    "scikit-build-core>=0.10.1",
 -    "Cython >=3.0.11, <3.1.0"
-+    "scikit-build-core>=0.10.0"
++    "scikit-build-core>=0.10.1"
  ]
  build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"