Update to setuptools 75.6.0 + drop support for Python 3.8 (#337)

Co-authored-by: Jens Vagelpohl <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 # native support. It works, but is slow.
 #
 # Another major downside: You can't just re-run the job for one part
-# of the matrix. So if there's a transient test failure that hit, say, 3.8,
+# of the matrix. So if there's a transient test failure that hit, say, 3.11,
 # to get a clean run every version of Python runs again. That's bad.
 # https://github.community/t/ability-to-rerun-just-a-single-job-in-a-workflow/17234/65
 
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version:
           - "pypy-3.10"
-          - "3.8"
           - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"
@@ -157,12 +156,12 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.python-version == '3.14'
         run: |
           pip install -U pip
-          pip install -U "setuptools < 74" wheel twine
+          pip install -U "setuptools <= 75.6.0" wheel twine
       - name: Install Build Dependencies
         if: matrix.python-version != '3.14'
         run: |
           pip install -U pip
-          pip install -U "setuptools < 74" wheel twine
+          pip install -U "setuptools <= 75.6.0" wheel twine
 
       - name: Build zope.interface (macOS x86_64)
         if: >
@@ -265,7 +264,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version:
           - "pypy-3.10"
-          - "3.8"
           - "3.9"
           - "3.10"
           - "3.11"

.manylinux-install.sh

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ yum -y install libffi-devel
 
 tox_env_map() {
     case $1 in
-        *"cp38"*) echo 'py38';;
         *"cp39"*) echo 'py39';;
         *"cp310"*) echo 'py310';;
         *"cp311"*) echo 'py311';;
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ tox_env_map() {
 # Compile wheels
 for PYBIN in /opt/python/*/bin; do
     if \
-       [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp38/"* ]] || \
        [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp39/"* ]] || \
        [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp310/"* ]] || \
        [[ "${PYBIN}" == *"cp311/"* ]] || \

.meta.toml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # https://github.com/zopefoundation/meta/tree/master/config/c-code
 [meta]
 template = "c-code"
-commit-id = "baf6089f"
+commit-id = "d1a00d25"
 
 [python]
 with-pypy = true

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ repos:
     - id: autopep8
       args: [--in-place, --aggressive, --aggressive]
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v3.17.0
+    rev: v3.19.0
     hooks:
     - id: pyupgrade
-      args: [--py38-plus]
+      args: [--py39-plus]
   - repo: https://github.com/isidentical/teyit
     rev: 0.4.3
     hooks:

CHANGES.rst

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 7.3 (unreleased)
 ================
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Drop support for Python 3.8.
 
 
 7.2 (2024-11-28)

pyproject.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # https://github.com/zopefoundation/meta/tree/master/config/c-code
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools < 74"]
+requires = ["setuptools <= 75.6.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.coverage.run]

tox.ini

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 minversion = 4.0
 envlist =
     lint
-    py38,py38-pure
     py39,py39-pure
     py310,py310-pure
     py311,py311-pure
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ envlist =
 [testenv]
 pip_pre = py314: true
 deps =
-    setuptools < 74
+    setuptools <= 75.6.0
     Sphinx
 setenv =
     pure: PURE_PYTHON=1
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ description = ensure that the distribution is ready to release
 basepython = python3
 skip_install = true
 deps =
-    setuptools < 74
+    setuptools <= 75.6.0
     twine
     build
     check-manifest