Drop Python 3.8 support

Author: LBeaudoux

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4

README.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Lang(name='French', pt1='fr', pt2b='fre', pt2t='fra', pt3='fra', pt5='')
 ```console
 $ pip install iso639-lang
 ```
-`iso639-lang` supports Python 3.8+.  
+`iso639-lang` supports Python 3.9+.  
 
 ## Usage
 

iso639/datafile.py

@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 import json
+from importlib.resources import files
 from typing import Any
 
-try:
-    from importlib.resources import files  # type: ignore[attr-defined, import-not-found]
-except ImportError:
-    # Compatibility for Python <3.9
-    from importlib_resources import files  # type: ignore[no-redef, import-not-found]
-
-
 FILENAMES = {
     "mapping_data": "data/iso-639.json",
     "mapping_scope": "data/iso-639_scope.json",

pyproject.toml

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -26,10 +25,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Localization",
     "Topic :: Text Processing :: Linguistic",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
-dependencies = [
-    "importlib-resources;python_version<'3.9'",
-]
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/LBeaudoux/iso639"