Merge pull request #2677 from locustio/drop-support-for-Python-3.8

Drop support for Python 3.8

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ jobs:
           - { name: "3.11", python: "3.11", os: ubuntu-latest, tox: py311 }
           - { name: "3.10", python: "3.10", os: ubuntu-latest, tox: py310 }
           - { name: "3.9", python: "3.9", os: ubuntu-latest, tox: py39 }
-          - { name: "3.8", python: "3.8", os: ubuntu-latest, tox: py38 }
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3

pyproject.toml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "locust"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
 description = "Developer friendly load testing framework"
 dynamic = ["version"]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "gevent >=22.10.2",
     "flask >=2.0.0",
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -104,8 +103,15 @@ locust = "locust.main:main"
 [tool.mypy]
 # missing type stubs
 ignore_missing_imports = true
-python_version = "3.8"
+python_version = "3.9"
 
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]]
 module = ["locust.dispatch"]
 no_strict_optional = true
+
+[tool.pyright]
+exclude = [
+    "locust/test",
+]
+reportOptionalMemberAccess = "none"
+analyzeUnannotatedFunctions = false

tox.ini

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ skipsdist = True
 envlist =
     ruff
     mypy
-    py{38,39,310,311,312}
+    py{39,310,311,312}
     fail_fast_test_main
 
 [testenv]