[SYNPY-1517] Deprecate Python 3.8 Support

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
 
         # if changing the below change the run-integration-tests versions and the check-deploy versions
         # Make sure that we are running the integration tests on the first and last versions of the matrix
-        python: [3.8, '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             ${{ steps.get-dependencies.outputs.site_packages_loc }}
             ${{ steps.get-dependencies.outputs.site_bin_dir }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('setup.py') }}-v18
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('setup.py') }}-v19
 
       - name: Install py-dependencies
         if: steps.cache-dependencies.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           pytest -sv --cov-append --cov=. --cov-report xml tests/unit
       - name: Check for Secret availability
         id: secret-check
-        if: ${{ contains(fromJSON('["3.8"]'), matrix.python) || contains(fromJSON('["3.12"]'), matrix.python) }}
+        if: ${{ contains(fromJSON('["3.9"]'), matrix.python) || contains(fromJSON('["3.12"]'), matrix.python) }}
         # perform secret check & put boolean result as an output
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
 
         # keep versions consistent with the first and last from the strategy matrix
-        if: ${{ (contains(fromJSON('["3.8"]'), matrix.python) || contains(fromJSON('["3.12"]'), matrix.python)) && steps.secret-check.outputs.secrets_available == 'true'}}
+        if: ${{ (contains(fromJSON('["3.9"]'), matrix.python) || contains(fromJSON('["3.12"]'), matrix.python)) && steps.secret-check.outputs.secrets_available == 'true'}}
         run: |
           # decrypt the encrypted test synapse configuration
           openssl aes-256-cbc -K ${{ secrets.encrypted_d17283647768_key }} -iv ${{ secrets.encrypted_d17283647768_iv }} -in test.synapseConfig.enc -out test.synapseConfig -d
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: set-release-env
         shell: bash
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-12, windows-2022]
 
         # python versions should be consistent with the strategy matrix and the runs-integration-tests versions
-        python: [3.8, '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ copied to forks).
 #### Installing the Python Client in a virtual environment with pipenv
 Perform the following one-time steps to set up your local environment.
 
-1. This package uses Python, if you have not already, please install [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv#installation) to manage your Python versions. Versions supported by this package are all versions >=3.8 and <=3.11. If you do not install `pyenv` make sure that Python and `pip` are installed correctly and have been added to your PATH by running `python3 --version` and `pip3 --version`. If your installation was successful, your terminal will return the versions of Python and `pip` that you installed.  **Note**: If you have `pyenv` it will install a specific version of Python for you.
+1. This package uses Python, if you have not already, please install [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv#installation) to manage your Python versions. Versions supported by this package are all versions >=3.9 and <=3.12. If you do not install `pyenv` make sure that Python and `pip` are installed correctly and have been added to your PATH by running `python3 --version` and `pip3 --version`. If your installation was successful, your terminal will return the versions of Python and `pip` that you installed.  **Note**: If you have `pyenv` it will install a specific version of Python for you.
 
 2. Install `pipenv` by running `pip install pipenv`.
     - If you already have `pipenv` installed, ensure that the version is >=2023.9.8 to avoid compatibility issues.

README.md

@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ or by sending an email to [[email protected]](mailto:python
 Installation
 ------------
 
-The Python Synapse client has been tested on 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11 on Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux and Windows.
+The Python Synapse client has been tested on versions 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12 on Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux and Windows.
 
-**Starting from Synapse Python client version 3.0, Synapse Python client requires Python >= 3.8**
+**Starting from Synapse Python client version 3.0, Synapse Python client requires Python >= 3.9**
 
 ### Install using pip
 

pylintrc

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ prefer-stubs=no
 
 # Minimum Python version to use for version dependent checks. Will default to
 # the version used to run pylint.
-py-version=3.8
+py-version=3.9
 
 # Discover python modules and packages in the file system subtree.
 recursive=no

setup.cfg

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ platforms = any
 classifiers =
     Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
     Programming Language :: Python
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ classifiers =
 zip_safe = False
 include_package_data = True
 packages = find:
-python_requires = >=3.8
+python_requires = >=3.9, <3.13
 install_requires =
     # "requests>=2.22.0,<2.30.0; python_version<'3.10'",
     requests>=2.22.0,<3.0
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ tests =
 
 pandas =
     pandas>=1.5,<3.0
-    numpy<2.0.0
 
 pysftp =
     pysftp>=0.2.8,<0.3

synapseclient/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import importlib.resources
 import json
 
+import importlib_resources
 import requests  # ensure user-agent is set to track Synapse Python client usage
 
 from .activity import Activity
@@ -31,12 +31,9 @@
 from .team import Team, TeamMember, UserGroupHeader, UserProfile
 from .wiki import Wiki
 
-# ref = importlib.resources.files(__name__).joinpath("synapsePythonClient")
-# with ref.open("r") as fp:
-#     __version__ = json.load(fp)["latestVersion"]
-# TODO: switch to the above after python 3.8 is deprecated
-with importlib.resources.path(__name__, "synapsePythonClient") as ref:
-    __version__ = json.load(open(ref))["latestVersion"]
+ref = importlib_resources.files(__name__).joinpath("synapsePythonClient")
+with ref.open("r") as fp:
+    __version__ = json.load(fp)["latestVersion"]
 
 __all__ = [
     # objects

synapseclient/core/version_check.py

@@ -165,12 +165,9 @@ def _version_tuple(version, levels=2):
 
 def _get_version_info(version_url=_VERSION_URL):
     if version_url is None:
-        # ref = importlib_resources.files("synapseclient").joinpath("synapsePythonClient")
-        # with ref.open("r") as fp:
-        #     pkg_metadata = json.loads(fp.read())
-        # TODO: switch to the above after python 3.8 is deprecated
-        with importlib.resources.path(__name__, "synapsePythonClient") as ref:
-            pkg_metadata = json.load(ref)
+        ref = importlib.resources.files("synapseclient").joinpath("synapsePythonClient")
+        with ref.open("r") as fp:
+            pkg_metadata = json.loads(fp.read())
         return pkg_metadata
     else:
         headers = {"Accept": "application/json; charset=UTF-8"}