build: remove support for python 3.8

Jenkinsfile

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ library identifier: 'JenkinsPythonHelperLibrary@2024.7.0', retriever: modernSCM(
    ])
 
 SONARQUBE_CREDENTIAL_ID = 'sonarcloud_token'
-SUPPORTED_MAC_VERSIONS = ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
-SUPPORTED_LINUX_VERSIONS = ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
-SUPPORTED_WINDOWS_VERSIONS = ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+SUPPORTED_MAC_VERSIONS = ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+SUPPORTED_LINUX_VERSIONS = ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+SUPPORTED_WINDOWS_VERSIONS = ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
 def installCerts(cacheLocation){
     def cachedFile = "${cacheLocation}\\roots.sst".replaceAll(/\\\\+/, '\\\\')

ci/docker/linux/tox/apt-packages.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-python3.8-venv
-python3.8-dev
 python3-pip
 python3.9-dev
 python3.9-venv

ci/docker/shared/chocolatey/Install-Python.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+param (
+    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+    [string]$XmlFilePath
+)
+choco.exe install -y --stoponfirstfailure --no-progress --verbose $XmlFilePath
+refreshenv ;
+
+try {
+    # Attempt to load the XML file
+    [xml]$xmlContent = Get-Content -Path $XmlFilePath -ErrorAction Stop
+
+    if ($xmlContent.SelectNodes("//packages")) {
+        # Iterate over each <package> within <packages>
+        foreach ($package in $xmlContent.packages.package) {
+            Write-Host "Testing version for $($package.id)"
+            if ($package.id -match "python(\d)(\d+)")
+            {
+                $majorVersion = $matches[1]
+                $minorVersion = $matches[2]
+                $formattedVersion = "$majorVersion.$minorVersion"
+                py -$formattedVersion --version
+            }
+            Write-Host "-----------------------------"
+        }
+    } else {
+        Write-Host "The XML file does not contain any <packages> tags."
+    }
+}
+catch {
+    Write-Host "The file $XmlFilePath does not exist or could not be loaded."
+    exit
+}

ci/docker/shared/chocolatey/python.xml

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-    <package id="python38"/>
     <package id="python39"/>
     <package id="python310"/>
     <package id="python311"/>

ci/docker/windows/tox/Dockerfile

@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ RUN Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; `
     Remove-Item -Force -Recurse ${Env:TEMP}\*
 
 
-FROM BASE_BUILDER as CHOCOLATEY_BASE
+FROM BASE_BUILDER AS CHOCOLATEY_BASE
 ARG CHOCOLATEY_SOURCE=https://chocolatey.org/api/v2
 ARG ChocolateyEnvironmentDebug=false
-ADD ci/docker/shared/chocolatey/install_choco.ps1 choco/install_choco.ps1
+COPY ci/docker/shared/chocolatey/install_choco.ps1 choco/install_choco.ps1
 RUN Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; `
     ./choco/install_choco.ps1 -packageRepo $env:CHOCOLATEY_SOURCE ; `
     if( -not ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Env:CHOCOLATEY_SOURCE ))) `
@@ -56,20 +56,14 @@ RUN Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; `
     Remove-Item -Force -Recurse ${Env:TEMP}\*
 
 
-ADD ci/docker/shared/chocolatey/python.xml choco/python.config
-RUN C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\choco.exe install -y --stoponfirstfailure --no-progress --verbose choco/python.config ;`
+COPY ci/docker/shared/chocolatey/python.xml python.config
+COPY ci/docker/shared/chocolatey/Install-Python.ps1 c:/choco/Install-Python.ps1
+RUN c:/choco/Install-Python.ps1 choco/python.config ;`
     Remove-Item C:\Users\ContainerAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey -Recurse ; `
-    refreshenv ; `
     Remove-Item -Force -Recurse ${Env:TEMP}\* ; `
-    py --list ;`
-    py -3.8 --version ; `
-    py -3.9 --version ; `
-    py -3.10 --version ; `
-    py -3.11 --version ; `
-    py -3.12 --version ; `
     Write-Host "Installing Python with Chocolatey - Done"
 
-ADD ci/docker/shared/chocolatey/packages.config choco/packages.config
+COPY ci/docker/shared/chocolatey/packages.config choco/packages.config
 RUN C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\choco.exe sources ; `
     C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\choco.exe install -y --stoponfirstfailure --no-progress --verbose choco/packages.config ;`
     Remove-Item C:\Users\ContainerAdministrator\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey -Recurse ; `
@@ -83,7 +77,7 @@ RUN C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\choco.exe sources ; `
 
 
 # ==============================================================================
-FROM CHOCOLATEY_BASE as CONAN_BUILDER
+FROM CHOCOLATEY_BASE AS CONAN_BUILDER
 ARG PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL
 ARG CONAN_USER_HOME
 ARG PIP_INDEX_URL

pyproject.toml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ classifiers = [
     'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
 ]
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = { file="LICENSE"}
 description = "Image to text processing using Google Tesseract"
 maintainers = [
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ build-frontend = "build"
 skip = [
     "cp36-*",
     "cp37-*",
+    "cp38-*",
     "pp*",
     "*-win32",
     "*-musllinux*",