Drop Python 3.8 support

gns3/main.py

@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ def main():
     # catch exceptions to write them in a file
     sys.excepthook = exceptionHook
 
-    # we only support Python 3 version >= 3.8
-    if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-        raise SystemExit("Python 3.8 or higher is required")
+    # we only support Python 3 version >= 3.9
+    if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+        raise SystemExit("Python 3.9 or higher is required")
 
     if parse_version(QtCore.QT_VERSION_STR) < parse_version("6.3.1"):
         raise SystemExit("Requirement is PyQt6 version 6.3.1 or higher, got version {}".format(QtCore.QT_VERSION_STR))

gns3/qt/__init__.py

@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ class LogQMessageBox(QtWidgets.QMessageBox):
         Return a logger in the context of the caller
         in order to have the correct information in the log
         """
-        if sys.version_info < (3, 5):
-            return logging.getLogger('qt')
+
         try:
             caller = inspect.stack()[2]
             location = "{}:{}".format(os.path.basename(caller.filename), caller.lineno)

setup.py

@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ import sys
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
 
-# we only support Python 3 version >= 3.8
-if len(sys.argv) >= 2 and sys.argv[1] == "install" and sys.version_info < (3, 8):
-    raise SystemExit("Python 3.8 or higher is required")
+# we only support Python 3 version >= 3.9
+if len(sys.argv) >= 2 and sys.argv[1] == "install" and sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+    raise SystemExit("Python 3.9 or higher is required")
 
 
 class PyTest(TestCommand):
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ setup(
         "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",