From 8593357ab03ac0ea9d2d4492830fc6d1438228cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: grossmj <grossmj@gns3.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 18:52:09 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Drop Python 3.8 support

---
 gns3/main.py        | 6 +++---
 gns3/qt/__init__.py | 3 +--
 setup.py            | 7 +++----
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gns3/main.py b/gns3/main.py
index ee549dde..db82469a 100644
--- a/gns3/main.py
+++ b/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))
diff --git a/gns3/qt/__init__.py b/gns3/qt/__init__.py
index 628989cc..b8d54a26 100644
--- a/gns3/qt/__init__.py
+++ b/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)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4d4510b0..0f75f49d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/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",