Core: begin purging py3.8 and py3.9

.github/pyright-config.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   "reportMissingImports": true,
   "reportMissingTypeStubs": true,
 
-  "pythonVersion": "3.8",
+  "pythonVersion": "3.10",
   "pythonPlatform": "Windows",
 
   "executionEnvironments": [

.github/workflows/analyze-modified-files.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         if: env.diff != ''
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.10
 
       - name: "Install dependencies"
         if: env.diff != ''

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ env:
 jobs:
   # build-release-macos: # LF volunteer
 
-  build-win-py38: # RCs will still be built and signed by hand
+  build-win-py310: # RCs will still be built and signed by hand
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.10'
       - name: Download run-time dependencies
         run: |
           Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/Ijwu/Enemizer/releases/download/${Env:ENEMIZER_VERSION}/win-x64.zip -OutFile enemizer.zip

.github/workflows/unittests.yml

@@ -33,13 +33,11 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         python:
-          - {version: '3.8'}
-          - {version: '3.9'}
           - {version: '3.10'}
           - {version: '3.11'}
           - {version: '3.12'}
         include:
-          - python: {version: '3.8'}  # win7 compat
+          - python: {version: '3.10'}  # old compat
             os: windows-latest
           - python: {version: '3.12'}  # current
             os: windows-latest

BaseClasses.py

@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import collections
-import itertools
 import functools
 import logging
 import random
 import secrets
-import typing  # this can go away when Python 3.8 support is dropped
 from argparse import Namespace
 from collections import Counter, deque
 from collections.abc import Collection, MutableSequence
 from enum import IntEnum, IntFlag
 from typing import (AbstractSet, Any, Callable, ClassVar, Dict, Iterable, Iterator, List, Mapping, NamedTuple,
-                    Optional, Protocol, Set, Tuple, Union, Type)
+                    Optional, Protocol, Set, Tuple, Union, TYPE_CHECKING)
 
 from typing_extensions import NotRequired, TypedDict
 
 import NetUtils
 import Options
 import Utils
 
-if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from worlds import AutoWorld
 
 
@@ -229,7 +227,7 @@ def set_options(self, args: Namespace) -> None:
         for player in self.player_ids:
             world_type = AutoWorld.AutoWorldRegister.world_types[self.game[player]]
             self.worlds[player] = world_type(self, player)
-            options_dataclass: typing.Type[Options.PerGameCommonOptions] = world_type.options_dataclass
+            options_dataclass: type[Options.PerGameCommonOptions] = world_type.options_dataclass
             self.worlds[player].options = options_dataclass(**{option_key: getattr(args, option_key)[player]
                                                                for option_key in options_dataclass.type_hints})
 
@@ -972,7 +970,7 @@ class Region:
     entrances: List[Entrance]
     exits: List[Entrance]
     locations: List[Location]
-    entrance_type: ClassVar[Type[Entrance]] = Entrance
+    entrance_type: ClassVar[type[Entrance]] = Entrance
 
     class Register(MutableSequence):
         region_manager: MultiWorld.RegionManager
@@ -1072,7 +1070,7 @@ def get_connecting_entrance(self, is_main_entrance: Callable[[Entrance], bool])
             return entrance.parent_region.get_connecting_entrance(is_main_entrance)
 
     def add_locations(self, locations: Dict[str, Optional[int]],
-                      location_type: Optional[Type[Location]] = None) -> None:
+                      location_type: Optional[type[Location]] = None) -> None:
         """
         Adds locations to the Region object, where location_type is your Location class and locations is a dict of
         location names to address.

ModuleUpdate.py

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 import warnings
 
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 8, 6):
-    raise RuntimeError("Incompatible Python Version. 3.8.7+ is supported.")
+if sys.version_info < (3, 10, 15):
+    raise RuntimeError("Incompatible Python Version. 3.10.15+ is supported.")
 
 # don't run update if environment is frozen/compiled or if not the parent process (skip in subprocess)
 _skip_update = bool(getattr(sys, "frozen", False) or multiprocessing.parent_process())

Utils.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def as_simple_string(self) -> str:
         return ".".join(str(item) for item in self)
 
 
-__version__ = "0.5.1"
+__version__ = "0.6.0"
 version_tuple = tuplize_version(__version__)
 
 is_linux = sys.platform.startswith("linux")

WebHost.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from flask import Flask
 
-Utils.local_path.cached_path = os.path.dirname(__file__) or "."  # py3.8 is not abs. remove "." when dropping 3.8
+Utils.local_path.cached_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 settings.no_gui = True
 configpath = os.path.abspath("config.yaml")
 if not os.path.exists(configpath):  # fall back to config.yaml in home

WebHostLib/requirements.txt

@@ -5,7 +5,5 @@ waitress>=3.0.0
 Flask-Caching>=2.3.0
 Flask-Compress>=1.15
 Flask-Limiter>=3.8.0
-bokeh>=3.1.1; python_version <= '3.8'
-bokeh>=3.4.3; python_version == '3.9'
-bokeh>=3.5.2; python_version >= '3.10'
+bokeh>=3.5.2
 markupsafe>=2.1.5

docs/contributing.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ game contributions:
 * **Do not introduce unit test failures/regressions.**
   Archipelago supports multiple versions of Python. You may need to download older Python versions to fully test
   your changes. Currently, the oldest supported version
-  is [Python 3.8](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-380/).
+  is [Python 3.10](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-31015/).
   It is recommended that automated github actions are turned on in your fork to have github run unit tests after
   pushing.
   You can turn them on here:  

docs/running from source.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use that version. These steps are for developers or platforms without compiled r
 ## General
 
 What you'll need:
- * [Python 3.8.7 or newer](https://www.python.org/downloads/), not the Windows Store version
+ * [Python 3.10.15 or newer](https://www.python.org/downloads/), not the Windows Store version
    * Python 3.12.x is currently the newest supported version
  * pip: included in downloads from python.org, separate in many Linux distributions
  * Matching C compiler

kvui.py

@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@
 
     # kivy 2.2.0 introduced DPI awareness on Windows, but it makes the UI enter an infinitely recursive re-layout
     # by setting the application to not DPI Aware, Windows handles scaling the entire window on its own, ignoring kivy's
-    try:
-        ctypes.windll.shcore.SetProcessDpiAwareness(0)
-    except FileNotFoundError:  # shcore may not be found on <= Windows 7
-        pass  # TODO: remove silent except when Python 3.8 is phased out.
+    ctypes.windll.shcore.SetProcessDpiAwareness(0)
 
 os.environ["KIVY_NO_CONSOLELOG"] = "1"
 os.environ["KIVY_NO_FILELOG"] = "1"

setup.py

@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ def find_lib(lib, arch, libc):
             "excludes": ["numpy", "Cython", "PySide2", "PIL",
                          "pandas"],
             "zip_include_packages": ["*"],
-            "zip_exclude_packages": ["worlds", "sc2", "orjson"],  # TODO: remove orjson here once we drop py3.8 support
+            "zip_exclude_packages": ["worlds", "sc2"],
             "include_files": [],  # broken in cx 6.14.0, we use more special sauce now
             "include_msvcr": False,
             "replace_paths": ["*."],

worlds/__init__.py

@@ -66,19 +66,12 @@ def load(self) -> bool:
             start = time.perf_counter()
             if self.is_zip:
                 importer = zipimport.zipimporter(self.resolved_path)
-                if hasattr(importer, "find_spec"):  # new in Python 3.10
-                    spec = importer.find_spec(os.path.basename(self.path).rsplit(".", 1)[0])
-                    assert spec, f"{self.path} is not a loadable module"
-                    mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
-                else:  # TODO: remove with 3.8 support
-                    mod = importer.load_module(os.path.basename(self.path).rsplit(".", 1)[0])
-
-                if mod.__package__ is not None:
-                    mod.__package__ = f"worlds.{mod.__package__}"
-                else:
-                    # load_module does not populate package, we'll have to assume mod.__name__ is correct here
-                    # probably safe to remove with 3.8 support
-                    mod.__package__ = f"worlds.{mod.__name__}"
+                spec = importer.find_spec(os.path.basename(self.path).rsplit(".", 1)[0])
+                assert spec, f"{self.path} is not a loadable module"
+                mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+
+                mod.__package__ = f"worlds.{mod.__package__}"
+
                 mod.__name__ = f"worlds.{mod.__name__}"
                 sys.modules[mod.__name__] = mod
                 with warnings.catch_warnings():

worlds/hk/Extractor.py

@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@
 
 import jinja2
 
-try:
-    from ast import unparse
-except ImportError:
-    # Py 3.8 and earlier compatibility module
-    from astunparse import unparse
+from ast import unparse
 
 from Utils import get_text_between