require python >= 3.9, fixes #6315

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: 3.9
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
         pip install flake8
@@ -51,18 +51,15 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-            - os: ubuntu-20.04
-              python-version: '3.8'
-              toxenv: py38-fuse2
             - os: ubuntu-20.04
               python-version: '3.9'
-              toxenv: py39-fuse3
+              toxenv: py39-fuse2
             - os: ubuntu-20.04
               python-version: '3.10'
               toxenv: py310-fuse3
             - os: macos-10.15  # macos-latest is macos 11.6.2 and hanging at test_fuse, #6099
-              python-version: '3.8'
-              toxenv: py38-fuse2
+              python-version: '3.9'
+              toxenv: py39-fuse2
 
     env:
       # Configure pkg-config to use OpenSSL from Homebrew

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         # just fetching 1 commit is not enough for setuptools-scm, so we fetch all
         fetch-depth: 0
-
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.9
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1

Vagrantfile

@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ def packages_freebsd
     pkg install -y fusefs-libs3 || true
     pkg install -y git bash  # fakeroot causes lots of troubles on freebsd
     # for building python (for the tests we use pyenv built pythons):
-    pkg install -y python38 py38-sqlite3 py38-virtualenv py38-pip
+    pkg install -y python39 py39-sqlite3
     # make sure there is a python3 command
-    ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python3.8 /usr/local/bin/python3
+    ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python3.9 /usr/local/bin/python3
+    python3 -m ensurepip
+    pip3 install virtualenv
     # make bash default / work:
     chsh -s bash vagrant
     mount -t fdescfs fdesc /dev/fd
@@ -91,8 +93,6 @@ def packages_netbsd
     pkg_add pkg-config
     # pkg_add fuse  # llfuse supports netbsd, but is still buggy.
     # https://bitbucket.org/nikratio/python-llfuse/issues/70/perfuse_open-setsockopt-no-buffer-space
-    pkg_add python38 py38-sqlite3 py38-pip py38-virtualenv py38-expat
-    ln -s /usr/pkg/lib/python3.8/_sysconfigdata_netbsd9.py /usr/pkg/lib/python3.8/_sysconfigdata__netbsd9_.py  # bug in netbsd 9.2, expected filename not there.
     pkg_add python39 py39-sqlite3 py39-pip py39-virtualenv py39-expat
     ln -s /usr/pkg/bin/python3.9 /usr/pkg/bin/python
     ln -s /usr/pkg/bin/python3.9 /usr/pkg/bin/python3
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ def install_pythons(boxname)
     . ~/.bash_profile
     pyenv install 3.10.0  # tests, version supporting openssl 1.1
     pyenv install 3.9.10  # tests, version supporting openssl 1.1, binary build
-    pyenv install 3.8.0  # tests, version supporting openssl 1.1
     pyenv rehash
   EOF
 end
@@ -228,8 +227,8 @@ def run_tests(boxname, skip_env)
     . ../borg-env/bin/activate
     if which pyenv 2> /dev/null; then
       # for testing, use the earliest point releases of the supported python versions:
-      pyenv global 3.8.0 3.9.10 3.10.0
-      pyenv local 3.8.0 3.9.10 3.10.0
+      pyenv global 3.9.10 3.10.0
+      pyenv local 3.9.10 3.10.0
     fi
     # otherwise: just use the system python
     # some OSes can only run specific test envs, e.g. because they miss FUSE support:
@@ -423,6 +422,6 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     b.vm.provision "run tests", :type => :shell, :privileged => false, :inline => run_tests("openindiana64", ".*fuse.*")
   end
 
-  # TODO: create more VMs with python 3.8+ and openssl 1.1 or 3.0.
+  # TODO: create more VMs with python 3.9+ and openssl 1.1 or 3.0.
   # See branch 1.1-maint for a better equipped Vagrantfile (but still on py35 and openssl 1.0).
 end

docs/development.rst

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Some more advanced examples::
   # verify a changed tox.ini (run this after any change to tox.ini):
   fakeroot -u tox --recreate
 
-  fakeroot -u tox -e py38  # run all tests, but only on python 3.8
+  fakeroot -u tox -e py39  # run all tests, but only on python 3.9
 
   fakeroot -u tox borg.testsuite.locking  # only run 1 test module
 

docs/installation.rst

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Dependencies
 To install Borg from a source package (including pip), you have to install the
 following dependencies first:
 
-* `Python 3`_ >= 3.8.0 (interpreter plus development headers)
+* `Python 3`_ >= 3.9.0, plus development headers.
 * Libraries (library plus development headers):
 
   - OpenSSL_ >= 1.1.1
@@ -395,9 +395,9 @@ If you need to use a different version of Python you can install this using ``py
 
     ...
     # create a virtual environment
-    pyenv install 3.8.0  # minimum, preferably use something more recent!
-    pyenv global 3.8.0
-    pyenv local 3.8.0
+    pyenv install 3.9.0  # minimum, preferably use something more recent!
+    pyenv global 3.9.0
+    pyenv local 3.9.0
     virtualenv --python=${pyenv which python} borg-env
     source borg-env/bin/activate   # always before using!
     ...

setup.py

@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ setup(
         'Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
         'Topic :: Security :: Cryptography',
@@ -287,5 +286,5 @@ setup(
     setup_requires=['setuptools_scm>=1.7'],
     install_requires=install_requires,
     extras_require=extras_require,
-    python_requires='>=3.8',
+    python_requires='>=3.9',
 )

src/borg/archiver.py

@@ -2457,11 +2457,11 @@ class Archiver:
 
         {now}
             The current local date and time, by default in ISO-8601 format.
-            You can also supply your own `format string <https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior>`_, e.g. {now:%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S}
+            You can also supply your own `format string <https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior>`_, e.g. {now:%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S}
 
         {utcnow}
             The current UTC date and time, by default in ISO-8601 format.
-            You can also supply your own `format string <https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior>`_, e.g. {utcnow:%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S}
+            You can also supply your own `format string <https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior>`_, e.g. {utcnow:%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S}
 
         {user}
             The user name (or UID, if no name is available) of the user running borg.
@@ -4300,7 +4300,7 @@ class Archiver:
         +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
         The ``--format`` option uses python's `format string syntax
-        <https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/string.html#formatstrings>`_.
+        <https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/string.html#formatstrings>`_.
 
         Examples:
         ::