Merge pull request #23 from eindiran/ei_20240628_python3.8

Enable Python3.8

README.rst

@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ What is `smbus3`
 A drop-in replacement for `smbus2 <https://pypi.org/project/smbus2/>`__,
 `smbus-cffi <https://pypi.org/project/smbus-cffi/>`__, or
 `smbus-python <https://pypi.org/project/smbus/>`__ written in pure
-Python and intended for use with Python 3.9+.
+Python and intended for use with Python 3.8+.
 
 This library was forked from @kplindegaard’s excellent
 `smbus2 <https://github.com/kplindegaard/smbus2>`__. If you need a
-package that works with Python 2.7 - 3.8, smbus2 is the way to go.
+package that works with Python 2.7 - 3.7, smbus2 is the way to go.
 
 
 Introduction
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Currently supported features are:
 -  ``i2c_wr()`` - single write via ``i2c_rdwr``
 -  Get i2c capabilities (``I2C_FUNCS``)
 
-It is developed for Python 3.9+.
+It is developed for Python 3.8+.
 
 More information about updates and general changes are recorded in the
 `change

doc/changelog.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Changelog
 Notable changes to `smbus3 <https://github.com/eindiran/smbus3>`__ are
 recorded here.
 
+[0.5.5] - 2024-06-28
+--------------------
+
+- Enable Python3.8 support
+
 [0.5.4] - 2024-06-14
 --------------------
 

doc/conf.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 release = __version__
 ol_description = (
     "smbus3 is a drop-in replacement for smbus2, smbus-cffi, smbus-python "
-    + "written in pure Python, intended for use with Python 3.9+"
+    + "written in pure Python, intended for use with Python 3.8+"
 )
 gr_category = "Miscellaneous"
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx.

setup.cfg

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = smbus3
 version = 0.5.4
 author = Elliott Indiran
 author_email = [email protected]
-description = smbus3 is a drop-in replacement for smbus2, smbus-cffi, smbus-python written in pure Python, intended for use with Python 3.9+ on Unix-like systems
+description = smbus3 is a drop-in replacement for smbus2, smbus-cffi, smbus-python written in pure Python, intended for use with Python 3.8+ on Unix-like systems
 long_description = file: README.rst, doc/changelog.rst
 long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
 license = MIT
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ classifiers =
     Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
     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
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ classifiers =
 
 [options]
 include_package_data = True
-python_requires = >= 3.9
+python_requires = >= 3.8
 
 [options.package_data]
 * = *.rst, doc/*.rst