[Core] Drop Python 3.8 support (#40831)

Signed-off-by: Paul Van Eck <[email protected]>

Author: pvaneck

sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 1.33.1 (Unreleased)
+## 1.34.0 (Unreleased)
 
 ### Features Added
 
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 ### Other Changes
 
+- Python 3.8 is no longer supported. Please use Python version 3.9 or later.
+
 ## 1.33.0 (2025-04-03)
 
 ### Features Added

sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/_version.py

@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 # regenerated.
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-VERSION = "1.33.1"
+VERSION = "1.34.0"

sdk/core/azure-core/setup.py

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@
     package_data={
         "pytyped": ["py.typed"],
     },
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     install_requires=[
         "requests>=2.21.0",
         "six>=1.11.0",