Dropped support for Python 3.8 and 3.9---EOL is october for 3.9

Author: comrumino

.github/workflows/python-app.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python_version: ["3", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13.0-rc.2", "3.14.0-alpha.0"]
+        python_version: ["3", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13.6", "3.14.0-rc.1"]
         RPYC_BIND_THREADS: ["true", "false"]
 
     name: Unittest (${{ matrix.python_version }}, bind_threads=${{ matrix.RPYC_BIND_THREADS }})

docs/docs/advanced-debugging.rst

@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ Let's use `pyenv` to install Python versions under active development. Since dev
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    versions=( 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13.0rc2 3.14-dev)
+    versions=( 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14.0rc1 3.15-dev )
     for ver in ${versions[@]}; do
         pyenv install --force ${ver}
         pyenv global ${ver}
-        pyenv exec pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel plumbum[dev]
+        pyenv exec pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+        pyenv exec pip install --upgrade --pre plumbum
         site="$(pyenv exec python -c 'import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])')"
         printf "${PWD}\n" > "${site}/rpyc.pth"
     done
@@ -31,8 +32,8 @@ Unit tests can be ran using your desired Python version as well.
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    PYENV_VERSION=3.9-dev pyenv exec python -m unittest discover -v -k test_affinity
-    PYENV_VERSION=3.8-dev pyenv exec python -m unittest discover
+    PYENV_VERSION=3.10 pyenv exec python -m unittest discover -v -k test_affinity
+    PYENV_VERSION=3.10 pyenv exec python -m unittest discover
 
 Testing Supported Python Versions via Docker
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pyproject.toml

@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.15",
     "Topic :: Internet",
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Object Brokering",