Drop support for Python 3.8

Python 3.8 went "end of life" in October 2024 and Fedora 42 dropped
this version already, so the "python" CI job is currently failing.
Thus it's time to drop support for this Python version in QEMU, too.

While we're at it, also look for "python3.13" in the configure script.

Message-ID: <20250425120710.879518-1-thuth@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 000309cf61..40705afdf5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -540,17 +540,17 @@ if test -n "$linux_arch" && ! test -d "$source_path/linux-headers/asm-$linux_arc
 fi
 
 check_py_version() {
-    # We require python >= 3.8.
+    # We require python >= 3.9.
     # NB: a True python conditional creates a non-zero return code (Failure)
-    "$1" -c 'import sys; sys.exit(sys.version_info < (3,8))'
+    "$1" -c 'import sys; sys.exit(sys.version_info < (3,9))'
 }
 
 first_python=
 if test -z "${PYTHON}"; then
     # A bare 'python' is traditionally python 2.x, but some distros
     # have it as python 3.x, so check in both places.
-    for binary in python3 python python3.12 python3.11 \
-                          python3.10 python3.9 python3.8; do
+    for binary in python3 python python3.13 python3.12 python3.11 \
+                          python3.10 python3.9 ; do
         if has "$binary"; then
             python=$(command -v "$binary")
             if check_py_version "$python"; then
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ then
     # If first_python is set, there was a binary somewhere even though
     # it was not suitable.  Use it for the error message.
     if test -n "$first_python"; then
-        error_exit "Cannot use '$first_python', Python >= 3.8 is required." \
+        error_exit "Cannot use '$first_python', Python >= 3.9 is required." \
             "Use --python=/path/to/python to specify a supported Python."
     else
         error_exit "Python not found. Use --python=/path/to/python"
@@ -941,11 +941,11 @@ then
 fi
 
 if ! check_py_version "$python"; then
-  error_exit "Cannot use '$python', Python >= 3.8 is required." \
+  error_exit "Cannot use '$python', Python >= 3.9 is required." \
              "Use --python=/path/to/python to specify a supported Python." \
              "Maybe try:" \
              "  openSUSE Leap 15.3+: zypper install python39" \
-             "  CentOS 8: dnf install python38"
+             "  CentOS: dnf install python3.12"
 fi
 
 # Resolve PATH