Require python >= 3.9 (#325)

Python 3.8 is EOL, and the latest python is 3.13, so let's update the
package metadata and the required python version to match that. We are
testing already against python 3.9..3.13 anyway

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ This document is formatted according to the principles of [Keep A CHANGELOG](htt
 ### Added
 - [.NET] Enabled overriding of parser's error-handling
 - [Python] Expose Python public API as package imports ([#352](https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/pull/352))
+- [Python] Added support for Python 3.13
 
 ### Fixed
 - [c] slight update to existing CMakeFiles.txt to propagate VERSION. Close #320 ([#328](https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/pull/328))
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ This document is formatted according to the principles of [Keep A CHANGELOG](htt
 - [.NET] Removed dependency on System.Text.Json and related logic in GherkinDialectProvider
 - [Elixir] Updates dependencies, bumps messages to 27.0.2
 
+### Removed
+- [Python] Dropped support for Python 3.8
+
 ## [30.0.4] - 2024-11-15
 ### Fixed
 - [Python] File gherkin-languages.json was not included as package data

python/pyproject.toml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "gherkin-official"
 version = "30.0.4"
 description = "Gherkin parser (official, by Cucumber team)"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 authors = [
     { name = "Cucumber Ltd and Björn Rasmusson", email = "cukes@googlegroups.com" }
 ]
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "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 :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]