Drop support for Python 3.8 and raise setuptools version to 77.0

Author: gvalkov

.github/workflows/install.yaml

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            python-version: "3.8"
+            python-version: "3.9"
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+1.9.3 (Feb 05, 2025)
+====================
+
+- Fix several memory leaks in ``input.c``.
+
+- Raise the minimum supported Python version to 3.9 and the setuptools version to 77.0.
+
 
 1.9.2 (May 01, 2025)
 ====================

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=77.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "Bindings to the Linux input handling subsystem"
 keywords = ["evdev", "input", "uinput"]
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 authors = [
   { name="Georgi Valkov", email="georgi.t.valkov@gmail.com" },
 ]