Version bump to require Python 3.9

Author: peterjc

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}

README.rst

@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ Version History
 ======= ========== ===========================================================
 Version Released   Changes
 ------- ---------- -----------------------------------------------------------
+v0.4.0  *Pending*  - Requires Python 3.9 or later.
 v0.3.1  2025-04-29 - Adds ``RST220`` for redefined anonymous links.
                    - Requires Python 3.8 or later (no code changes).
 v0.3.0  2022-11-16 - Replaced ``setup.py`` with ``pyproject.toml``.

flake8_rst_docstrings.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         re.VERBOSE,
     )
 
-__version__ = "0.3.1"
+__version__ = "0.4.0"
 
 
 rst_prefix = "RST"

pyproject.toml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ classifiers = [
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
   'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only'
 ]
-requires-python = '>=3.8'
+requires-python = '>=3.9'
 dependencies = [
   'flake8>=3',
   'restructuredtext_lint',