Drop support for Python 3.8

Author: mdmintz

seleniumbase/fixtures/base_case.py

@@ -7337,21 +7337,6 @@ def get_pdf_text(
             with pip_find_lock:
                 with suppress(Exception):
                     shared_utils.make_writable(constants.PipInstall.FINDLOCK)
-                if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
-                    # Fix bug in newer cryptography for Python 3.7 and 3.8:
-                    # "pyo3_runtime.PanicException: Python API call failed"
-                    try:
-                        import cryptography
-                        if cryptography.__version__ != "39.0.2":
-                            del cryptography  # To get newer ver
-                            shared_utils.pip_install(
-                                "cryptography", version="39.0.2"
-                            )
-                            import cryptography
-                    except Exception:
-                        shared_utils.pip_install(
-                            "cryptography", version="39.0.2"
-                        )
                 try:
                     from pdfminer.high_level import extract_text
                 except Exception:

setup.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """Setup steps for installing SeleniumBase dependencies and plugins.
-(Uses selenium 4.x and is compatible with Python 3.8+)"""
+(Uses selenium 4.x and is compatible with Python 3.9+)"""
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages  # noqa: F401
 import os
 import sys
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@
         "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
         "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",