drop mypy from the Python 3.8 configuration

Author: mr-c

.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ jobs:
         py-ver-major: [3]
         py-ver-minor: [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
         step: [lint, unit, mypy, bandit]
+        exclude:
+          - step: mypy
+            py-ver-minor: 8
 
     env:
       py-semver: ${{ format('{0}.{1}', matrix.py-ver-major, matrix.py-ver-minor) }}

tox.ini

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ envlist =
   py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-lint,
   py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-unit,
   py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-bandit,
-  py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-mypy,
+  py3{9,10,11,12,13}-mypy,
   py312-lintreadme,
   py312-pydocstyle
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ description =
   py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-unit: Run the unit tests
   py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-lint: Lint the Python code
   py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-bandit: Search for common security issues
-  py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-mypy: Check for type safety
+  py3{9,10,11,12,13}-mypy: Check for type safety
   py312-pydocstyle: docstring style checker
   py312-lintreadme: Lint the README.rst->.md conversion
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ deps =
   py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-lint: flake8-bugbear
   py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-lint: black~=23.1
   py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-bandit: bandit
-  py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-mypy: -rmypy-requirements.txt
+  py3{9,10,11,12,13}-mypy: -rmypy-requirements.txt
 
 set_env =
   py3{8,3,10,11,12,13}-unit: LC_ALL = C.UTF-8
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ commands =
   py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-bandit: bandit --recursive cwltest
   py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-lint: make flake8
   py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-lint: make format-check
-  py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-mypy: make mypy
+  py3{9,10,11,12,13}-mypy: make mypy
 
 allowlist_externals =
   py3{8,9,10,11,12,13}-lint: flake8