[Misc] drop py 3.8 support

.conda/meta.yaml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ build:
 
 requirements:
   host:
-    - python>=3.8, <3.12
+    - python>=3.9, <3.12
     - setuptools
 
   run:

.github/workflows/builds.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        python: ["3.8", "3.9"]
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
           channels: pypdfium2-team,bblanchon,defaults,conda-forge
           channel-priority: strict
       - name: Install dependencies

.github/workflows/demo.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'

.github/workflows/doc-status.yml

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ jobs:
   see-page-build-payload:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
           architecture: x64
       - name: check status
         run: |

.github/workflows/docker.yml

@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Build docker image
-        run: docker build -t doctr-tf-py3.8-slim --build-arg SYSTEM=cpu .
+        run: docker build -t doctr-tf-py3.9-slim --build-arg SYSTEM=cpu .
       - name: Run docker container
-        run: docker run doctr-tf-py3.8-slim python3 -c 'import doctr'
+        run: docker run doctr-tf-py3.9-slim python3 -c 'import doctr'
 
   pytest-api:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python

.github/workflows/public_docker_images.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         # Must match version at https://www.python.org/ftp/python/
-        python: ["3.8.18", "3.9.18", "3.10.13"]
+        python: ["3.9.18", "3.10.13", "3.11.8"]
         framework: ["tf", "torch"]
         system: ["cpu", "gpu"]
 

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
           channels: pypdfium2-team,bblanchon,defaults,conda-forge
           channel-priority: strict
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
       - name: Install package
         shell: bash -el {0}
         run: |

.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.9"
           architecture: x64
       - name: Cache python modules
         uses: actions/cache@v3

.github/workflows/references.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install -e .[torch] --upgrade
       - if: matrix.framework == 'tensorflow'
         name: Benchmark latency (TF)
-        run: python references/recognition/latency_tensorflow.py crnn_vgg16_bn --it 5
+        run: python references/recognition/latency_tensorflow.py crnn_mobilenet_v3_small --it 5
       - if: matrix.framework == 'pytorch'
         name: Benchmark latency (PT)
         run: python references/recognition/latency_pytorch.py crnn_mobilenet_v3_small --it 5
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ jobs:
           unzip toy_detection_set-bbbb4243.zip -d det_set
       - if: matrix.framework == 'tensorflow'
         name: Train for a short epoch (TF)
-        run: python references/detection/train_tensorflow.py --train_path ./det_set --val_path ./det_set db_resnet50 -b 2 --epochs 1
+        run: python references/detection/train_tensorflow.py --train_path ./det_set --val_path ./det_set linknet_resnet18 -b 2 --epochs 1
       - if: matrix.framework == 'pytorch'
         name: Train for a short epoch (PT)
         run: python references/detection/train_pytorch.py ./det_set ./det_set db_mobilenet_v3_large -b 2 --epochs 1
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -408,18 +408,18 @@ jobs:
           pip install -e .[torch] --upgrade
       - if: matrix.framework == 'tensorflow'
         name: Benchmark latency (TF)
-        run: python references/detection/latency_tensorflow.py linknet_resnet18 --it 5 --size 512
+        run: python references/detection/latency_tensorflow.py db_mobilenet_v3_large --it 5 --size 512
       - if: matrix.framework == 'pytorch'
         name: Benchmark latency (PT)
-        run: python references/detection/latency_pytorch.py linknet_resnet18 --it 5 --size 512
+        run: python references/detection/latency_pytorch.py db_mobilenet_v3_large --it 5 --size 512
 
   latency-object-detection:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
         framework: [pytorch]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/scripts.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8", "3.9"]
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
@@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run analysis script
         run: |
           wget https://github.com/mindee/doctr/releases/download/v0.1.0/sample.pdf
-          python scripts/analyze.py sample.pdf --noblock
+          python scripts/analyze.py sample.pdf --noblock --detection db_mobilenet_v3_large
 
   test-detect-text:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8", "3.9"]
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
@@ -97,15 +97,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run detection script
         run: |
           wget https://github.com/mindee/doctr/releases/download/v0.1.0/sample.pdf
-          python scripts/detect_text.py sample.pdf
+          python scripts/detect_text.py sample.pdf --detection db_mobilenet_v3_large
 
   test-evaluate:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8", "3.9"]
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10"]
         framework: [tensorflow, pytorch]
     steps:
       - if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python: ["3.8", "3.9"]
+        python: ["3.9", "3.10"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python

.github/workflows/style.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python: ["3.8"]
+        python: ["3.9"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python

README.md

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ The KIE predictor results per page are in a dictionary format with each key repr
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-Python 3.8 (or higher) and [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/) are required to install docTR.
+Python 3.9 (or higher) and [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/) are required to install docTR.
 
 Since we use [weasyprint](https://weasyprint.org/), you will need extra dependencies if you are not running Linux.
 

api/pyproject.toml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ authors = ["Mindee <[email protected]>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.8.2,<3.11"  # pypdfium2 needs a python version above 3.8.2
+python = ">=3.9,<3.12"
 tensorflow = ">=2.11.0,<2.16.0"  # cf. https://github.com/mindee/doctr/pull/1461
 python-doctr = {git = "https://github.com/mindee/doctr.git", extras = ['tf'], branch = "main" }
 # Fastapi: minimum version required to avoid pydantic error

docs/source/getting_started/installing.rst

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Installation
 ************
 
-This library requires `Python <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_ 3.8 or higher.
+This library requires `Python <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_ 3.9 or higher.
 
 
 Prerequisites

doctr/datasets/datasets/pytorch.py

@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ def _read_sample(self, index: int) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, Any]:
     @staticmethod
     def collate_fn(samples: List[Tuple[torch.Tensor, Any]]) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, List[Any]]:
         images, targets = zip(*samples)
-        images = torch.stack(images, dim=0)
+        images = torch.stack(images, dim=0)  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
-        return images, list(targets)
+        return images, list(targets)  # type: ignore[return-value]
 
 
 class VisionDataset(AbstractDataset, _VisionDataset):  # noqa: D101

doctr/io/image/pytorch.py

@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@ def tensor_from_numpy(npy_img: np.ndarray, dtype: torch.dtype = torch.float32) -
 
 def get_img_shape(img: torch.Tensor) -> Tuple[int, int]:
     """Get the shape of an image"""
-    return img.shape[-2:]
+    return img.shape[-2:]  # type: ignore[return-value]