Remove Python 3.8 References (#363)

* Install newrelic-lambda package from PyPI

* Remove all references to Python 3.8 or 3.7 in code

* Upgrade all dockerfiles to use Python 3.12 instead of 3.8

Author: TimPansino

.github/workflows/publish-python.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       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' ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Check Tag

.github/workflows/python.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 

dockerfiles/Dockerfile.java11

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COPY --chown=newrelic-lambda-layers java java/
 WORKDIR java
 RUN ./publish-layers.sh build-java11
 
-FROM python:3.8
+FROM python:3.12
 
 RUN useradd -m newrelic-lambda-layers
 USER newrelic-lambda-layers

dockerfiles/Dockerfile.java17

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COPY --chown=newrelic-lambda-layers java java/
 WORKDIR java
 RUN ./publish-layers.sh build-java17
 
-FROM python:3.8
+FROM python:3.12
 
 RUN useradd -m newrelic-lambda-layers
 USER newrelic-lambda-layers

dockerfiles/Dockerfile.java21

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COPY --chown=newrelic-lambda-layers java java/
 WORKDIR java
 RUN ./publish-layers.sh build-java21
 
-FROM python:3.8
+FROM python:3.12
 
 RUN useradd -m newrelic-lambda-layers
 USER newrelic-lambda-layers

dockerfiles/Dockerfile.java8al2

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COPY --chown=newrelic-lambda-layers java java/
 WORKDIR java
 RUN ./publish-layers.sh build-java8al2
 
-FROM python:3.8
+FROM python:3.12
 
 RUN useradd -m newrelic-lambda-layers
 USER newrelic-lambda-layers

dockerfiles/Dockerfile.nodejs18

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COPY --chown=newrelic-lambda-layers nodejs nodejs/
 WORKDIR nodejs
 RUN ./publish-layers.sh build-18
 
-FROM python:3.8
+FROM python:3.12
 
 RUN useradd -m newrelic-lambda-layers
 USER newrelic-lambda-layers

dockerfiles/Dockerfile.nodejs20

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COPY --chown=newrelic-lambda-layers nodejs nodejs/
 WORKDIR nodejs
 RUN ./publish-layers.sh build-20
 
-FROM python:3.8
+FROM python:3.12
 
 RUN useradd -m newrelic-lambda-layers
 USER newrelic-lambda-layers

dockerfiles/Dockerfile.nodejs22

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COPY --chown=newrelic-lambda-layers nodejs nodejs/
 WORKDIR nodejs
 RUN ./publish-layers.sh build-22
 
-FROM python:3.8
+FROM python:3.12
 
 RUN useradd -m newrelic-lambda-layers
 USER newrelic-lambda-layers

libBuild.sh

@@ -101,12 +101,6 @@ function layer_name_str() {
     "java21")
       rt_part="Java21"
       ;;
-    "python3.7")
-      rt_part="Python37"
-      ;;
-    "python3.8")
-      rt_part="Python38"
-      ;;
     "python3.9")
       rt_part="Python39"
       ;;
@@ -167,12 +161,6 @@ function s3_prefix() {
     "java11")
       name="java-11"
       ;;
-    "python3.7")
-      name="nr-python3.7"
-      ;;
-    "python3.8")
-      name="nr-python3.8"
-      ;;
     "python3.9")
       name="nr-python3.9"
       ;;
@@ -231,7 +219,7 @@ function agent_name_str() {
         "java8.al2"|"java11"|"java17"|"java21")
             agent_name="Java"
             ;;
-        "python3.8"|"python3.9"|"python3.10"|"python3.11"|"python3.12"|"python3.13")
+        "python3.9"|"python3.10"|"python3.11"|"python3.12"|"python3.13")
             agent_name="Python"
             ;;
         *)