Drop support for Python 3.8

faker/providers/address/en_IN/__init__.py

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
-from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
-
 from faker.providers.address import Provider as AddressProvider
 
-Range: TypeAlias = Tuple[int, int]
+Range = Tuple[int, int]
 
 
 class Provider(AddressProvider):

faker/providers/ssn/es_MX/__init__.py

@@ -8,15 +8,10 @@
 import random
 import string
 
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Literal, Optional
 
 from .. import Provider as BaseProvider
 
-try:
-    from typing import Literal  # type: ignore
-except ImportError:
-    from typing_extensions import Literal  # type: ignore
-
 
 ALPHABET = string.ascii_uppercase
 ALPHANUMERIC = string.digits + ALPHABET

faker/typing.py

@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 import dataclasses
 
+from collections import OrderedDict as OrderedDictType
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
 from typing import Sequence, Union
 
-try:
-    from typing import List, Literal, TypeVar  # type: ignore
-except ImportError:
-    from typing import List
-
-    from typing_extensions import Literal, TypeVar  # type: ignore
-
-from collections import OrderedDict as OrderedDictType
+from typing import List, Literal, TypeVar
 
 
 class CreditCard:

setup.py

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
         "Environment :: Console",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -68,9 +67,8 @@
     },
     platforms=["any"],
     zip_safe=zip_safe,
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     install_requires=[
         "python-dateutil>=2.4",
-        "typing_extensions",
     ],
 )