dropping django 1.8 and 1.9 test support

.travis.yml

@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 language: python
 python:
  - "2.7"
- - "3.3"
  - "3.4"
  - "3.5"
  - "3.6"
 env:
   matrix:
-   - DJANGO="Django<1.9"
-   - DJANGO="Django<1.10"
    - DJANGO="Django<1.11"
    - DJANGO="Django<2"
    - DJANGO="Django<2.1"
@@ -17,20 +14,8 @@ install:
  - pip install .
 matrix:
   exclude:
-    - python: "3.3"
-      env: DJANGO="Django<1.10"
-    - python: "3.3"
-      env: DJANGO="Django<1.11"
-    - python: "3.3"
-      env: DJANGO="Django<2.0"
-    - python: "3.3"
-      env: DJANGO="Django<2.1"
     - python: "2.7"
       env: DJANGO="Django<2.1"
-    - python: "3.6"
-      env: DJANGO="Django<1.9"
-    - python: "3.6"
-      env: DJANGO="Django<1.10"
     - python: "3.6"
       env: DJANGO="Django<1.11"
 branches:

docs/release-notes.rst

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
+1.8.1 (2017-12-20)
+==============
+
+* Dropped support for Django 1.8 and 1.9 (in keeping with Django Rest Framework's support)
+* Expanded test coverage for Django 1.11 and Django 2.0
+
 1.8 (2016-09-04)
 ==============
 

tox.ini

@@ -4,17 +4,13 @@ addopts=--tb=short
 [tox]
 skipsdist = True
 envlist =
-       {py27,py33,py34,py35}-django18,
-       {py27,py34,py35}-django19,
        {py27,py34,py35}-django110,
        {py27,py34,py35,py36}-django111,
        {py34,py35,py36}-django20
 
 [testenv]
 commands = python manage.py test 
 deps =
-        django18: Django>=1.8, <1.9
-        django19: Django>=1.9, <1.10
         django110: Django>=1.10, <1.11
         django111: Django>=1.11, <2.0
         django20: Django>=2.0
@@ -23,7 +19,4 @@ basepython =
     py36: python3.6
     py35: python3.5
     py34: python3.4
-    py33: python3.3
-    py32: python3.2
     py27: python2.7
-