drop support for python 3.8

Author: Jaquier Aurélien Tristan

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         include:
           - os: macos-12
             python-version: "3.10"

README.rst

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ News
 Requirements
 ============
 
-* `Python 3.8+ <https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-380/>`_
+* `Python 3.9+ <https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-390/>`_
 * `Pip <https://pip.pypa.io>`_ (installed by default in newer versions of Python)
 * `Neuron 7.4+ <http://neuron.yale.edu/>`_ (compiled with Python support)
 * `eFEL eFeature Extraction Library <https://github.com/BlueBrain/eFEL>`_ (automatically installed by pip)

setup.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 ]
 
 EXTRA_ARBOR = [
-    'arbor>=0.7',
+    'arbor>=0.10',
 ]
 
 setuptools.setup(

tox.ini

@@ -4,15 +4,14 @@ minversion = 4
 
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-    3.8: py3
     3.9: py3
     3.10: py3
     3.11: py3
     3.12: py3
 
 [testenv]
 envdir =
-    py3{8,9,10,11,}{-unit,-functional,-style,-syntax}: {toxworkdir}/py3
+    py3{9,10,11,12,}{-unit,-functional,-style,-syntax}: {toxworkdir}/py3
     docs: {toxworkdir}/docs
 extras = tests
 deps =
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ commands =
     functional: pytest --cov=bluepyopt {[testenv]coverage_options} bluepyopt/tests -m neuroml
 
 [testenv:docs]
-basepython = python3.8
+basepython = python3.9
 changedir = docs
 deps =
     sphinx