chore: remove py3.8 compatibility

Author: phanak-sap

.github/workflows/python-tests-compatibility.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         lxml-version: ["4.2.6", "4.3.5", "4.4.3", "4.5.2", "4.6.5", "4.7.1", "4.8.0", "4.9.1", "4.9.4", "5.0.1", "5.1.0"]
         exclude:
           - python-version: 3.9

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 
 ### Removed
-- Python 3.7 (long after its EOL) is no longer supported by pyodata. Python 3.8 is now minimal supported version. - Petr Hanak
+- Python 3.8 and Python 3.7 are no longer supported by pyodata. Python 3.9 is now minimal supported version. - Petr Hanak
 
 ## [1.11.1]
 

README.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ details.
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- [Python >= 3.8](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+- [Python >= 3.9](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
 
 ## Download and Installation
 

setup.py

@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ def _read(name):
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',