drop support for Python 3.8

Author: amorison

.github/workflows/tox.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        py: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        py: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

pyproject.toml

@@ -22,13 +22,12 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "loam>=0.8.0,<0.9.0",
     "f90nml>=1.4.4",

tox.ini

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
 envlist =
-    py38
     py39
     py310
     py311
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ commands =
 
 [gh]
 python =
-    3.8 = py38, mypy
     3.9 = py39, mypy
     3.10 = py310, mypy
     3.11 = py311, mypy