requiring python >= 3.9

Author: kirkbadger18

.github/workflows/python-package.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4

pyproject.toml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ name = "saddleclimb"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "A tiny single-file Python tool"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 authors = [
     { name = "Kirk Badger", email = "kirk_badger@brown.edu" }
 ]
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ dependencies = [
    "ase",
    "scipy",
    "pytest",
-]
+]