Remove python 3.8 support

python 3.8 is EOF since 2024-10-07
1. Stop testing it
2. Stop building wheels
3. Remove from `pyproject.toml`

Author: dkropachev

.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         java-version: [8]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         event_loop_manager: ["libev", "asyncio", "asyncore"]
         exclude:
           - python-version: "3.12"

.github/workflows/lib-build-and-push.yml

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "CIBW_TEST_COMMAND=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV;
           echo "CIBW_TEST_COMMAND_WINDOWS=(exit 0)" >> $GITHUB_ENV;
           echo "CIBW_TEST_SKIP=*" >> $GITHUB_ENV;
-          echo "CIBW_SKIP=cp2* cp36* pp36* cp37* pp37* *i686 *musllinux*" >> $GITHUB_ENV;
+          echo "CIBW_SKIP=cp2* cp36* pp36* cp37* pp37* pp38* *i686 *musllinux*" >> $GITHUB_ENV;
           echo "CIBW_BUILD=cp3* pp3*" >> $GITHUB_ENV;
           echo "CIBW_BEFORE_TEST=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV;
           echo "CIBW_BEFORE_TEST_WINDOWS=(exit 0)" >> $GITHUB_ENV;

pyproject.toml

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ classifiers = [
     'Natural Language :: English',
     'Operating System :: OS Independent',
     'Programming Language :: Python',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',