Remove py38

Author: fealho

.github/workflows/integration.yml

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       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']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: '3.8'
+            python-version: '3.9'
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: '3.13'
     steps:

.github/workflows/minimum.yml

@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       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']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         include:
           - os: macos-13
-            python-version: '3.8'
+            python-version: '3.9'
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: '3.13'
     steps:

.github/workflows/readme.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       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']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]  # skip windows bc rundoc fails
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/unit.yml

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       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']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: '3.8'
+            python-version: '3.9'
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: '3.13'
     steps:

pyproject.toml

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ classifiers = [
     'License :: Free for non-commercial use',
     'Natural Language :: English',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ classifiers = [
 keywords = ['ctgan', 'CTGAN']
 dynamic = ['version']
 license = { text = 'BSL-1.1' }
-requires-python = '>=3.8,<3.14'
+requires-python = '>=3.9,<3.14'
 readme = 'README.md'
 dependencies = [
     "numpy>=1.21.0;python_version<'3.10'",