Remove py3.8 support

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
-        py: [3.8, 3.9, '3.10', 3.11, 3.12]
+        py: [3.9, '3.10', 3.11, 3.12]
         CC: [ gcc ]
         CXX: [ g++ ]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            py: 3.8
+            py: 3.9
             CC: cc
             CXX: c++
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            py: 3.8
+            py: 3.9
             CC: clang
             CXX: clang++
     steps:

.github/workflows/wheels.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CIBW_ARCHS: "x86_64"
           CIBW_BUILD: "*manylinux*"
-          CIBW_SKIP: cp36* cp37* pp*
+          CIBW_SKIP: cp36* cp37* cp38* pp*
           CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
           CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: pip install -U pybind11-global
           CIBW_BEFORE_TEST: pip install -U pytest pytest-timeout pytest-cov pytest-xdist
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CIBW_ARCHS: "x86_64"
           CIBW_BUILD: "*musllinux*"
-          CIBW_SKIP: cp36* cp37* pp*
+          CIBW_SKIP: cp36* cp37* cp38* pp*
           CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
           CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: >-
             apk add --no-cache jpeg-dev zlib-dev openblas-dev &&
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CIBW_ARCHS: "x86_64"
           CIBW_BUILD: "*macosx*"
-          CIBW_SKIP: cp36* cp37* pp*
+          CIBW_SKIP: cp36* cp37* cp38* pp*
           CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
           CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: >-
             pip install -U pybind11-global &&
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CIBW_ARCHS: "arm64"
           CIBW_BUILD: "*macosx*"
-          CIBW_SKIP: cp36* cp37* pp*
+          CIBW_SKIP: cp36* cp37* cp38* pp*
           CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
           CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: >-
             pip install -U pybind11-global &&

README.rst

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ https://jmeyers314.github.io/batoid/overview.html
 Requirements
 ============
 
-Batoid is known to work on MacOS and linux, using Python version 3.8+, and
+Batoid is known to work on MacOS and linux, using Python version 3.9+, and
 either the clang or gcc compiler with support for c++14.
 
 Installation

setup.py

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
     package_data={'batoid' : ['data/**/*']},
     ext_modules=[CMakeExtension('batoid._batoid')],
     install_requires=['pybind11', 'numpy', 'pyyaml', 'scipy', 'galsim', 'matplotlib', 'astropy'],
-    python_requires='>=3.8',
+    python_requires='>=3.9',
     cmdclass=dict(build_ext=CMakeBuild),
     zip_safe=False,
     include_package_data=True,