Get rid of Python 3.8 support

Author: martyanov

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python_version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python_version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
     steps:
     - name: Checkout source repository for Python ${{ matrix.python_version }}
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python_version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python_version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
     steps:
     - name: Checkout source repository for Python ${{ matrix.python_version }}
       uses: actions/checkout@v2

setup.py

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ def _get_long_description():
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ def _get_long_description():
             '**/*',
         ],
     },
-    python_requires='>=3.8.1,<4',
+    python_requires='>=3.9.1,<4',
     setup_requires=[
         'setuptools_scm==6.3.2',
     ],