Remove deprecated python 3.8 from build process (#651)

Author: darrylong

.github/workflows/python-package.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest, macos-13, macos-14]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     env:
       LIMIT_NUMPY_VERSION: 2.0.0
       LIMIT_SCIPY_VERSION: 1.13.1
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      if: ${{ (matrix.os != 'macos-14') || ((matrix.os == 'macos-14') && (matrix.python-version != '3.8') && (matrix.python-version != '3.9')) }}
+      if: ${{ (matrix.os != 'macos-14') || ((matrix.os == 'macos-14') && (matrix.python-version != '3.9')) }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       id: pysetup
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         cache: 'pip'
 
-    - name: Setup Python 3.8-3.9 - macos-arm
-      if: ${{ (matrix.os == 'macos-14') && ((matrix.python-version == '3.8') || (matrix.python-version == '3.9')) }}
+    - name: Setup Python 3.9 - macos-arm
+      if: ${{ (matrix.os == 'macos-14') && (matrix.python-version == '3.9') }}
       run: |
         brew update
         brew install python@${{ matrix.python-version }}

.github/workflows/python-publish.yml

@@ -24,20 +24,20 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest, macos-13, macos-14]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      if: ${{ (matrix.os != 'macos-14') || ((matrix.os == 'macos-14') && (matrix.python-version != '3.8') && (matrix.python-version != '3.9')) }}
+      if: ${{ (matrix.os != 'macos-14') || ((matrix.os == 'macos-14') && (matrix.python-version != '3.9')) }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       id: pysetup
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         cache: 'pip'
 
-    - name: Setup Python 3.8-3.9 - macos-arm
-      if: ${{ (matrix.os == 'macos-14') && ((matrix.python-version == '3.8') || (matrix.python-version == '3.9')) }}
+    - name: Setup Python 3.9 - macos-arm
+      if: ${{ (matrix.os == 'macos-14') && (matrix.python-version == '3.9') }}
       run: |
         brew update
         brew install python@${{ matrix.python-version }}