drop python 3.8 (#3630)

Co-authored-by: Tess Hayes <stress-tess@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/CI.yml

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
     container:
       image: chapel/chapel:2.1.0
     steps:
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
     container:
       image: chapel/chapel:2.1.0
     steps:

arkouda-env-dev.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
   - defaults
 dependencies:
-  - python>=3.8,<3.12.4   # minimum 3.8
+  - python>=3.9,<3.12.4   # minimum 3.9
   - numpy>=1.24.1,<2.0
   - pandas>=1.4.0,!=2.2.0
   - pyzmq>=20.0.0

arkouda-env.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
   - defaults
 dependencies:
-  - python>=3.8,<3.12.4   # minimum 3.8
+  - python>=3.9,<3.12.4   # minimum 3.9
   - numpy>=1.24.1,<2.0
   - pandas>=1.4.0,!=2.2.0
   - pyzmq>=20.0.0

pydoc/requirements.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # dependencies
-python>=3.8,<3.12.4
+python>=3.9,<3.12.4
 numpy>=1.24.1,<2.0
 pandas>=1.4.0,!=2.2.0
 pyzmq>=20.0.0

pydoc/setup/REQUIREMENTS.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The installation instructions for the dependencies listed here may vary dependin
 - `cmake>=3.13.4`
 - `zeromq>=4.2.5`
 - `hdf5`
-- `python>=3.8`
+- `python>=3.9`
 - `iconv`
 - `idn2`
 - `Arrow`
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The installation instructions for the dependencies listed here may vary dependin
 
 The following python packages are required by the Arkouda client package.
 
-- `python>=3.8,<3.12.4`
+- `python>=3.9,<3.12.4`
 - `numpy>=1.24.1,<2.0`
 - `pandas>=1.4.0,!=2.2.0`
 - `pyzmq>=20.0.0`

setup.py

@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
         # These classifiers are *not* checked by 'pip install'. See instead
         # 'python_requires' below.
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     ],
     # This field adds keywords for your project which will appear on the
     # project page. What does your project relate to?
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@
     # and refuse to install the project if the version does not match. If you
     # do not support Python 2, you can simplify this to '>=3.5' or similar, see
     # https://packaging.python.org/guides/distributing-packages-using-setuptools/#python-requires
-    python_requires=">=3.8,<3.12.4",
+    python_requires=">=3.9,<3.12.4",
     # This field lists other packages that your project depends on to run.
     # Any package you put here will be installed by pip when your project is
     # installed, so they must be valid existing projects.