Drop support for python 3.8, in line with protozfits (see https://git…

…lab.cta-observatory.org/cta-computing/common/protozfits-python/-/commit/bf475ba48ecb3a443023ef667f409d588af17fc6) (#109)

Co-authored-by: Jean-Philippe Lenain <jlenain@in2p3.fr>

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
         ctapipe-version: [v0.19.3]
         install-method: [ "mamba", "pip" ]
 

.github/workflows/deploy-pypi.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |

README.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ mamba create -n nectarchain -c conda-forge nectarchain
 `nectarchain` can also be manually installed as a PyPI package, albeit following specific requirements which are automatically accounted for through a `conda`/`mamba` installation.
 
 ```shell
-mamba create -n nectarchain python=3.8
+mamba create -n nectarchain python=3.11
 mamba activate nectarchain
 pip install nectarchain
 ```

pyproject.toml

@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11"
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "ctapipe~=0.19",
     "ctapipe-io-nectarcam",