DEP: Update Python version support to 3.9-3.14

- Drop support for Python 3.8 and below
- Add support for Python 3.13 and 3.14
- Update CI/CD workflows and wheel building
- Update README documentation

Author: jvkersch

.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       run: python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
       env:
         CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 1
-        CIBW_BUILD: "cp38-* cp39-* cp310-* cp311-* cp312-*"
+        CIBW_BUILD: "cp39-* cp310-* cp311-* cp312-* cp313-* cp314-*"
         CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS: "x86_64 arm64"
         CIBW_SKIP: "pp3*"
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2

.github/workflows/run-tests.yaml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 

README.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ running
 ```console
     pip install tmtools
 ```
-Pre-built wheels are available for Linux, macOS, and Windows, for Python 3.6
+Pre-built wheels are available for Linux, macOS, and Windows, for Python 3.9
 and up.
 
 

setup.py

@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ def _read_long_description():
         "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
     ],
     license="GPLv3",