Drop Python version 3.8: (End of life=2024-10-07)

Author: shahramn

.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux.yml

@@ -53,14 +53,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: ./scripts/build-linux.sh
 
-      ################################################################
-      - run: ./scripts/wheel-linux.sh 3.8
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        name: Upload wheel 3.8
-        with:
-          name: wheel-manylinux2014-3.8
-          path: wheelhouse/*.whl
-
       # ################################################################
       - run: ./scripts/wheel-linux.sh 3.9
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -108,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: # We don't test 3.6, as it is not supported anymore by github actions
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, platform-builder-Rocky-8.6]
 
@@ -132,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     needs: [test, build]
 

.github/workflows/build-wheel-windows.yml

@@ -60,28 +60,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
           architecture: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
 
       - run: ./scripts/build-windows.sh
         env:
           WINARCH: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
 
 
-    ################################################################
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.8
-          architecture: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
-
-      - run: ./scripts/wheel-windows.sh 3.8
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        name: Upload wheel 3.8
-        with:
-          name: wheel-windows-3.8-${{ matrix.architecture }}
-          path: wheelhouse/*.whl
-
     ################################################################
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.9
@@ -166,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         architecture: ["x64"]
 
     defaults:
@@ -210,7 +196,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         architecture: ["x64"]
 
     steps:

.github/workflows/check-and-publish.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         platform: [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']
         method: ['conda', 'ecmwflibs']
         exclude:
           - platform: macos-latest

Makefile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 PACKAGE := eccodes-python
 IMAGE := $(PACKAGE)-image
 MODULE := eccodes
-PYTHONS := python3.9 python3.8 pypy3
+PYTHONS := python3.9 pypy3
 PYTHON := python
 
 PYTESTFLAGS_TEST := -v --flakes --doctest-glob '*.rst' --cov=$(MODULE) --cov-report=html --cache-clear