Drop explicit support for python 3.8

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   run_test_site:
     name: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.PACKAGE_MANAGER }}-py${{ matrix.PYTHON_VERSION }}${{ matrix.LABEL }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
     env:
       PIP_ARGS: '-e .'
@@ -25,29 +25,29 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-13", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
-        PYTHON_VERSION: ['3.8', '3.10', '3.12']
+        os: ["ubuntu", "macos", "windows"]
+        PYTHON_VERSION: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.12']
         PACKAGE_MANAGER: [conda, pip]
         # Use only in conda based distribution
         ENVIRONMENT_NAME: ["test_env"]
         TEST_DEPS: ["qtconsole jupyterlab pytest"]
         include:
           # The python version of the base environment will be what comes with
           # the distribution
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
+          - os: ubuntu
             ENVIRONMENT_NAME: ''
             PACKAGE_MANAGER: conda
             TEST_DEPS: 'qtconsole jupyterlab pytest'
             LABEL: _base_env
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
+          - os: ubuntu
             PYTHON_VERSION: '3.13-dev'
             PACKAGE_MANAGER: pip
             TEST_DEPS: 'qtconsole pytest'
-        exclude:
-          # pip on macos doesn't seemt to play well with bash -l {0}, which is
-          # required to use setup-miniconda
-          - os: macos
-            PACKAGE_MANAGER: pip
+          - os: ubuntu
+            ENVIRONMENT_NAME: 'test_env'
+            PYTHON_VERSION: '3.11'
+            PACKAGE_MANAGER: conda
+            TEST_DEPS: 'qtconsole jupyterlab pytest'
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

setup.py

@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
     url="https://github.com/hyperspy/start_jupyter_cm",
     classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",