drop Python 3.8

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.10"]
         gromacs-version: ["4.6.5", "2018.6", "2020.6", "2021.1", "2022.4", "2023.1"]
         include:
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            python-version: "3.8"
-            gromacs-version: "2023.1"
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: "3.9"
             gromacs-version: "2023.1"
@@ -49,10 +46,10 @@ jobs:
 
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: mamba environment and package installation
-      uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
+      uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v2
       with:
         environment-file: devtools/conda-envs/test_env.yaml
         condarc: |
@@ -93,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
         pytest -v --durations=20 --cov=mdpow --cov-report=xml --color=yes ./mdpow/tests
 
     - name: Codecov
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
         name: codecov-${{ matrix.os }}-py${{ matrix.python-version }}

CHANGES

@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ Changes
   the old `even="last"` behavior. This change **may lead to small numerical 
   differences in output** (#281)
 * added support for Python 3.10 (#202)
-* dropped testing on Python 3.6 (PR #220, #202)
-* dropped testing on Python 3.7 (minimally supported Python >= 3.8, #248)
+* dropped testing/support for Python 3.8 (#281), 3.7 (#248). 3.6 (PR #220, #202)
 * support Gromacs 2022.4 and 2023.1 (#256)
 * use pymbar >= 4 and alchemlyb >= 2 (#246)
 * for ensemble.EnsembleAnalysis._single_frame() 

setup.py

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
         "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Chemistry",