Merge pull request GazzolaLab#363 from armantekinalp/update_python_ve…

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update: python version of pyelastica and its CI workflow.

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 99
-    target-branch: "update-0.3.1"
+    target-branch: "update-0.3.3"
     versioning-strategy: lockfile-only

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest] #, windows-latest] # Run macos tests if really required, since they charge 10 times more for macos
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           make test
-  report-coverage:  # Report coverage from python 3.8 and mac-os. May change later
+  report-coverage:  # Report coverage from python 3.10 and mac-os. May change later
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8"]
+        python-version: ["3.10"]
         os: [macos-latest]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest

README.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Visit [www.cosseratrods.org][link-project-website] for more information and lear
 ## How to Start
 [![PyPI version][badge-pypi]][link-pypi] [![Documentation Status][badge-docs-status]][link-docs-status]
 
-PyElastica is compatible with Python 3.8 - 3.11.
+PyElastica is compatible with Python 3.10 - 3.11.
 
 ~~~bash
 $ pip install pyelastica

docs/overview/installation.md

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Instruction
 
-PyElastica requires Python 3.8 - 3.11, which needs to be installed prior to using PyElastica. For information on installing Python, see [here](https://realpython.com/installing-python/). If you are interested in using a package manager like Conda, see [here](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/getting-started.html).
+PyElastica requires Python 3.10 - 3.11, which needs to be installed prior to using PyElastica. For information on installing Python, see [here](https://realpython.com/installing-python/). If you are interested in using a package manager like Conda, see [here](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/getting-started.html).
 
 :::{note}
-Python version above 3.8 is tested only in Ubuntu and Mac OS. For Windows 10, some of the dependencies were not yet compatible.
+Python version above 3.10 is tested only in Ubuntu and Mac OS. For Windows 10, some of the dependencies were not yet compatible.
 :::
 
 The easiest way to install PyElastica is with `pip`: