DEP: Drop Python 3.8 support

.github/workflows/mypy.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
   mypy:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.11", "3.12"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python: 
-          - ['3.8', cp38] 
           - ['3.9', cp39]
           - ['3.10', cp310]
           - ['3.11', cp311]
@@ -26,8 +25,6 @@ jobs:
           - [macos-13, macosx_x86_64]  # macos-13 is the last x86-64 runner
           - [macos-latest, macosx_arm64]  # macos-latest is always arm64 going forward
         exclude:
-          - os_arch: [macos-latest, macosx_arm64]
-            python: ['3.8', cp38]
           - os_arch: [macos-latest, macosx_arm64]
             python: ['3.9', cp39]
     env:

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -18,15 +18,13 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 15
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: "3.10"
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: 3.12
-          - os: windows-latest
-            python-version: 3.8
           - os: windows-latest
             python-version: 3.12
 

README.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Detailed documentation for [XTGeo at Read _the_ Docs](https://xtgeo.readthedocs.
 
 ## Feature summary
 
--   Python 3.8+ support
+-   Python 3.9+ support
 -   Focus on high speed, using numpy and pandas with C backend
 -   Regular surfaces, i.e. 2D maps with regular sampling and rotation
 -   3D grids (corner-point), supporting several formats such as

pyproject.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ requires = [
     "pybind11",
     "scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.10",
     "swig<4.3.0",
-    "numpy==1.19.2; python_version == '3.8'",
     "numpy==1.19.5; python_version == '3.9'",
     "numpy==1.21.6; python_version == '3.10'",
     "numpy==1.23.5; python_version == '3.11'",
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ wheel.install-dir = "xtgeo"
 name = "xtgeo"
 description = "XTGeo is a Python library for 3D grids, surfaces, wells, etc"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = { text = "LGPL-3.0" }
 authors = [{ name = "Equinor", email = "[email protected]" }]
 keywords = ["grids", "surfaces", "wells", "cubes"]
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: MacOS",
     "Natural Language :: English",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -120,7 +118,6 @@ match = '(?!(test_|_)).*\.py'
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 minversion = "6.0"
-addopts = "--verbose"
 log_cli = "False"
 log_cli_format = "%(levelname)8s (%(relativeCreated)6.0fms) %(filename)44s [%(funcName)40s()] %(lineno)4d >>   %(message)s"
 log_cli_level = "INFO"
@@ -143,18 +140,21 @@ ignore = [
     "C901",
 ]
 select = [
-    "C",
-    "E",
-    "F",
-    "I",
-    "PIE",
-    "Q",
-    "RET",
-    "RSE",
-    "SIM",
-    "TCH",
-    "TID",
-    "W",
+    # "B",  # flake-8-bugbear
+    "C",  # pylint-convention
+    "E",  # pycodestyle-error
+    "F",  # pyflakes
+    "I",  # isort
+    # "NPY",  # numpy
+    "PIE",  # flake8-pie
+    "Q",  # flake8-quotes
+    "RET",  # flake8-return
+    "RSE",  # flake8-raise
+    "SIM",  # flake8-simplify
+    "TC",  # flake8-type-checking
+    "TID",  # flake8-tidy-imports
+    # "UP",  # pyupgrade
+    "W",  # pylint-warnings
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.isort]

tests/test_xyz/test_points_poly.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import pathlib
-import sys
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -436,7 +435,6 @@ def test_add_inside_polygons_etc():
     assert list(poi.get_dataframe()[poi.zname].values) == [10.0, 10.0, 10.0]
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 8), reason="Different order in python 3.7")
 def test_boundary_from_points_simple():
     """Test deriving a boundary around points (classmethod)."""