Adds support for python 3.12, and adds to the CI matrix
Removes support for python 3.8, removes from the CI matrix
Updates the pinned versions of flake8 and pylint
Discussion
It was seemingly necessary to drop support for python 3.8 to enable poetry to allow numpy 1.26. If 3.8 support is retained, poetry only allows numpy up to 1.24 which has a bug on python 3.12: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/23808
According to SPEC 0 (which superseded NEP29), python 3.8 is overdue to be dropped:
On Apr 14, 2023 drop support for Python 3.8 (initially released on Oct 14, 2019)
Summary
Closes #345
Discussion
It was seemingly necessary to drop support for python 3.8 to enable poetry to allow numpy
1.26. If 3.8 support is retained, poetry only allows numpy up to1.24which has a bug on python 3.12: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/23808According to SPEC 0 (which superseded NEP29), python 3.8 is overdue to be dropped: