Deprecate Python 3.8 support, add 3.13 support and tests (#424)

* deprecate 3.8 support, add 3.13 support and tests

* update readme [skip ci]

* revert update of v1 docs [skip ci]

Author: chrisjkuch

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          python-version: "3.11"
           cache: "pip"
           cache-dependency-path: |
             pyproject.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: [3.9, "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash

HISTORY.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## UNRELEASED
 
+- Deprecates CI & support for Python 3.8, adds CI & support for Python 3.13 (Issue [#423](https://github.com/drivendataorg/cookiecutter-data-science/issues/423)
 - Fixes issue with scaffold code that import of config did not work. Adds testing of imports to test suite. (Issue [#370](https://github.com/drivendataorg/cookiecutter-data-science/issues/370))
 - Create automated release mechanism (Issue [#317](https://github.com/drivendataorg/cookiecutter-data-science/issues/317)) and pin template version to installed release (Issue [#389](https://github.com/drivendataorg/cookiecutter-data-science/issues/389))
 

README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ _A logical, reasonably standardized but flexible project structure for doing and
 
 ## Installation
 
-Cookiecutter Data Science v2 requires Python 3.8+. Since this is a cross-project utility application, we recommend installing it with [pipx](https://pypa.github.io/pipx/). Installation command options:
+Cookiecutter Data Science v2 requires Python 3.9+. Since this is a cross-project utility application, we recommend installing it with [pipx](https://pypa.github.io/pipx/). Installation command options:
 
 ```bash
 # With pipx from PyPI (recommended)

docs/docs/index.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ _A logical, flexible, and reasonably standardized project structure for doing an
 
 ## Quickstart
 
-Cookiecutter Data Science v2 requires Python 3.8+. Since this is a cross-project utility application, we recommend installing it with [pipx](https://pypa.github.io/pipx/). Installation command options:
+Cookiecutter Data Science v2 requires Python 3.9+. Since this is a cross-project utility application, we recommend installing it with [pipx](https://pypa.github.io/pipx/). Installation command options:
 
 === "With pipx (recommended)"
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ classifiers = [
   "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
   "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
   "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
   "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
   "click",
   "cookiecutter",