Remove support for Python 3.8 (#804)

Author: fealho

.github/workflows/install.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.8", "3.13"]
+        python_version: ["3.9", "3.13"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Set up python ${{ matrix.python_version }}

.github/workflows/integration.yml

@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: '3.8'
+            python-version: '3.9'
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: '3.13'
     steps:

.github/workflows/minimum.yml

@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: '3.8'
+            python-version: '3.9'
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: '3.13'
     steps:

.github/workflows/readme.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]   # skip windows bc rundoc fails
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/unit.yml

@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: '3.8'
+            python-version: '3.9'
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: '3.13'
     steps:

INSTALL.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Requirements
 
-**SDMetrics** has been developed and tested on [Python 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12 and 3.13](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+**SDMetrics** has been developed and tested on [Python 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12 and 3.13](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
 
 Also, although it is not strictly required, the usage of a [virtualenv](
 https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/) is highly recommended in order to avoid

pyproject.toml

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ classifiers = [
     'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
     'Natural Language :: English',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ classifiers = [
 keywords = ['sdmetrics', 'sdmetrics', 'SDMetrics']
 dynamic = ['version']
 license = { text = 'MIT license' }
-requires-python = ">=3.8,<3.14"
+requires-python = ">=3.9,<3.14"
 readme = 'README.md'
 dependencies = [
     "numpy>=1.22.2;python_version<'3.10'",

sdmetrics/single_table/new_row_synthesis.py

@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ def compute_breakdown(
             except TypeError:
                 if len(real_data) > 10000:
                     warnings.warn(
-                        'Unable to optimize query. For better formance, set the '
-                        '`synthetic_sample_size` parameter or upgrade to Python 3.8'
+                        'Unable to optimize query. For better performance, set the '
+                        '`synthetic_sample_size` parameter.'
                     )
 
                 matches = real_data.query(' and '.join(row_filter), engine='python')