chore: drop support for Python 3.8

Author: plusvic

.github/workflows/python.yaml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       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, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version:
         - cp39
-        - pp38
         - pp39
         - pp310
         build:
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.11'
+        python-version: '3.12'
 
     - run: rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin x86_64-apple-darwin
       if: matrix.build == 'macos'

py/pyproject.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 [project]
 name = "yara-x"
 description = "Python bindings for YARA-X"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["pattern-matching", "cybersecurity", "forensics", "malware", "yara"]
 classifiers = [