remove py38 support (#363)

* init

* bump changelog

.github/workflows/catch.yml

@@ -9,32 +9,25 @@ on:
       - 'doc/**'
       - 'examples/**'
 
-env:
-  BUILD_TYPE: Release
-
 jobs:
-  build:
-
+  test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Create Build Environment
-        run: mkdir $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/autode/ext/build
-
-      - name: Configure CMake
-        shell: bash
-        run: cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/autode/ext/build && cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE
-
-
-      - name: Build
-        shell: bash
-        run: cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/autode/ext/build && cmake --build . --config $BUILD_TYPE
+        run: mkdir autode/ext/build
 
-      - name: Test
+      - name: Run
         shell: bash
-        run: cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/autode/ext/build && ctest -C $BUILD_TYPE --extra-verbose
+        working-directory: ./autode/ext/build
+        env:
+          BUILD_TYPE: Release
+        run: |
+          cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE
+          cmake --build . --config $BUILD_TYPE
+          ctest -C $BUILD_TYPE --extra-verbose

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
       with:

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: "Lint"
+name: Lint
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Run pre-commit
         uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0

.github/workflows/pytest.yml

@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.13"]  # Lowest and highest supported versions
 
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash -l {0}
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
       with:

.github/workflows/pytest_cov.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
       with:

doc/changelog.rst

@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ Functionality improvements
 **************************
 - Adds a boolean option for calculating single points refinements
 
+
 Bug Fixes
 *********
 - Fixes coordinate extraction in some G16 output files
 
+Usability improvements/Changes
+******************************
+- Drops Python 3.8 support
 
 1.4.4
 ------

setup.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 setup(
     name="autode",
     version="1.4.5",
-    python_requires=">3.7",
+    python_requires=">3.8",
     packages=[
         "autode",
         "autode.bracket",