remove test for deprecated Python 3.8 and add 3.13

.github/workflows/code-check.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:

.github/workflows/python-build-test.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ 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"]
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
         rust-version: [ "1.76.0", "stable" ]
       fail-fast: false
     steps:

docs/mkdocs/src/getting_started.md

@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ GETTING STARTED WITH BUMBLE
 
 # Prerequisites
 
-You need Python 3.8 or above. Python >= 3.9 is recommended, but 3.8 should be sufficient if
-necessary (there may be some optional functionality that will not work on some platforms with
-python 3.8).
+You need Python 3.9 or above.
 Visit the [Python site](https://www.python.org/) for instructions on how to install Python
 for your platform.
 Throughout the documentation, when shell commands are shown, it is assumed that you can

docs/mkdocs/src/index.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Some of the configurations that may be useful:
 
 See the [use cases page](use_cases/index.md) for more use cases.
 
-The project is implemented in Python (Python >= 3.8 is required). A number of APIs for functionality that is inherently I/O bound is implemented in terms of python coroutines with async IO. This means that all of the concurrent tasks run in the same thread, which makes everything much simpler and more predictable.
+The project is implemented in Python (Python >= 3.9 is required). A number of APIs for functionality that is inherently I/O bound is implemented in terms of python coroutines with async IO. This means that all of the concurrent tasks run in the same thread, which makes everything much simpler and more predictable.
 
 ![layers](images/bumble_layers.svg)
 

docs/mkdocs/src/platforms/index.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PLATFORMS
 =========
 
-Most of the code included in the project should run on any platform that supports Python >= 3.8. Not all features are supported on all platforms (for example, USB dongle support is only available on platforms where the python USB library is functional).
+Most of the code included in the project should run on any platform that supports Python >= 3.9. Not all features are supported on all platforms (for example, USB dongle support is only available on platforms where the python USB library is functional).
 
 For platform-specific information, see the following pages:
 

environment.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
   - pip=23
-  - python=3.8
+  - python=3.9
   - pip:
     - --editable .[development,documentation,test]