Problem Description

Python 3.8 hit its end-of-life 10-07-2024. We are nearing the end of life for python 3.9 as well. Supporting older versions makes it difficult to use new features from libraries we depend on, support bug fixes from those libraries and increases time for testing since we test each version. We should remove support for python 3.8 now.

Expected behavior

• Official support for python 3.8 will be dropped in the next release
• We remove 3.8 from all existing workflows
• We can remove any special code blocks or if statements made to accommodate 3.8 specifically