ending python 3.8 support, adding python 3.14 to automatic test

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     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', '3.14']
     continue-on-error: true
 
     steps:

docs/source/installation.rst

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Installation
 ============
 
-CDTools supports python >=3.8 and can be installed via pip as the the `cdtools-py`_ package on `PyPI`_. If you plan to contribute to the code or need a custom environment, installation from source is also possible.
+CDTools supports python >=3.9 and can be installed via pip as the the `cdtools-py`_ package on `PyPI`_. If you plan to contribute to the code or need a custom environment, installation from source is also possible.
 
 .. _`cdtools-py`: https://pypi.org/project/cdtools-py/
 .. _`PyPI`: https://pypi.org/
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ or using uv:
 
    $ uv pip install -e ."[tests,docs]"
 
-CDTools is reguarly tested with the latest versions of these packages and with python 3.8 through 3.12.
+CDTools is reguarly tested with the latest versions of these packages and with python 3.9 through 3.14.
 
 
 Required dependencies (see pyproject.toml for all details):

pyproject.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 name = "cdtools-py"
 description = "Tools for coherent diffractive imaging and ptychography"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = { file = "LICENSE.txt" }
 authors = [
 	{ name = "Abe Levitan", email = "abraham.levitan@psi.ch" },