Doc: Python 3.8 EOL

Author: ax3l

NEWS.rst

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ Upgrade Guide
 
 ADIOS 2.9.0 is now the minimally supported version for ADIOS2 support.
 
+Python 3.8 support is EOL and removed.
+
+
 0.16.0
 ------
 
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ Group-Based encoding is deprecated in ADIOS2 due to performance considerations.
 
 CMake 3.22.0 is now the minimally supported version for CMake.
 pybind11 2.13.0 is now the minimally supported version for Python support.
-Python 3.12 & 3.13 are now supported, Python 3.7 is removed.
+Python 3.12 & 3.13 are now supported, Python 3.7 is EOL and removed.
 
 The ``len(...)`` of many classes has been reworked for consistency and returns now the number of entries (iterations, record components, etc.).
 Previously, this sporadically returned the number of attributes, which is better queried via ``len(<object>.attributes)``.

README.md

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ while those can be built either with or without:
 
 Optional language bindings:
 * Python:
-  * Python 3.8 - 3.13
+  * Python 3.9 - 3.13
   * pybind11 2.13.0+
   * numpy 1.15+
   * mpi4py 2.1+ (optional, for MPI)

docs/source/dev/dependencies.rst

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Optional: language bindings
 
 * Python:
 
-  * Python 3.8 - 3.13
+  * Python 3.9 - 3.13
   * pybind11 2.13.0+
   * numpy 1.15+
   * mpi4py 2.1+ (optional, for MPI)