actions - remove python versions 3.8 & 3.9 from the test matrix

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: GitHub Test Matrix
-run-name: ${{ github.actor }} is testing pylib with all supported versions of python 🚀
+run-name: ${{ github.actor }} is testing pylib with all supported versions of 
+  python 🚀
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]  # Define the Python versions here
+        # Specify the Python versions for testing here.
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -25,6 +27,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install hatch  # Assuming hatch is a dependency
+          pip install hatch
       - name: Run tests
         run: hatch run test

pyproject.toml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Utilities",
 ]
 
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     "fiona",
     "folium",
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[tool.hatch.envs.test.matrix]]
-python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+python = ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.test.scripts]
 all = "coverage run -m pytest {args}"