COMP: Drop Python 3.8 (end of life)

[N-Dekker]

Python 3.8 is officially unsupported from 2024-10-07. Python 3.9 should remain supported until October, according to https://devguide.python.org/versions/

[N-Dekker]

I found four occurrences of python_version < '3.8' in wasm/python/itkwasm-elastix-emscripten/pixi.lock and 47 (!!!) occurrences of requires_python: '>=3.8' in wasm/python pixi.lock files.

Not sure how to address them, are they all necessary? It seems redundant to literally mention the very same version so many times.

[thewtex]

👍 thanks @N-Dekker

[thewtex]

Not sure how to address them, are they all necessary? It seems redundant to literally mention the very same version so many times.

Changing the value in pyproject.toml should address the lockfile, which is generated.

I think we may want to merge this and #314 and resolve the remaining issues from there. I may have addressed this in #314

[N-Dekker]

I think we may want to merge this and #314 and resolve the remaining issues from there. I may have addressed this in #314

OK, thanks @thewtex, so then please merge this you think it's OK! 😃

[N-Dekker]

Changing the value in pyproject.toml should address the lockfile, which is generated.

@thewtex So now we have updated the pyproject.toml files, but the "pixi.lock" files aren't yet re-generated. Is it still necessary to re-generate those "pixi.lock" files?

[thewtex]

@N-Dekker yes, I'll take a pass.