Drop python 3.8 support and use trusted publisher release process

.github/workflows/install_test.yaml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
-name: Release
 on:
   release:
     types: [published]
+
+name: Release
 jobs:
-  pypi:
+  pypi-publish:
     name: PyPI Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Remove docs before release
-      run: rm -rf docs/
-    - name: PyPI Upload
-      uses: alteryx/gh-action-pypi-upload@v2
-      env:
-        PYPI_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
-        PYPI_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
-        TEST_PYPI_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_USERNAME }}
-        TEST_PYPI_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+    - name: Install deps
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --quiet --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install --quiet --upgrade build
+        python -m pip install --quiet --upgrade setuptools
+    - name: Remove build artifacts and docs
+      run: |
+        rm -rf .eggs/ dist/ build/ docs/
+    - name: Build distribution
+      run: python -m build
+    - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1

.github/workflows/unit_tests_with_latest_deps.yaml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
         featuretools_version: ["main", "release"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ jobs:
         name: Install latest release of Featuretools
         run: |
           python -m pip install --force-reinstall featuretools
-      - if: ${{ matrix.python_version == 3.8 && matrix.featuretools_version == 'release'}}
+      - if: ${{ matrix.python_version == 3.9 && matrix.featuretools_version == 'main'}}
         name: Generate coverage args
         run: echo "coverage_args=--cov=premium_primitives --cov-config=../pyproject.toml --cov-report=xml:../coverage.xml" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: |
           cd unpacked_sdist
           python -m pytest -n auto -s -vv premium_primitives/ ${{ env.coverage_args }}
-      - if: ${{ matrix.python_version == 3.8 && matrix.featuretools_version == 'release'}}
+      - if: ${{ matrix.python_version == 3.9 && matrix.featuretools_version == 'main'}}
         name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:

pyproject.toml

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -27,11 +26,11 @@ maintainers = [
 ]
 keywords = ["feature engineering", "data science", "machine learning"]
 license = {text = "BSD 3-clause"}
-requires-python = ">=3.8,<4"
+requires-python = ">=3.9,<4"
 dependencies = [
     "numpy >= 1.21.0",
     "pandas >= 1.5.0",
-    "featuretools >= 1.5.0, <2.0.0",
+    "featuretools >= 1.5.0",
     "woodwork >= 0.8.1",
     "nltk >= 3.4.5",
     "scikit-learn >= 0.20.0",

release_notes.rst

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 Release Notes
 -------------
 
-v0.0.3 Feb 7, 2024
-==================
+Future Release
+==============
     * Remove pandas version upper bound restriction and add Python 3.11 tests (:pr:`16`)
+    * Remove support for Python 3.8 (:pr:`22`)
 
 v0.0.2 May 9, 2023
 ==================