Drop support for EOL Python 3.8. Add support for Python 3.12.

Author: davidlesieur

.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"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4

README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The `similar_posts` variable is a list of `Article` objects, or an empty list if
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-This plugin is compatible with Python 3.8 through 3.11. Python 3.12+ is not currently supported due to incompatibilities with one or more of the dependencies listed below.
+This plugin is compatible with Python 3.9 through 3.12. Python 3.13+ is not currently supported due to incompatibilities with one or more of the dependencies listed below.
 
 It depends on [Gensim](https://radimrehurek.com/gensim/index.html), which has its own dependencies such as [NumPy](http://www.numpy.org/), [SciPy](https://www.scipy.org/), and [`smart_open`](https://pypi.org/project/smart_open/).
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis",
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
     "Topic :: Text Processing :: Indexing",
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.9,<4.0"
 dependencies = [
     "pelican>=4.5",
     "gensim>=4.3",