bump minimum python to 3.9

Author: perrygeo

.github/workflows/test-rasterstats.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}

pyproject.toml

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ progress = [
 ]
 test = [
     "coverage",
-    "geopandas <= 1.0",
+    "geopandas",
     "pyshp >=1.1.4",
     "pytest >=4.6",
     "pytest-cov >=2.2.0",