drop Python 3.8/3.9, unpin old dependencies (#941)

* drop Python 3.8/3.9, unpin old dependencies

Author: tomkralidis

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -7,20 +7,18 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11"]
     env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         COVERALLS_SERVICE_NAME: github
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@master
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install packages
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get -y install pandoc
-      if: matrix.python-version == 3.8
+      run: sudo apt-get -y install pandoc
     - name: Install requirements 📦
       run: |
         pip3 install -e .
@@ -31,10 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       run: python3 -m pytest
     - name: run coveralls ⚙️
       run: coveralls
-      if: matrix.python-version == 3.8
     - name: build docs 🏗️
       run: cd docs && make html
-      if: matrix.python-version == 3.8
     - name: run flake8 ⚙️
       run: flake8 owslib
-      if: matrix.python-version == 3.8

requirements-dev.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 flake8
-pytest>=3.8
+pytest
 pytest-cov
 Pillow
 tox

requirements.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-dataclasses; python_version < '3.7'
 lxml
-python-dateutil>=1.5
+python-dateutil
 pytz
 pyyaml
-requests>=1.0
+requests

setup.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # =============================================================================
-# Copyright (c) 2023 Tom Kralidis
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Tom Kralidis
 #
 # Author: Tom Kralidis <tomkralidis@gmail.com>
 #
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def get_package_version():
     maintainer_email='tomkralidis@gmail.com',
     url='https://owslib.readthedocs.io',
     install_requires=reqs,
-    python_requires='>=3.6',
+    python_requires='>=3.10',
     cmdclass={'test': PyTest},
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["docs", "etc", "examples", "tests"]),
     classifiers=[
@@ -100,10 +100,6 @@ def get_package_version():
         'Natural Language :: English',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS',
+        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS'
     ]
 )