[Build] Remove python3.8 and add support for numpy 2 (#239)

* [build] Remove python 3.8 and bump dependency version.

* [Build] Remove python 3.8 from ci and update README python badge.

* [ci] Temporarily remove -Werror from pytest workflow.

* [ci] Remove python 3.8 from examples workflow.

* [Build] Bump further dependency versions.

.github/workflows/examples.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.10", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source

.github/workflows/pytest.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: "3.10"
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ jobs:
           pip freeze
 
       - name: Run tests
-        run: pytest --cov=pyerrors -vv -Werror
+        run: pytest --cov=pyerrors -vv

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![pytest](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/pytest.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/pytest.yml) [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.8+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/) [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [![arXiv](https://img.shields.io/badge/arXiv-2209.14371-b31b1b.svg)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.14371) [![DOI](https://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.1016%2Fj.cpc.2023.108750-blue)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2023.108750)
+[![pytest](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/pytest.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/fjosw/pyerrors/actions/workflows/pytest.yml) [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.9+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/) [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [![arXiv](https://img.shields.io/badge/arXiv-2209.14371-b31b1b.svg)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.14371) [![DOI](https://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.1016%2Fj.cpc.2023.108750-blue)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2023.108750)
 # pyerrors
 `pyerrors` is a python framework for error computation and propagation of Markov chain Monte Carlo data from lattice field theory and statistical mechanics simulations.
 

setup.py

@@ -24,15 +24,14 @@ setup(name='pyerrors',
       author_email='fabian.joswig@ed.ac.uk',
       license="MIT",
       packages=find_packages(),
-      python_requires='>=3.8.0',
-      install_requires=['numpy>=1.24,<2', 'autograd>=1.6.2', 'numdifftools>=0.9.41', 'matplotlib>=3.7', 'scipy>=1.10', 'iminuit>=2.21', 'h5py>=3.8', 'lxml>=4.9', 'python-rapidjson>=1.10', 'pandas>=2.0'],
+      python_requires='>=3.9.0',
+      install_requires=['numpy>=2.0', 'autograd>=1.7.0', 'numdifftools>=0.9.41', 'matplotlib>=3.9', 'scipy>=1.13', 'iminuit>=2.28', 'h5py>=3.11', 'lxml>=5.0', 'python-rapidjson>=1.20', 'pandas>=2.2'],
       extras_require={'test': ['pytest', 'pytest-cov', 'pytest-benchmark', 'hypothesis', 'nbmake', 'flake8']},
       classifiers=[
           'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
           'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
           'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',