Merge pull request #223 from Qiskit-Extensions/update_deploy_38

Drop Py38 support and update deploy

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-11]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         name: Install Python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.11'
       - name: Build wheels
         uses: pypa/[email protected]
         env:
-          CIBW_SKIP: "cp36-* cp37-* pp* *musl*"
+          CIBW_SKIP: "cp36-* cp37-* cp38-* pp* *musl*"
           CIBW_TEST_SKIP: "*-macosx_arm64 *-macosx_universal2:arm64 *-win32 *-win_amd64 *-manylinux_i686 cp310-manylinux*"
           CIBW_MANYLINUX_X86_64_IMAGE: quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64:latest
           CIBW_MANYLINUX_I686_IMAGE: quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_i686:latest
@@ -50,18 +50,18 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build_wheels]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         name: Install Python
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.11'
       - name: Install Deps
         run: pip install -U twine cython numpy
       - name: Build Artifacts
         run: |
           python setup.py sdist
         shell: bash
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: ./dist/mthree*
       - name: Publish to PyPi

setup.py

@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ def run(self):
         "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
         "Operating System :: MacOS",
         "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",