clarify Python 3.9+ requirement; test on Python 3.13-alpha

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -31,21 +31,18 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
-        exclude:
-          - os: windows-latest
-            python-version: "3.8"
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13-dev"]
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            python-version: "pypy3.9"
+            python-version: "pypy3.10"
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install OpenBLAS
-      if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.python-version, 'pypy') }}
+      if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.python-version, "pypy") }}
       run: |
         sudo apt-get install -y libopenblas-dev
     - name: Install dependencies

README.rst

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ detection on the bipartite (word–group) network.
 .. _`spaCy`: https://spacy.io/
 
 **textnets** is installable using the ``conda``, ``pip`` and ``nix`` package
-managers. It requires Python 3.8 or higher.
+managers. It requires Python 3.9 or higher.
 
 **textnets** integrates seamlessly with Python's excellent `scientific stack`_.
 That means that you can use **textnets** to analyze and visualize your data in

docs/installation.rst

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Installation
 
 .. note::
 
-   Please note that **textnets** requires Python 3.8 or newer to run.
+   Please note that **textnets** requires Python 3.9 or newer to run.
 
 Using conda
 -----------