Merge branch 'main' into 0.8.X

Author: SvenKlaassen

setup.py

@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
         'statsmodels',
         'plotly',
     ],
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.9",
     classifiers=[
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
         'Operating System :: OS Independent',
     ],