remove 3.8 from CI

.github/workflows/new_tasks.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Scan for changed tasks
     steps:
       - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2  # OR "2" -> To retrieve the preceding commit.
 

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Download all the dists
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: python-package-distributions
         path: dist/

.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11" ]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Code
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: python -m pytest --showlocals -s -vv -n=auto --ignore=tests/models/test_neuralmagic.py --ignore=tests/models/test_openvino.py
     - name: Archive artifacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: output_results
         path: |
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.8
+    - name: Set up Python 3.9
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.8
+        python-version: 3.9
         cache: pip
         cache-dependency-path: pyproject.toml
     - name: Install dependencies