deprecate py38

.github/workflows/testsuite.yaml

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
          fetch-depth: 1
-      - name: Set up Python 3.8
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
       - name: Setup Environment
         run: |
           pip install pre-commit
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
       - name: Get current date
         id: date
         run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ repos:
       rev: 22.3.0
       hooks:
           - id: black
-            language_version: python3.8
+            language_version: python3.9
             args:
               - --line-length=90

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 ## Added
 - Support for ellipsoid models for selenodetic coordinates (non-spherical)
 
+## Deprecated
+- Removed support for Python < 3.9. Astropy >= 6.0 is required for ellipsoid support
+
 ## [0.2.0] -- 2022-10-12
 
 ## Fixed

lunarsky/moon.py

@@ -81,16 +81,6 @@ def _check_ellipsoid(ellipsoid=None, default="SPHERE"):
     return ellipsoid
 
 
-def _add_rm_ellipsoid(ellipsoid, name, add=True):
-    """Add or remove an ellipsoid class from SELENOIDS.
-    Needed for testing."""
-    global SELENOIDS
-    if add:
-        SELENOIDS[name] = ellipsoid
-    else:
-        SELENOIDS.pop(name, None)
-
-
 class MoonLocationInfo(QuantityInfoBase):
     """
     Container for meta information like name, description, format.  This is

setup.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "test_suite": "pytest",
     "tests_require": ["pytest"],
     "setup_requires": ["pytest-runner", "setuptools_scm"],
-    "install_requires": ["numpy>=1.15", "astropy>3.0", "spiceypy", "jplephem"],
+    "install_requires": ["numpy>=1.15", "astropy>=6.0.0", "spiceypy", "jplephem"],
     "classifiers": [
         "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
         "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",