chore(python): upgrade minimum Python version from 3.9 to 3.10 across pyproject.toml, setup.py, github workflows, and documentation

Author: DYung26

.github/workflows/python-tests.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [![Python Tests](https://github.com/PlotSenseAI/PlotSenseAI/actions/workflows/python-tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/PlotSenseAI/PlotSenseAI/actions/workflows/python-tests.yml)
 [![Frontend Tests](https://github.com/PlotSenseAI/PlotSenseAI/actions/workflows/frontend-tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/PlotSenseAI/PlotSenseAI/actions/workflows/frontend-tests.yml)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/PlotSenseAI/PlotSenseAI/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/PlotSenseAI/PlotSenseAI)
-[![Python Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.9%2B-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+[![Python Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10%2B-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
 [![Code style: flake8](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-flake8-black.svg)](https://flake8.pycqa.org/)
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -17,14 +17,12 @@ authors = [
     {name = "Onyekachukwu Ojumah", email = "Onyekaojumah22@gmail.com"},
     {name = "Olamilekan Ajao", email = "olamilekan011@gmail.com"},
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "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",

setup.py

@@ -22,16 +22,14 @@
         "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
         "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",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization",
     ],
     packages=find_packages(),
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.10",
     install_requires=[
         "matplotlib>=3.8.0",
         "seaborn>=0.11",