MAINT: drop Python 3.7 & 3.8 support due to EOL (#440) #581

Job	Run time
style / Determine skipped pre-commit hooks	8s
pytest / Determine job matrix	5s
doc / nb / Execute and build documentation	2m 35s
doc / linkcheck / Check external links	46s
pytest / Run unit tests (3.10, ubuntu-24.04)	1m 41s
pytest / Run unit tests (3.11, ubuntu-24.04)	1m 27s
pytest / Run unit tests (3.12, ubuntu-24.04)	1m 32s
pytest / Run unit tests (3.9, ubuntu-24.04, ampform)	4m 6s
pytest / Run unit tests (3.9, macos-14)	1m 51s
style / Run local pre-commit hooks	1m 7s
style / Run taplo through pre-commit	0s
style / Push changes	0s
doc / Upload to GitHub Pages	0s
	15m 18s

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