Add back python 3.8

Author: Metric-Void

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -13,30 +13,51 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
+          - python-version: '3.8'
+            pytorch-version: 1.10.1
+            numpy-requirement: "'numpy<2'"
+            tokenizers-requirement: "'tokenizers<=0.20.3'"
+            transformers-requirement: "'transformers==4.46.3'"
+          - python-version: '3.8'
+            pytorch-version: 1.13.1
+            numpy-requirement: "'numpy<2'"
+            tokenizers-requirement: "'tokenizers<=0.20.3'"
+            transformers-requirement: "'transformers==4.46.3'"
+          - python-version: '3.8'
+            pytorch-version: 2.0.1
+            numpy-requirement: "'numpy<2'"
+            tokenizers-requirement: "'tokenizers<=0.20.3'"
+            transformers-requirement: "'transformers==4.46.3'"
           - python-version: '3.9'
             pytorch-version: 2.1.2
             numpy-requirement: "'numpy<2'"
             tokenizers-requirement: "'tokenizers'"
+            transformers-requirement: "'transformers'"
           - python-version: '3.10'
             pytorch-version: 2.2.2
             numpy-requirement: "'numpy<2'"
             tokenizers-requirement: "'tokenizers'"
+            transformers-requirement: "'transformers'"
           - python-version: '3.11'
             pytorch-version: 2.3.1
             numpy-requirement: "'numpy'"
             tokenizers-requirement: "'tokenizers'"
+            transformers-requirement: "'transformers'"
           - python-version: '3.12'
             pytorch-version: 2.4.1
             numpy-requirement: "'numpy'"
             tokenizers-requirement: "'tokenizers'"
+            transformers-requirement: "'transformers'"
           - python-version: '3.12'
             pytorch-version: 2.5.0
             numpy-requirement: "'numpy'"
             tokenizers-requirement: "'tokenizers'"
+            transformers-requirement: "'transformers'"
           - python-version: '3.12'
             pytorch-version: 2.6.0
             numpy-requirement: "'numpy'"
             tokenizers-requirement: "'tokenizers'"
+            transformers-requirement: "'transformers'"
     steps:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
       - run: conda install -n test ffmpeg python=${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -51,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: python test/test_transcribe.py load_faster_whisper
       - run: python test/test_align.py load_faster_whisper
       - run: python test/test_refine.py load_faster_whisper
-      - run: pip3 install .["hf"]
+      - run: pip3 install .["hf"] ${{ matrix.transformers-requirement }}
       - run: python test/test_transcribe.py load_hf_whisper
       - run: python test/test_align.py load_hf_whisper
       - run: python test/test_refine.py load_hf_whisper

setup.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def read_me() -> str:
     description="Modifies OpenAI's Whisper to produce more reliable timestamps.",
     long_description=read_me(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    python_requires=">=3.9",
+    python_requires=">=3.8",
     author="Jian",
     url="https://github.com/jianfch/stable-ts",
     license="MIT",
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def read_me() -> str:
             "faster-whisper"
         ],
         "hf": [
-            "transformers>=4.49",
+            "transformers>=4.23.0",
             "optimum",
             "accelerate"
         ],