Skip py3.8 and 3.9 until the setup-python action is updated

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ jobs:
             python-version: 3.8
             platform: { os: "ubuntu-latest", python-architecture: "x64", rust-target: "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" }
             msrv: "MSRV"
+        # Exclude python 3.8 and 3.9 on arm64 until actions/setup-python#808 is resolved
+        exclude:
+          - os: macOS-14
+            python-version: 3.8
+          - os: macOS-14
+            python-version: 3.9
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}

docs/source/install.rst

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ source.
      -
    * - macOS (11 or newer)
      - arm64
-     - :ref:`tier-1`
+     - :ref:`tier-1` [#f1]_
      -
    * - Windows 64bit
      - x86_64
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ source.
 
 .. _manylinux 2014: https://peps.python.org/pep-0599/>
 
+.. [#f1] Due to CI environment limitations tests for macOS arm64 are only run with
+   Python >= 3.10. The published binaries are still built and tested for all supported
+   Python versions, but the tests run on proposed changes are only run with Python >=3.10
+
+
 .. _tier-1:
 
 Tier 1