Add testing for Sphinx 8

Remove pin to Sphinx <7.3 since Sphinx 7.4 fixed issue
Test Python 3.8 and 3.9 only on supported Sphinx Versions

Author: sciencewhiz

.github/workflows/workflow.yml

@@ -68,9 +68,14 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['pypy3.9', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
-        sphinx-version: ['>=5,<6', '>=6a0,<7', '>=7,<7.3']
+        python-version: ['pypy3.10', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        sphinx-version: ['>=5,<6', '>=6a0,<7', '>=7,<8', '>=8,<9']
         os: [windows-latest, macos-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        exclude:
+          - python-version: '3.8'
+            sphinx-version: '>=8,<9'
+          - python-version: '3.9'
+            sphinx-version: '>=8,<9'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}