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[MNT] extend CI to newer python versions, deprecate python versions 3.8, 3.9 after EOL, marking further failing tests as `xfail` #1608

Job	Run time
(windows-latest, Py, sk0.24.*, sk-only:false)	4s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.8, sk0.23.1, sk-only:false)	2s
docker	4s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.11, sk1.3.*, sk-only:true)	1m 58s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.12, sk1.7.*, sk-only:true)	2m 1s
(windows-latest, Py3.12, sk1.5.*, sk-only:true)	3m 0s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.10, sk1.3.*, sk-only:true)	1m 51s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.11, sk1.4.*, sk-only:true)	1m 52s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.11, sk1.7.*, sk-only:true)	1m 48s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.10, sk1.4.*, sk-only:true)	1m 47s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.12, sk1.4.*, sk-only:true)	2m 5s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.10, sk1.7.*, sk-only:true)	2m 1s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.13, sk1.6.*, sk-only:true)	1m 58s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.13, sk1.7.*, sk-only:true)	2m 4s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.11, sk1.5.*, sk-only:true)	1m 49s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.10, sk1.6.*, sk-only:true)	1m 58s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.11, sk1.6.*, sk-only:true)	1m 47s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.12, sk1.5.*, sk-only:true)	2m 19s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.13, sk1.5.*, sk-only:true)	1m 58s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.12, sk1.3.*, sk-only:true)	1m 55s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.12, sk1.6.*, sk-only:true)	2m 0s
(ubuntu-latest, Py3.10, sk1.5.*, sk-only:true)	1m 54s
	38m 15s

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