From dade95dcc0ff6dbabb61ed2d55611ff1fa6e12f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kavon Farvardin <kfarvardin@apple.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 15:13:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] make python 3.6 the official minimum version

---
 CMakeLists.txt                     | 2 +-
 docs/HowToGuides/GettingStarted.md | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ed36c8e031..c3edc5bab66 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ endif()
 # Find required dependencies.
 #
 
-find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter REQUIRED)
+find_package(Python3 3.6 COMPONENTS Interpreter REQUIRED)
 
 #
 # Find optional dependencies.
diff --git a/docs/HowToGuides/GettingStarted.md b/docs/HowToGuides/GettingStarted.md
index ab4b755422b..01a00726c0b 100644
--- a/docs/HowToGuides/GettingStarted.md
+++ b/docs/HowToGuides/GettingStarted.md
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ toolchain as a one-off, there are a couple of differences:
 ### Spot check dependencies
 
 * Run `cmake --version`; this should be at least 3.19.6 (3.24.2 if you want to use Xcode for editing on macOS).
-* Run `python3 --version`; check that this succeeds.
+* Run `python3 --version`; this should be at least 3.6.
 * Run `ninja --version`; check that this succeeds.
 * If you installed and want to use Sccache: Run `sccache --version`; check
   that this succeeds.