[llvm] [python] Bump Python minimum version to 3.8 (PR #78828)

[Aiden Grossman via llvm-commits]

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@@ -286,15 +286,15 @@ uses the package and provides other details.
 Package                                                     Version      Notes
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 `CMake <http://cmake.org/>`__                               >=3.20.0     Makefile/workspace generator
-`python <http://www.python.org/>`_                          >=3.6        Automated test suite\ :sup:`1`
+`python <http://www.python.org/>`_                          >=3.8        Automated test suite\ :sup:`1`
 `zlib <http://zlib.net>`_                                   >=1.2.3.4    Compression library\ :sup:`2`
 `GNU Make <http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/make>`_         3.79, 3.79.1 Makefile/build processor\ :sup:`3`
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 .. note::
 
    #. Only needed if you want to run the automated test suite in the
-      ``llvm/test`` directory.
+      ``llvm/test`` directory or the libclang Python binding unit tests.
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boomanaiden154 wrote:

LGTM. I think that should encompass the uses in tree, even including subprojects like LLDB, although I guess those bindings aren't fully auxiliary as they're on by default. The LLDB build documentation is separate though.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/78828