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CONTRIBUTING.md should say that Python 3.8 is required

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#6,458 opened on Oct 1, 2024

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Description

What component of Red (cog, command, API) would you like to see improvements on?

CONTRIBUTING.md

Describe the enhancement you're suggesting.

Currently CONTRIBUTING.md says that 3.8 or greater is needed, but when running make newenv with Python 3.12 installed, this error appears

python3.8 -m venv --clear .venv
make: python3.8: No such file or directory
make: *** [newenv] Error 1

apparently the CONTRIBUTING.md should be 3.8, not 3.8 or greater: convo

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The issue requires updating CONTRIBUTING.md to specify that Python 3.8 is required, not 3.8 or greater. The file is located at CONTRIBUTING.md; change line 55 to reflect the exact version. The Makefile uses `python3.8` so the documentation must match. No code changes needed.