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

CONTRIBUTING.md

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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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Update the CONTRIBUTING.md file to specify that Python 3.8 is required, not Python 3.8 or greater.
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