Use Python 3.8 in more points of the pipeline and doc

asumagic · asumagic · commit 4e5a968cf519 · 2024-03-27T10:36:39.000+01:00
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.8'
       - uses: pre-commit/action@v2.0.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           ref: main
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: 3.8
       - name: Install pypa/build
         run: python -m pip install build --user
       - name: Build binary wheel and source tarball
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-docs-gen.yml b/.github/workflows/verify-docs-gen.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ jobs:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-            - name: Setup Python 3.9
+            - name: Setup Python 3.8
               uses: actions/setup-python@v2
               with:
-                  python-version: '3.9'
+                  python-version: '3.8'
             - name: Full dependencies
               run: |
                   # up to k2 compatible torch version
diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ SpeechBrain is constantly evolving. New features, tutorials, and documentation w
 
 SpeechBrain supports both CPU and GPU computation. For most recipes, however, a GPU is necessary during training. Please note that CUDA must be properly installed to use GPUs.
 
-We support [PyTorch](https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/) 1.9+ and Python 3.9-3.12 (newer Python versions than advertized may work if supported by PyTorch).
+We support [PyTorch](https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/) 1.9+ and Python 3.8-3.12 (newer Python versions than advertised may work if supported by PyTorch).  
+We recommend you upgrade to at least 3.9+ as support for 3.8 will be removed eventually.
 
 ## Install via PyPI
 
