[ARROW-15100] [CI] Stop using Python 3.6 by default

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.0
• Component/s: Continuous Integration, Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/30611
• Assignee: Antoine Pitrou
• Reporter: Antoine Pitrou
• Created: 14/Dec/21 15:38
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:44
• Resolved: 14/Dec/21 18:42

Description

There are many CI tasks or related which currently default to Python 3.6. We should switch to a more recent version, such as 3.8.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #11949