Merge pull request #9116 from RasaHQ/8569-drop-py36-support

8569 drop py36 support

.github/workflows/continous-integration.yml

@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ jobs:
         - test-other-unit-tests
         - test-performance
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest ]
-        python-version: [ 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 ]
+        python-version: [ 3.7, 3.8 ]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout git repository 🕝
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ jobs:
         make prepare-tests-windows-gha
 
     - name: Add github workflow problem matchers
-      if: needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' && matrix.python-version == 3.6 && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      if: needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' && matrix.python-version == 3.7 && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
       # only annotate based on test runs on ubuntu: otherwise
       # all errors will be duplicated for each python / os combination
       # therefore, we only enable for the one where most tests are run
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ jobs:
         make ${{ matrix.test }}
 
     - name: Send Coverage Report 📊
-      if: needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' && matrix.python-version == 3.6 && matrix.os != 'windows-latest'
+      if: needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' && matrix.python-version == 3.7 && matrix.os != 'windows-latest'
       continue-on-error: true
       env:
         COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -718,10 +718,10 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout git repository 🕝
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - name: Set up Python 3.6 🐍
+    - name: Set up Python 3.7 🐍
       uses: actions/setup-python@dc73133d4da04e56a135ae2246682783cc7c7cb6  # v2.2.2
       with:
-        python-version: 3.6
+        python-version: 3.7
 
     - name: Read Poetry Version 🔢
       run: |

.github/workflows/documentation.yml

@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/cache@v1
       with:
         path: ~/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-poetry-${{ env.POETRY_VERSION }}-3.6-non-full-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}-${{ secrets.POETRY_CACHE_VERSION }}
-        restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-poetry-3.6-non-full
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-poetry-${{ env.POETRY_VERSION }}-3.7-non-full-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}-${{ secrets.POETRY_CACHE_VERSION }}
+        restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-poetry-3.7-non-full
 
     - name: Load Yarn Cached Packages ⬇
       uses: actions/cache@v1

changelog/8569.removal.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Removed Python 3.6 support as [it reaches its end of life in December 2021](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0494/#lifespan).

docs/docs/installation.mdx

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ your machine and continue development locally.
 
 ## Quick Installation
 
-You can install Rasa Open Source using pip (requires Python 3.6, 3.7 or 3.8).
+You can install Rasa Open Source using pip (requires Python 3.7 or 3.8).
 
 ```bash
 pip3 install -U pip