doc: build: ci: twister: Zephyr now requires Python 3.12 or higher

Update getting started guide, release notes, CI actions, ruff,
build system, and Python version compliance check to use Python
3.12 as minimum supported version.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Cabé <benjamin@zephyrproject.org>

Author: kartben

.github/workflows/devicetree_checks.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.12', '3.13']
         os: [ubuntu-24.04, macos-14, windows-2022]
     steps:
     - name: checkout

.github/workflows/pylib_tests.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.12', '3.13']
         os: [ubuntu-24.04]
     steps:
     - name: checkout

.github/workflows/scripts_tests.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.12', '3.13']
         os: [ubuntu-24.04]
     steps:
       - name: checkout

.github/workflows/twister_tests.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.12', '3.13']
         os: [ubuntu-24.04]
     steps:
     - name: checkout

.github/workflows/twister_tests_blackbox.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Twister Black Box Tests
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.12', '3.13']
       fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:

.github/workflows/west_cmds.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.12', '3.13']
         os: [ubuntu-24.04, macos-14, windows-2022]
     steps:
     - name: checkout

.ruff.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 extend = ".ruff-excludes.toml"
 
 line-length = 100
-target-version = "py310"
+target-version = "py312"
 
 [lint]
 select = [

cmake/modules/python.cmake

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if(WIN32)
   set(ENV{PYTHONIOENCODING} "utf-8")
 endif()
 
-set(PYTHON_MINIMUM_REQUIRED 3.10)
+set(PYTHON_MINIMUM_REQUIRED 3.12)
 
 if(NOT DEFINED Python3_EXECUTABLE AND DEFINED WEST_PYTHON)
   set(Python3_EXECUTABLE "${WEST_PYTHON}")

doc/develop/getting_started/index.rst

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ The current minimum required version for the main dependencies are:
      - 3.20.5
 
    * - `Python <https://www.python.org/>`_
-     - 3.10
+     - 3.12
 
    * - `Devicetree compiler <https://www.devicetree.org/>`_
      - 1.4.6

doc/releases/migration-guide-4.4.rst

@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ the :ref:`release notes<zephyr_4.4>`.
     :local:
     :depth: 2
 
+Common
+******
+
+* The minimum required Python version is now 3.12 (from 3.10).
+
 Build System
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