From 58973a0147b1ff6e58e97704ae668be4fa40034a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: raisadz <34237447+raisadz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:08:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Update CONTRIBUTING.md with Python 3.12 (#1197)

* Update CONTRIBUTING.md with Python 3.12

* change counting

* change counting
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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a30273970..c7d7c44a0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -51,17 +51,20 @@ Here's how you can set up your local development environment to contribute.
 
 #### Option 1: Use UV (recommended)
 
-1. Make sure you have Python3.8+ installed (for example, Python 3.11), create a virtual environment,
+1. Make sure you have Python3.12 installed, create a virtual environment,
    and activate it. If you're new to this, here's one way that we recommend:
    1. Install uv: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv?tab=readme-ov-file#getting-started
-   2. Install some version of Python greater than Python3.8. For example, to install
-      Python3.11:
+      or make sure it is up-to-date with:
       ```
-      uv python install 3.11
+      uv self update
+      ```
+   2. Install Python3.12:
+      ```
+      uv python install 3.12
       ```
    3. Create a virtual environment:
       ```
-      uv venv -p 3.11 --seed
+      uv venv -p 3.12 --seed
       ```
    4. Activate it. On Linux, this is `. .venv/bin/activate`, on Windows `.\.venv\Scripts\activate`.
 2. Install Narwhals: `uv pip install -e .`