From d94e1bbc13d1f0e1510bdc02061dad229877cde3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ahmed Ilyas <ahmed.n.ilyas@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:04:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Minor doc update for py311
---
docs/howto/develop/setup.md | 6 +++---
docs/tutorial/develop_plugin.md | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/howto/develop/setup.md b/docs/howto/develop/setup.md
index 6c897cbf1d..332901a57c 100644
--- a/docs/howto/develop/setup.md
+++ b/docs/howto/develop/setup.md
@@ -59,19 +59,19 @@ git submodule update --init
### Set up a Python environment
-The NOMAD code currently targets Python 3.9. You should work in a Python virtual environment.
+The NOMAD code currently requires at least Python 3.9, but we recommend using Python 3.11. You should work in a Python virtual environment.
#### Pyenv
If your host machine has an older version installed,
-you can use [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv){:target="_blank"} to use Python 3.9 in parallel with your
+you can use [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv){:target="_blank"} to use Python 3.11 in parallel with your
system's Python.
#### Virtualenv
Create a virtual environment. It allows you
to keep NOMAD and its dependencies separate from your system's Python installation.
-Make sure that the virtual environment is based on Python 3.9.
+Make sure that the virtual environment is based on Python 3.11.
Use either the built-in `venv` module (see example) or [virtualenv](https://pypi.org/project/virtualenv/){:target="_blank"}.
```shell
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/develop_plugin.md b/docs/tutorial/develop_plugin.md
index f60077d022..d5f285406e 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/develop_plugin.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/develop_plugin.md
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ and the "Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests" options and c
## Setting up the python environment
### Creating a virtual environment
-Before we can start developing we recommend to create a virtual environment using Python 3.9
+Before we can start developing we recommend to create a virtual environment using Python 3.11
```sh
python3.11 -m venv .pyenv
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