From b6cc4865ae8c08f52836d50b5b94bcf8b11ffd9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Kirkham <jakirkham@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 11:40:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Bumps the `python` version on Windows to 3.8

---
 conda_smithy/templates/azure-pipelines-win.yml.tmpl | 2 +-
 news/new_py_win.rst                                 | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 news/new_py_win.rst

diff --git a/conda_smithy/templates/azure-pipelines-win.yml.tmpl b/conda_smithy/templates/azure-pipelines-win.yml.tmpl
index 417430c33..33be69d04 100644
--- a/conda_smithy/templates/azure-pipelines-win.yml.tmpl
+++ b/conda_smithy/templates/azure-pipelines-win.yml.tmpl
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - task: CondaEnvironment@1
       inputs:
-        packageSpecs: 'python=3.6 conda-build conda "{{ remote_ci_setup }}" pip {{- ' boa' if build_with_mambabuild else '' }}' # Optional
+        packageSpecs: 'python=3.8 conda-build conda "{{ remote_ci_setup }}" pip {{- ' boa' if build_with_mambabuild else '' }}' # Optional
         installOptions: "-c conda-forge"
         updateConda: true
       displayName: Install conda-build and activate environment
diff --git a/news/new_py_win.rst b/news/new_py_win.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2841226d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/new_py_win.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+**Changed:**
+
+* Bump Windows ``base`` environment Python version to 3.8