Upgrade gates from Python 3.8 to Python 3.10 (#3146)

* Upgrade from Python 3.8 to Python 3.10

* Update 2 more workflows

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Co-authored-by: Kelly <kellyly@microsoft.com>

.github/workflows/assets-docs.yaml

@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.AZUREML_BOT_PAT }}
           path: ${{ env.wiki_dir }}
 
-      - name: Use Python 3.8 or newer
+      - name: Use Python 3.10 or newer
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '>=3.8'
+          python-version: '>=3.10'
     
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install -e $main_dir/$scripts_azureml_assets_dir -r $main_dir/$scripts_docs_dir/requirements.txt

.github/workflows/assets-release.yaml

@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           path: ${{ env.release_dir }}
       
-      - name: Use Python 3.8 or newer
+      - name: Use Python 3.10 or newer
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '>=3.8'
+          python-version: '>=3.10'
     
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install -e $main_dir/$scripts_azureml_assets_dir
@@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.AZUREML_BOT_PAT }}
           path: ${{ env.release_dir }}
 
-      - name: Use Python 3.8 or newer
+      - name: Use Python 3.10 or newer
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '>=3.8'
+          python-version: '>=3.10'
     
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install -e $main_dir/$scripts_azureml_assets_dir

.github/workflows/assets-test.yaml

@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ jobs:
           separator: ','
           sha: ${{ env.merge_commit_hash || github.sha }}
 
-      - name: Use Python 3.8 or newer
+      - name: Use Python 3.10 or newer
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '>=3.8'
+          python-version: '>=3.10'
     
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install -e $scripts_azureml_assets_dir
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           forked-pr: ${{ needs.check-execution-context.outputs.forked_pr }}
       
-      - name: Use Python 3.8 or newer
+      - name: Use Python 3.10 or newer
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '>=3.8'
+          python-version: '>=3.10'
     
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install -e $scripts_azureml_assets_dir

.github/workflows/assets-validation.yaml

@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ jobs:
           files_separator: ','
           separator: ','
       
-      - name: Use Python 3.8 or newer
+      - name: Use Python 3.10 or newer
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '>=3.8'
+          python-version: '>=3.10'
 
       - name: Log in to Azure
         env:

.github/workflows/batch-score-ci.yaml

@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: Azure/azureml-assets/.github/actions/clone-repo@main
         with:
           forked-pr: ${{ needs.check-execution-context.outputs.forked_pr }}
-      - name: Use Python 3.8
+      - name: Use Python 3.10 or newer
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '>=3.10'
       - name: Log in to Azure and create resources
         uses: ./.github/actions/create-azure-resources
         with:

.github/workflows/environments-ci.yaml

@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ jobs:
           separator: ','
           sha: ${{ env.merge_commit_hash || github.sha }}
       
-      - name: Use Python 3.8 or newer
+      - name: Use Python 3.10 or newer
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '>=3.8'
+          python-version: '>=3.10'
     
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install -e $scripts_azureml_assets_dir

.github/workflows/scripts-syntax.yaml

@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ jobs:
           files: |
             **/*.py
       
-      - name: Use Python 3.8 or newer
+      - name: Use Python 3.10 or newer
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '>=3.8'
+          python-version: '>=3.10'
       
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install -r $scripts_validation_dir/requirements.txt

.github/workflows/scripts-test.yaml

@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           forked-pr: ${{ needs.check-execution-context.outputs.forked_pr }}
 
-      - name: Use Python 3.8 or newer
+      - name: Use Python 3.10 or newer
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '>=3.8'
+          python-version: '>=3.10'
     
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install -e $scripts_azureml_assets_dir -r $scripts_test_dir/requirements.txt

.github/workflows/training-model-mgmt-unittests.yaml

@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Clone branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Use Python 3.8
+      - name: Use Python 3.10 or newer
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '==3.8'
+          python-version: '>=3.10'
 
       - name: Create conda env
         run: |