Update actions/setup-python action to v6 - autoclosed

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change
actions/setup-python	action	major	v5 → v6

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Release Notes

actions/setup-python (actions/setup-python)

v6.3.0

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Enhancement

• Add RHEL support and include Linux distro in cache keys by @​priyagupta108 in #​1323
• Fix pip cache error handling on Windows by @​priyagupta108 in #​1040

Dependency update

• Upgrade minimatch from 3.1.2 to 3.1.5 by @​dependabot in #​1281
• Upgrade actions dependencies by @​gowridurgad with @​Copilot in #​1303
• Upgrade @​actions/cache to 5.1.0, log cache write denied by @​jasongin in #​1324
• Upgrade dependency versions and test workflow configuration by @​HarithaVattikuti in #​1322

Documentation

• Update advanced-usage.md by @​Dunky-Z in #​811

New Contributors

• @​gowridurgad with @​Copilot made their first contribution in #​1303
• @​jasongin made their first contribution in #​1324
• @​Dunky-Z made their first contribution in #​811

Full Changelog: actions/setup-python@v6...v6.3.0

v6.2.0

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Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade dependencies to Node 24 compatible versions by @​salmanmkc in #​1259
• Upgrade urllib3 from 2.5.0 to 2.6.3 in /__tests__/data by @​dependabot in #​1253 and #​1264

Full Changelog: actions/setup-python@v6...v6.2.0

v6.1.0

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Enhancements:

• Add support for pip-install input by @​gowridurgad in #​1201
• Add graalpy early-access and windows builds by @​timfel in #​880

Dependency and Documentation updates:

• Enhanced wording and updated example usage for allow-prereleases by @​yarikoptic in #​979
• Upgrade urllib3 from 1.26.19 to 2.5.0 and document breaking changes in v6 by @​dependabot in #​1139
• Upgrade typescript from 5.4.2 to 5.9.3 and Documentation update by @​dependabot in #​1094
• Upgrade actions/publish-action from 0.3.0 to 0.4.0 & Documentation update for pip-install input by @​dependabot in #​1199
• Upgrade requests from 2.32.2 to 2.32.4 by @​dependabot in #​1130
• Upgrade prettier from 3.5.3 to 3.6.2 by @​dependabot in #​1234
• Upgrade @​types/node from 24.1.0 to 24.9.1 and update macos-13 to macos-15-intel by @​dependabot in #​1235

New Contributors

• @​yarikoptic made their first contribution in #​979

Full Changelog: actions/setup-python@v6...v6.1.0

v6.0.0

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Breaking Changes

• Upgrade to node 24 by @​salmanmkc in #​1164

Make sure your runner is on version v2.327.1 or later to ensure compatibility with this release. See Release Notes

Enhancements:

• Add support for pip-version by @​priyagupta108 in #​1129
• Enhance reading from .python-version by @​krystof-k in #​787
• Add version parsing from Pipfile by @​aradkdj in #​1067

Bug fixes:

• Clarify pythonLocation behaviour for PyPy and GraalPy in environment variables by @​aparnajyothi-y in #​1183
• Change missing cache directory error to warning by @​aparnajyothi-y in #​1182
• Add Architecture-Specific PATH Management for Python with --user Flag on Windows by @​aparnajyothi-y in #​1122
• Include python version in PyPy python-version output by @​cdce8p in #​1110
• Update docs: clarification on pip authentication with setup-python by @​priya-kinthali in #​1156

Dependency updates:

• Upgrade idna from 2.9 to 3.7 in /tests/data by @​dependabot[bot] in #​843
• Upgrade form-data to fix critical vulnerabilities #​182 & #​183 by @​aparnajyothi-y in #​1163
• Upgrade setuptools to 78.1.1 to fix path traversal vulnerability in PackageIndex.download by @​aparnajyothi-y in #​1165
• Upgrade actions/checkout from 4 to 5 by @​dependabot[bot] in #​1181
• Upgrade @​actions/tool-cache from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 by @​dependabot[bot] in #​1095

New Contributors

• @​krystof-k made their first contribution in #​787
• @​cdce8p made their first contribution in #​1110
• @​aradkdj made their first contribution in #​1067

Full Changelog: actions/setup-python@v5...v6.0.0

v6

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