Merge pull request #8154 from priyawadhwa/kvm-flake

Upgrade oldest k8s version supported to 1.13

cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go

@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ func getKubernetesVersion(old *config.ClusterConfig) string {
 		if viper.GetBool(force) {
 			out.WarningT("Kubernetes {{.version}} is not supported by this release of minikube", out.V{"version": nvs})
 		} else {
-			exit.WithCodeT(exit.Data, "Sorry, Kubernetes {{.version}} is not supported by this release of minikube", out.V{"version": nvs})
+			exit.WithCodeT(exit.Data, "Sorry, Kubernetes {{.version}} is not supported by this release of minikube. To use this version anyway, use the `--force` flag.", out.V{"version": nvs})
 		}
 	}
 

pkg/minikube/constants/constants.go

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const (
 	// NewestKubernetesVersion is the newest Kubernetes version to test against
 	NewestKubernetesVersion = "v1.18.4-rc.0"
 	// OldestKubernetesVersion is the oldest Kubernetes version to test against
-	OldestKubernetesVersion = "v1.12.0"
+	OldestKubernetesVersion = "v1.13.0"
 	// DefaultClusterName is the default nane for the k8s cluster
 	DefaultClusterName = "minikube"
 	// DockerDaemonPort is the port Docker daemon listening inside a minikube node (vm or container).