[R-package] [ci] drop support for R 3.x (fixes #7023) #7038
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Fixes #7023
Proposes the following:
R (>= 4.0)Notes for Reviewers
In an earlier attempt (#7025), I also tried to update to testing on both R 4.0 and R 4.5.
Ran into some issues there on Windows... I think that Rtools have changed in significant ways between R minor versions.
So proposing this PR to get the easier-to-implement "just drop R 3.x" changes merged, to help unblock #7016