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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 6 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | Tools/scripts/pyvenv | 6 |
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst index b374280701..22513cf8c4 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst @@ -197,7 +197,10 @@ Deprecated functions and types of the C API Deprecated features ------------------- -* None yet. +* The ``pyvenv`` script has been deprecated in favour of ``python3 -m venv``. + This prevents confusion as to what Python interpreter ``pyvenv`` is + connected to and thus what Python interpreter will be used by the virtual + environment. See :issue:`25154`. Removed @@ -289,6 +289,12 @@ Windows - Issue #25022: Removed very outdated PC/example_nt/ directory. +Tools/Demos +----------- + +- Issue #25154: The pyvenv script has been deprecated in favour of + `python3 -m venv`. + What's New in Python 3.5.1 release candidate 1? =============================================== diff --git a/Tools/scripts/pyvenv b/Tools/scripts/pyvenv index 978d691d1e..1043efcfa7 100755 --- a/Tools/scripts/pyvenv +++ b/Tools/scripts/pyvenv @@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ #!/usr/bin/env python3 if __name__ == '__main__': import sys + import pathlib + + executable = pathlib.Path(sys.executable or 'python3').name + print('WARNING: the pyenv script is deprecated in favour of ' + '`{} -m venv`'.format(exeutable, file=sys.stderr)) + rc = 1 try: import venv |