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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst index f09e09c..6615a2e 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst @@ -118,6 +118,16 @@ finalization crashed with a Python fatal error if a daemon thread was still running. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`37266`.) +venv +---- + +The activation scripts provided by :mod:`venv` now all specify their prompt +customization consistently by always using the value specified by +``__VENV_PROMPT__``. Previously some scripts unconditionally used +``__VENV_PROMPT__``, others only if it happened to be set (which was the default +case), and one used ``__VENV_NAME__`` instead. +(Contributed by Brett Cannon in :issue:`37663`.) + pprint ------ @@ -191,12 +201,14 @@ Removed Use :meth:`~threading.Thread.is_alive()` instead. (Contributed by Dong-hee Na in :issue:`37804`.) + Porting to Python 3.9 ===================== This section lists previously described changes and other bugfixes that may require changes to your code. + Changes in the Python API ------------------------- @@ -205,3 +217,6 @@ Changes in the Python API catching the specific exception type and supporting both Python 3.9 and earlier versions will need to catch both: ``except (ImportError, ValueError):`` + +* The :mod:`venv` activation scripts no longer special-case when + ``__VENV_PROMPT__`` is set to ``""``. |