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@@ -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 ``""``.