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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/using/scripts.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst | 23 |
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diff --git a/Doc/using/scripts.rst b/Doc/using/scripts.rst index ed4d868..2c87416 100644 --- a/Doc/using/scripts.rst +++ b/Doc/using/scripts.rst @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Additional Tools and Scripts ============================ +.. _scripts-pyvenv: + pyvenv - Creating virtual environments -------------------------------------- diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst index f7a928a..2e8d341 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst @@ -94,13 +94,22 @@ Please read on for a comprehensive list of user-facing changes. PEP 405: Virtual Environments ============================= -- inspired by ``virtualenv``, a tool widely used by the community -- change to the interpreter to avoid hacks - -The :mod:`venv` module and ``pyvenv`` script (inspired by ``virtualenv``, a -tool widely used by the community). - -.. also mention the interpreter changes that avoid the hacks used in virtualenv +:pep:`405` - Python Virtual Environments + PEP written by Carl Meyer, implemented by Carl Meyer and Vinay Sajip. + +Virtual environments help create separate Python setups while sharing a +system-wide base install, for ease of maintenance. Virtual environments +have their own set of private site packages (i.e. locally-installed +libraries), and are optionally segregated from the system-wide site +packages. Their concept and implementation are inspired by the popular +``virtualenv`` third-party package, but benefit from tighter integration +with the interpreter core. + +This PEP adds the :mod:`venv` module for programmatic access, and the +:ref:`pyvenv <scripts-pyvenv>` script for command-line access and +administration. The Python interpreter becomes aware of a ``pvenv.cfg`` +file whose existence signals the base of a virtual environment's directory +tree. PEP 420: Namespace Packages |