From: Facundo Batista Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:25:31 +0000 (-0300) Subject: [3.13] Improved venv docs to indicate that isolation is the default. (GH-136698)... X-Git-Tag: v3.13.6~74 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=46fe8e38c4ad82f6a85c23e2f52e85badc219b9c;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git [3.13] Improved venv docs to indicate that isolation is the default. (GH-136698) (GH-136725) (cherry picked from commit 8e2f4b448380b4c835442534d566618f06e32573) --- diff --git a/Doc/library/venv.rst b/Doc/library/venv.rst index 1f9a5e6e06c8..224f497dde7c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/venv.rst +++ b/Doc/library/venv.rst @@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ The :mod:`!venv` module supports creating lightweight "virtual environments", each with their own independent set of Python packages installed in their :mod:`site` directories. A virtual environment is created on top of an existing -Python installation, known as the virtual environment's "base" Python, and may -optionally be isolated from the packages in the base environment, -so only those explicitly installed in the virtual environment are available. +Python installation, known as the virtual environment's "base" Python, and by +default is isolated from the packages in the base environment, so +that only those explicitly installed in the virtual environment are available. When used from within a virtual environment, common installation tools such as :pypi:`pip` will install Python packages into a virtual environment