From: Facundo Batista Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:55:31 +0000 (-0300) Subject: Improved venv docs to indicate that isolation is the default. (#136698) X-Git-Tag: v3.15.0a1~959 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8e2f4b448380b4c835442534d566618f06e32573;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Improved venv docs to indicate that isolation is the default. (#136698) * Improved venv docs to note that isolation is the default. * Insert "that" so that a sentence reads better. * Improved wording. --------- Co-authored-by: Vinay Sajip --- diff --git a/Doc/library/venv.rst b/Doc/library/venv.rst index f16e24eac083..de427fbafe71 100644 --- a/Doc/library/venv.rst +++ b/Doc/library/venv.rst @@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ 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. -See :ref:`sys-path-init-virtual-environments` and :mod:`site`'s +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. See :ref:`sys-path-init-virtual-environments` and :mod:`site`'s :ref:`virtual environments documentation ` for more information.