[Python-Dev] Proposing the deprecation of the pyvenv script

[Barry Warsaw]

On Sep 17, 2015, at 06:40 PM, Brett Cannon wrote:

>I propose that the pyvenv script be deprecated in Python 3.5.1 and
>removed in Python 3.8. The reason for this proposal is because it is
>non-obvious what version of Python a pyvenv command is tied to (heck,
>it isn't necessarily obvious that it's Python 3).

That's why in Debian/Ubuntu we include /usr/bin/pyvenv-X.Y for all supported
versions (currently 3.4 and 3.5 in Ubuntu 15.10), and then symlink
/usr/bin/pyvenv to the default one.  So I'm sympathetic to this proposal.

Cheers,
-Barry