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PEP 832: Virtual environment discovery - #4912

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PEP 832: Virtual environment discovery#4912
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brettcannon:venv-location

Commits on Jan 20, 2026
- Metadata, Abstract, and opening of Motivation
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- Finish Motivation
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- Big chunk of Rationale
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- Finish the Specification
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- Use a placeholder name so `make html` works
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- Add Backwards Compatibility
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- Add Security Implications and How to Teach This
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- Reject other names
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- Finish the initial draft
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- Fix typos
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- Clarify some details
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- Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/python/peps into venv-location
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- Update CODEOWNERS to fill in gaps
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- Clarify details
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- Add more names to ACKS
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- Add guidance about `.venv` and version control
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- Thank Bernát
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Commits on Feb 12, 2026
- Clarify language regarding the use of non-executable paths in the .venv file
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- Add Vinay Sajip to acknowledgements
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Commits on Feb 20, 2026
- Clarify language regarding access to hidden virtual environment directories and simplify explanations about managing multiple environments
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Commits on Mar 23, 2026
- Merge branch 'main' into venv-location
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- Thank Zanie
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- List tool support
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- Cover how tools will likely error out if they don't support `.venv` files
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- Add an open issue about supporting multiple virtual environments via an API
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- Minor clarifications
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Commits on Apr 10, 2026
- Introduce new method for creating redirect files
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- Specify `create(env_dir=DEFAULT_NAME)`
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Commits on Apr 13, 2026
- Add `read_redirect_file()`
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- Clarify the creation of redirect files in `project_root` for `read_redirect_file()`
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Commits on Apr 15, 2026
- Add the reference implementation
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- Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/main' into venv-location
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- Fix the numbered list
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- Take 832
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- Fix spelling and grammar
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- Style cleanup
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- Say `read_redirect_file()` raises an exception if the location doesn't exist
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- Add Change History section
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- Make linting happy
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- Try to fix list formatting
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