Issue #25154: Deprecate the pyvenv script.
This was done so as to move users to `python3 -m venv` which prevents
confusion over which Python interpreter will be used in the virtual
environment when more than one is installed.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
index b374280..22513cf8 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -197,7 +197,10 @@
Deprecated features
-------------------
-* None yet.
+* The ``pyvenv`` script has been deprecated in favour of ``python3 -m venv``.
+ This prevents confusion as to what Python interpreter ``pyvenv`` is
+ connected to and thus what Python interpreter will be used by the virtual
+ environment. See :issue:`25154`.
Removed
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6e3e2c3..7d2c79f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -289,6 +289,12 @@
- Issue #25022: Removed very outdated PC/example_nt/ directory.
+Tools/Demos
+-----------
+
+- Issue #25154: The pyvenv script has been deprecated in favour of
+ `python3 -m venv`.
+
What's New in Python 3.5.1 release candidate 1?
===============================================
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/pyvenv b/Tools/scripts/pyvenv
index 978d691..1043efc 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/pyvenv
+++ b/Tools/scripts/pyvenv
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
+ import pathlib
+
+ executable = pathlib.Path(sys.executable or 'python3').name
+ print('WARNING: the pyenv script is deprecated in favour of '
+ '`{} -m venv`'.format(exeutable, file=sys.stderr))
+
rc = 1
try:
import venv