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| author | Steve Piercy <web@stevepiercy.com> | 2016-04-16 15:00:46 -0700 |
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| committer | Steve Piercy <web@stevepiercy.com> | 2016-04-16 15:00:46 -0700 |
| commit | d19e9902ede0b1cc40991b423c12e8a95d430e0e (patch) | |
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Merge pull request #2508 from stevepiercy/1.7-branch
Merge pull request #2505 from stevepiercy/docs/quick-tour-gotcher-nose
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diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index 486e94848..1d97bffe8 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -1108,14 +1108,15 @@ Glossary ``f``, ``false``, ``n``, ``no``, ``off`` and ``0``. pip - The `Python Packaging Authority's <https://www.pypa.io/>`_ recommended - tool for installing Python packages. + The :term:`Python Packaging Authority`'s recommended tool for installing + Python packages. pyvenv - The Python Packaging Authority formerly recommended using this command - for `creating virtual environments on Python 3.4 and 3.5 + The :term:`Python Packaging Authority` formerly recommended using the + ``pyvenv`` command for `creating virtual environments on Python 3.4 and + 3.5 <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/installing/#creating-virtual-environments>`_, - but it is deprecated in 3.6 in favor of ``python3 -m venv`` on UNIX or + but it was deprecated in 3.6 in favor of ``python3 -m venv`` on UNIX or ``python -m venv`` on Windows, which is backward compatible on Python 3.3 and greater. @@ -1124,9 +1125,14 @@ Glossary use by a particular application, rather than being installed system wide. venv - The `Python Packaging Authority's <https://www.pypa.io/>`_ recommended - tool for creating virtual environments on Python 3.3 and greater. + The :term:`Python Packaging Authority`'s recommended tool for creating + virtual environments on Python 3.3 and greater. Note: whenever you encounter commands prefixed with ``$VENV`` (Unix) or ``%VENV`` (Windows), know that that is the environment variable whose value is the root of the virtual environment in question. + + Python Packaging Authority + The `Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) <https://www.pypa.io/en/latest/>`_ + is a working group that maintains many of the relevant projects in Python + packaging.
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