[New-bugs-announce] [issue46890] vent does not create "python" link in python 3.11

[Ronald Oussoren]

New submission from Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com>:

In python3.10 and earlier "python3 -m venv something" creates "something/bin/python" as a symlink to the interpreter itself.

In python3.11 (a5) the same command no longer creates "something/bin/python", but only the ".../python3" symlink. 

With this change the "python" command no longer refers to the interpreter in an activated virtualenv, but to a different binary on $PATH (if any).

I tested using the Python 3.11a5 installer for macOS on python.org.

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components: Library (Lib)
keywords: 3.11regression
messages: 414278
nosy: ronaldoussoren
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: vent does not create "python" link in python 3.11
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.11

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