[Python-checkins] bpo-36008: Doc update for 3.8 migration (GH-12887)
Cheryl Sabella
webhook-mailer at python.org
Mon May 13 08:29:43 EDT 2019
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3e2afd78babe5bd270e7f3b9df8796eeabc79865
commit: 3e2afd78babe5bd270e7f3b9df8796eeabc79865
branch: master
author: Utkarsh Gupta <guptautkarsh2102 at gmail.com>
committer: Cheryl Sabella <cheryl.sabella at gmail.com>
date: 2019-05-13T08:29:39-04:00
summary:
bpo-36008: Doc update for 3.8 migration (GH-12887)
files:
M Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
M Doc/using/cmdline.rst
M Doc/using/windows.rst
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst b/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
index ab92af044e7c..dddfd850cd29 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ Python guru or system administrator. (E.g., :file:`/usr/local/python` is a
popular alternative location.)
On Windows machines, the Python installation is usually placed in
-:file:`C:\\Python36`, though you can change this when you're running the
+:file:`C:\\Python38`, though you can change this when you're running the
installer. To add this directory to your path, you can type the following
command into :ref:`a command prompt window <faq-run-program-under-windows>`::
- set path=%path%;C:\python36
+ set path=%path%;C:\python38
Typing an end-of-file character (:kbd:`Control-D` on Unix, :kbd:`Control-Z` on
Windows) at the primary prompt causes the interpreter to exit with a zero exit
diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
index fd47ce2ab538..5ae3cc808b34 100644
--- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
@@ -182,13 +182,13 @@ Generic options
.. code-block:: none
- Python 3.6.0b2+
+ Python 3.8.0b2+
When given twice, print more information about the build, like:
.. code-block:: none
- Python 3.6.0b2+ (3.6:84a3c5003510+, Oct 26 2016, 02:33:55)
+ Python 3.8.0b2+ (3.8:0c076caaa8, Apr 20 2019, 21:55:00)
[GCC 6.2.0 20161005]
.. versionadded:: 3.6
diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
index 2f3eb0ea3f06..1f8eb16e5054 100644
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst
@@ -214,13 +214,13 @@ of available options is shown below.
For example, to silently install a default, system-wide Python installation,
you could use the following command (from an elevated command prompt)::
- python-3.6.0.exe /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1 Include_test=0
+ python-3.8.0.exe /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1 Include_test=0
To allow users to easily install a personal copy of Python without the test
suite, you could provide a shortcut with the following command. This will
display a simplified initial page and disallow customization::
- python-3.6.0.exe InstallAllUsers=0 Include_launcher=0 Include_test=0
+ python-3.8.0.exe InstallAllUsers=0 Include_launcher=0 Include_test=0
SimpleInstall=1 SimpleInstallDescription="Just for me, no test suite."
(Note that omitting the launcher also omits file associations, and is only
@@ -257,13 +257,13 @@ where a large number of installations are going to be performed it is very
useful to have a locally cached copy.
Execute the following command from Command Prompt to download all possible
-required files. Remember to substitute ``python-3.6.0.exe`` for the actual
+required files. Remember to substitute ``python-3.8.0.exe`` for the actual
name of your installer, and to create layouts in their own directories to
avoid collisions between files with the same name.
::
- python-3.6.0.exe /layout [optional target directory]
+ python-3.8.0.exe /layout [optional target directory]
You may also specify the ``/quiet`` option to hide the progress display.
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ To temporarily set environment variables, open Command Prompt and use the
.. code-block:: doscon
- C:\>set PATH=C:\Program Files\Python 3.6;%PATH%
+ C:\>set PATH=C:\Program Files\Python 3.8;%PATH%
C:\>set PYTHONPATH=%PYTHONPATH%;C:\My_python_lib
C:\>python
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ of your Python installation, delimited by a semicolon from other entries. An
example variable could look like this (assuming the first two entries already
existed)::
- C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\Program Files\Python 3.6
+ C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\Program Files\Python 3.8
.. _launcher:
More information about the Python-checkins
mailing list