[issue33456] site.py: by default, a virtual environment is *not* isolated from the system-level site-packages directories

Change by Vinay Sajip : -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue33456] site.py: by default, a virtual environment is *not* isolated from the system-level site-packages directories

Vinay Sajip added the comment: New changeset c324c748871804f31f56b3bd02a8650b3bf1bae7 by Vinay Sajip (Lukas Waymann) in branch 'master': bpo-33456: site module documentation - fix wrong default for key in pyvenv.cfg (GH-6755)

[issue33456] site.py: by default, a virtual environment is *not* isolated from the system-level site-packages directories

Change by Cheryl Sabella : -- assignee: -> docs@python components: +Documentation -Library (Lib) nosy: +cheryl.sabella, docs@python, vinay.sajip versions: -Python 3.6 ___ Python tracker

[issue33456] site.py: by default, a virtual environment is *not* isolated from the system-level site-packages directories

Change by Lukas Waymann : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +6442 stage: -> patch review ___ Python tracker ___

[issue33456] site.py: by default, a virtual environment is *not* isolated from the system-level site-packages directories

New submission from Lukas Waymann : PEP 405 says this: > By default, a virtual environment is entirely isolated from the system-level > site-packages directories. > > If the pyvenv.cfg file also contains a key include-system-site-packages with > a value of true (not case