feat: ensure creation of python3.exe and python3 on Windows #2957
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On Windows, when creating a virtual environment with a Python 3.x interpreter, ensure that `python3.exe` and `python3` executables are created in the virtual environment's scripts directory. This makes the behavior on Windows more consistent with POSIX platforms and user expectations, regardless of whether the source Python executable is named `python.exe` or `python3.exe`. Signed-off-by: Emre Şafak <3928300+esafak@users.noreply.github.com>
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Signed-off-by: Emre Şafak <3928300+esafak@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: google-labs-jules[bot] <161369871+google-labs-jules[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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On Windows, when creating a virtual environment with a Python 3.x interpreter, ensure that
python3.exeandpython3executables are created in the virtual environment's scripts directory.This makes the behavior on Windows more consistent with POSIX platforms and user expectations, regardless of whether the source Python executable is named
python.exeorpython3.exe.Fixes #2774
tox -e fix)docs/changelogfolder