1Release History
2===============
3
415.0.1 (2016-03-17)
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6
7* Print error message when DEST_DIR exists and is a file
8
9* Upgrade setuptools to 20.3
10
11* Upgrade pip to 8.1.1.
12
13
1415.0.0 (2016-03-05)
15-------------------
16
17* Remove the `virtualenv-N.N` script from the package; this can no longer be
18  correctly created from a wheel installation.
19  Resolves :issue:`851`, :issue:`692`
20
21* Remove accidental runtime dependency on pip by extracting certificate in the
22  subprocess.
23
24* Upgrade setuptools 20.2.2.
25
26* Upgrade pip to 8.1.0.
27
28
2914.0.6 (2016-02-07)
30-------------------
31
32* Upgrade setuptools to 20.0
33
34* Upgrade wheel to 0.29.0
35
36* Fix an error where virtualenv didn't pass in a working ssl certificate for
37  pip, causing "weird" errors related to ssl.
38
39
4014.0.5 (2016-02-01)
41-------------------
42
43* Homogenize drive letter casing for both prefixes and filenames. :issue:`858`
44
45
4614.0.4 (2016-01-31)
47-------------------
48
49* Upgrade setuptools to 19.6.2
50
51* Revert ac4ea65; only correct drive letter case.
52  Fixes :issue:`856`, :issue:`815`
53
54
5514.0.3 (2016-01-28)
56-------------------
57
58* Upgrade setuptools to 19.6.1
59
60
6114.0.2 (2016-01-28)
62-------------------
63
64* Upgrade setuptools to 19.6
65
66* Supress any errors from `unset` on different shells (:pull:`843`)
67
68* Normalize letter case for prefix path checking. Fixes :issue:`837`
69
70
7114.0.1 (2016-01-21)
72-------------------
73
74* Upgrade from pip 8.0.0 to 8.0.2.
75
76* Fix the default of ``--(no-)download`` to default to downloading.
77
78
7914.0.0 (2016-01-19)
80-------------------
81
82* **BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE** Drop support for Python 3.2.
83
84* Upgrade setuptools to 19.4
85
86* Upgrade wheel to 0.26.0
87
88* Upgrade pip to 8.0.0
89
90* Upgrade argparse to 1.4.0
91
92* Added support for ``python-config`` script (:pull:`798`)
93
94* Updated activate.fish (:pull:`589`) (:pull:`799`)
95
96* Account for a ``site.pyo`` correctly in some python implementations (:pull:`759`)
97
98* Properly restore an empty PS1 (:issue:`407`)
99
100* Properly remove ``pydoc`` when deactivating
101
102* Remove workaround for very old Mageia / Mandriva linuxes (:pull:`472`)
103
104* Added a space after virtualenv name in the prompt: ``(env) $PS1``
105
106* Make sure not to run a --user install when creating the virtualenv (:pull:`803`)
107
108* Remove virtualenv.py's path from sys.path when executing with a new
109  python. Fixes issue :issue:`779`, :issue:`763` (:pull:`805`)
110
111* Remove use of () in .bat files so ``Program Files (x86)`` works :issue:`35`
112
113* Download new releases of the preinstalled software from PyPI when there are
114  new releases available. This behavior can be disabled using
115  ``--no-download``.
116
117* Make ``--no-setuptools``, ``--no-pip``, and ``--no-wheel`` independent of
118  each other.
119
120
12113.1.2 (2015-08-23)
122-------------------
123
124* Upgrade pip to 7.1.2.
125
126
12713.1.1 (2015-08-20)
128-------------------
129
130* Upgrade pip to 7.1.1.
131
132* Upgrade setuptools to 18.2.
133
134* Make the activate script safe to use when bash is running with ``-u``.
135
136
13713.1.0 (2015-06-30)
138-------------------
139
140* Upgrade pip to 7.1.0
141
142* Upgrade setuptools to 18.0.1
143
144
14513.0.3 (2015-06-01)
146-------------------
147
148* Upgrade pip to 7.0.3
149
150
15113.0.2 (2015-06-01)
152-------------------
153
154* Upgrade pip to 7.0.2
155
156* Upgrade setuptools to 17.0
157
158
15913.0.1 (2015-05-22)
160-------------------
161
162* Upgrade pip to 7.0.1
163
164
16513.0.0 (2015-05-21)
166-------------------
167
168* Automatically install wheel when creating a new virutalenv. This can be
169  disabled by using the ``--no-wheel`` option.
170
171* Don't trust the current directory as a location to discover files to install
172  packages from.
173
174* Upgrade setuptools to 16.0.
175
176* Upgrade pip to 7.0.0.
177
178
17912.1.1 (2015-04-07)
180-------------------
181
182* Upgrade pip to 6.1.1
183
184
18512.1.0 (2015-04-07)
186-------------------
187
188* Upgrade setuptools to 15.0
189
190* Upgrade pip to 6.1.0
191
192
19312.0.7 (2015-02-04)
194-------------------
195
196* Upgrade pip to 6.0.8
197
198
19912.0.6 (2015-01-28)
200-------------------
201
202* Upgrade pip to 6.0.7
203
204* Upgrade setuptools to 12.0.5
205
206
20712.0.5 (2015-01-03)
208-------------------
209
210* Upgrade pip to 6.0.6
211
212* Upgrade setuptools to 11.0
213
214
21512.0.4 (2014-12-23)
216-------------------
217
218* Revert the fix to ``-p`` on Debian based pythons as it was broken in other
219  situations.
220
221* Revert several sys.path changes new in 12.0 which were breaking virtualenv.
222
22312.0.3 (2014-12-23)
224-------------------
225
226* Fix an issue where Debian based Pythons would fail when using -p with the
227  host Python.
228
229* Upgrade pip to 6.0.3
230
23112.0.2 (2014-12-23)
232-------------------
233
234* Upgraded pip to 6.0.2
235
23612.0.1 (2014-12-22)
237-------------------
238
239* Upgraded pip to 6.0.1
240
241
24212.0 (2014-12-22)
243-----------------
244
245* **PROCESS** Version numbers are now simply ``X.Y`` where the leading ``1``
246  has been dropped.
247* Split up documentation into structured pages
248* Now using pytest framework
249* Correct sys.path ordering for debian, issue #461
250* Correctly throws error on older Pythons, issue #619
251* Allow for empty $PATH, pull #601
252* Don't set prompt if $env:VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT is set for Powershell
253* Updated setuptools to 7.0
254
2551.11.6 (2014-05-16)
256-------------------
257
258* Updated setuptools to 3.6
259* Updated pip to 1.5.6
260
2611.11.5 (2014-05-03)
262-------------------
263
264* Updated setuptools to 3.4.4
265* Updated documentation to use https://virtualenv.pypa.io/
266* Updated pip to 1.5.5
267
2681.11.4 (2014-02-21)
269-------------------
270
271* Updated pip to 1.5.4
272
273
2741.11.3 (2014-02-20)
275-------------------
276
277* Updated setuptools to 2.2
278* Updated pip to 1.5.3
279
280
2811.11.2 (2014-01-26)
282-------------------
283
284* Fixed easy_install installed virtualenvs by updated pip to 1.5.2
285
2861.11.1 (2014-01-20)
287-------------------
288
289* Fixed an issue where pip and setuptools were not getting installed when using
290  the ``--system-site-packages`` flag.
291* Updated setuptools to fix an issue when installed with easy_install
292* Fixed an issue with Python 3.4 and sys.stdout encoding being set to ascii
293* Upgraded pip to v1.5.1
294* Upgraded setuptools to v2.1
295
2961.11 (2014-01-02)
297-----------------
298
299* **BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE** Switched to using wheels for the bundled copies of
300  setuptools and pip. Using sdists is no longer supported - users supplying
301  their own versions of pip/setuptools will need to provide wheels.
302* **BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE** Modified the handling of ``--extra-search-dirs``.
303  This option now works like pip's ``--find-links`` option, in that it adds
304  extra directories to search for compatible wheels for pip and setuptools.
305  The actual wheel selected is chosen based on version and compatibility, using
306  the same algorithm as ``pip install setuptools``.
307* Fixed #495, --always-copy was failing (#PR 511)
308* Upgraded pip to v1.5
309* Upgraded setuptools to v1.4
310
3111.10.1 (2013-08-07)
312-------------------
313
314* **New Signing Key** Release 1.10.1 is using a different key than normal with
315  fingerprint: 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
316* Upgraded pip to v1.4.1
317* Upgraded setuptools to v0.9.8
318
319
3201.10 (2013-07-23)
321-----------------
322
323* **BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE** Dropped support for Python 2.5. The minimum
324  supported Python version is now Python 2.6.
325
326* **BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE** Using ``virtualenv.py`` as an isolated script
327  (i.e. without an associated ``virtualenv_support`` directory) is no longer
328  supported for security reasons and will fail with an error.
329
330  Along with this, ``--never-download`` is now always pinned to ``True``, and
331  is only being maintained in the short term for backward compatibility
332  (Pull #412).
333
334* **IMPORTANT** Switched to the new setuptools (v0.9.7) which has been merged
335  with Distribute_ again and works for Python 2 and 3 with one codebase.
336  The ``--distribute`` and ``--setuptools`` options are now no-op.
337
338* Updated to pip 1.4.
339
340* Added support for PyPy3k
341
342* Added the option to use a version number with the ``-p`` option to get the
343  system copy of that Python version (Windows only)
344
345* Removed embedded ``ez_setup.py``, ``distribute_setup.py`` and
346  ``distribute_from_egg.py`` files as part of switching to merged setuptools.
347
348* Fixed ``--relocatable`` to work better on Windows.
349
350* Fixed issue with readline on Windows.
351
352.. _Distribute: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute
353
3541.9.1 (2013-03-08)
355------------------
356
357* Updated to pip 1.3.1 that fixed a major backward incompatible change of
358  parsing URLs to externally hosted packages that got accidentily included
359  in pip 1.3.
360
3611.9 (2013-03-07)
362----------------
363
364* Unset VIRTUAL_ENV environment variable in deactivate.bat (Pull #364)
365* Upgraded distribute to 0.6.34.
366* Added ``--no-setuptools`` and ``--no-pip`` options (Pull #336).
367* Fixed Issue #373. virtualenv-1.8.4 was failing in cygwin (Pull #382).
368* Fixed Issue #378. virtualenv is now "multiarch" aware on debian/ubuntu (Pull #379).
369* Fixed issue with readline module path on pypy and OSX (Pull #374).
370* Made 64bit detection compatible with Python 2.5 (Pull #393).
371
372
3731.8.4 (2012-11-25)
374------------------
375
376* Updated distribute to 0.6.31. This fixes #359 (numpy install regression) on
377  UTF-8 platforms, and provides a workaround on other platforms:
378  ``PYTHONIOENCODING=utf8 pip install numpy``.
379
380* When installing virtualenv via curl, don't forget to filter out arguments
381  the distribute setup script won't understand. Fixes #358.
382
383* Added some more integration tests.
384
385* Removed the unsupported embedded setuptools egg for Python 2.4 to reduce
386  file size.
387
3881.8.3 (2012-11-21)
389------------------
390
391* Fixed readline on OS X. Thanks minrk
392
393* Updated distribute to 0.6.30 (improves our error reporting, plus new
394  distribute features and fixes). Thanks Gabriel (g2p)
395
396* Added compatibility with multiarch Python (Python 3.3 for example). Added an
397  integration test. Thanks Gabriel (g2p)
398
399* Added ability to install distribute from a user-provided egg, rather than the
400  bundled sdist, for better speed. Thanks Paul Moore.
401
402* Make the creation of lib64 symlink smarter about already-existing symlink,
403  and more explicit about full paths. Fixes #334 and #330. Thanks Jeremy Orem.
404
405* Give lib64 site-dir preference over lib on 64-bit systems, to avoid wrong
406  32-bit compiles in the venv. Fixes #328. Thanks Damien Nozay.
407
408* Fix a bug with prompt-handling in ``activate.csh`` in non-interactive csh
409  shells. Fixes #332. Thanks Benjamin Root for report and patch.
410
411* Make it possible to create a virtualenv from within a Python
412  3.3. pyvenv. Thanks Chris McDonough for the report.
413
414* Add optional --setuptools option to be able to switch to it in case
415  distribute is the default (like in Debian).
416
4171.8.2 (2012-09-06)
418------------------
419
420* Updated the included pip version to 1.2.1 to fix regressions introduced
421  there in 1.2.
422
423
4241.8.1 (2012-09-03)
425------------------
426
427* Fixed distribute version used with `--never-download`. Thanks michr for
428  report and patch.
429
430* Fix creating Python 3.3 based virtualenvs by unsetting the
431  ``__PYVENV_LAUNCHER__`` environment variable in subprocesses.
432
433
4341.8 (2012-09-01)
435----------------
436
437* **Dropped support for Python 2.4** The minimum supported Python version is
438  now Python 2.5.
439
440* Fix `--relocatable` on systems that use lib64. Fixes #78. Thanks Branden
441  Rolston.
442
443* Symlink some additional modules under Python 3. Fixes #194. Thanks Vinay
444  Sajip, Ian Clelland, and Stefan Holek for the report.
445
446* Fix ``--relocatable`` when a script uses ``__future__`` imports. Thanks
447  Branden Rolston.
448
449* Fix a bug in the config option parser that prevented setting negative
450  options with environment variables. Thanks Ralf Schmitt.
451
452* Allow setting ``--no-site-packages`` from the config file.
453
454* Use ``/usr/bin/multiarch-platform`` if available to figure out the include
455  directory. Thanks for the patch, Mika Laitio.
456
457* Fix ``install_name_tool`` replacement to work on Python 3.X.
458
459* Handle paths of users' site-packages on Mac OS X correctly when changing
460  the prefix.
461
462* Updated the embedded version of distribute to 0.6.28 and pip to 1.2.
463
464
4651.7.2 (2012-06-22)
466------------------
467
468* Updated to distribute 0.6.27.
469
470* Fix activate.fish on OS X. Fixes #8. Thanks David Schoonover.
471
472* Create a virtualenv-x.x script with the Python version when installing, so
473  virtualenv for multiple Python versions can be installed to the same
474  script location. Thanks Miki Tebeka.
475
476* Restored ability to create a virtualenv with a path longer than 78
477  characters, without breaking creation of virtualenvs with non-ASCII paths.
478  Thanks, Bradley Ayers.
479
480* Added ability to create virtualenvs without having installed Apple's
481  developers tools (using an own implementation of ``install_name_tool``).
482  Thanks Mike Hommey.
483
484* Fixed PyPy and Jython support on Windows. Thanks Konstantin Zemlyak.
485
486* Added pydoc script to ease use. Thanks Marc Abramowitz. Fixes #149.
487
488* Fixed creating a bootstrap script on Python 3. Thanks Raul Leal. Fixes #280.
489
490* Fixed inconsistency when having set the ``PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE`` env var
491  with the --distribute option or the ``VIRTUALENV_USE_DISTRIBUTE`` env var.
492  ``VIRTUALENV_USE_DISTRIBUTE`` is now considered again as a legacy alias.
493
494
4951.7.1.2 (2012-02-17)
496--------------------
497
498* Fixed minor issue in `--relocatable`. Thanks, Cap Petschulat.
499
500
5011.7.1.1 (2012-02-16)
502--------------------
503
504* Bumped the version string in ``virtualenv.py`` up, too.
505
506* Fixed rST rendering bug of long description.
507
508
5091.7.1 (2012-02-16)
510------------------
511
512* Update embedded pip to version 1.1.
513
514* Fix `--relocatable` under Python 3. Thanks Doug Hellmann.
515
516* Added environ PATH modification to activate_this.py. Thanks Doug
517  Napoleone. Fixes #14.
518
519* Support creating virtualenvs directly from a Python build directory on
520  Windows. Thanks CBWhiz. Fixes #139.
521
522* Use non-recursive symlinks to fix things up for posix_local install
523  scheme. Thanks michr.
524
525* Made activate script available for use with msys and cygwin on Windows.
526  Thanks Greg Haskins, Cliff Xuan, Jonathan Griffin and Doug Napoleone.
527  Fixes #176.
528
529* Fixed creation of virtualenvs on Windows when Python is not installed for
530  all users. Thanks Anatoly Techtonik for report and patch and Doug
531  Napoleone for testing and confirmation. Fixes #87.
532
533* Fixed creation of virtualenvs using -p in installs where some modules
534  that ought to be in the standard library (e.g. `readline`) are actually
535  installed in `site-packages` next to `virtualenv.py`. Thanks Greg Haskins
536  for report and fix. Fixes #167.
537
538* Added activation script for Powershell (signed by Jannis Leidel). Many
539  thanks to Jason R. Coombs.
540
541
5421.7 (2011-11-30)
543----------------
544
545* Gave user-provided ``--extra-search-dir`` priority over default dirs for
546  finding setuptools/distribute (it already had priority for finding pip).
547  Thanks Ethan Jucovy.
548
549* Updated embedded Distribute release to 0.6.24. Thanks Alex Gronholm.
550
551* Made ``--no-site-packages`` behavior the default behavior.  The
552  ``--no-site-packages`` flag is still permitted, but displays a warning when
553  used. Thanks Chris McDonough.
554
555* New flag: ``--system-site-packages``; this flag should be passed to get the
556  previous default global-site-package-including behavior back.
557
558* Added ability to set command options as environment variables and options
559  in a ``virtualenv.ini`` file.
560
561* Fixed various encoding related issues with paths. Thanks Gunnlaugur Thor Briem.
562
563* Made ``virtualenv.py`` script executable.
564
565
5661.6.4 (2011-07-21)
567------------------
568
569* Restored ability to run on Python 2.4, too.
570
571
5721.6.3 (2011-07-16)
573------------------
574
575* Restored ability to run on Python < 2.7.
576
577
5781.6.2 (2011-07-16)
579------------------
580
581* Updated embedded distribute release to 0.6.19.
582
583* Updated embedded pip release to 1.0.2.
584
585* Fixed #141 - Be smarter about finding pkg_resources when using the
586  non-default Python interpreter (by using the ``-p`` option).
587
588* Fixed #112 - Fixed path in docs.
589
590* Fixed #109 - Corrected doctests of a Logger method.
591
592* Fixed #118 - Fixed creating virtualenvs on platforms that use the
593  "posix_local" install scheme, such as Ubuntu with Python 2.7.
594
595* Add missing library to Python 3 virtualenvs (``_dummy_thread``).
596
597
5981.6.1 (2011-04-30)
599------------------
600
601* Start to use git-flow.
602
603* Added support for PyPy 1.5
604
605* Fixed #121 -- added sanity-checking of the -p argument. Thanks Paul Nasrat.
606
607* Added progress meter for pip installation as well as setuptools. Thanks Ethan
608  Jucovy.
609
610* Added --never-download and --search-dir options. Thanks Ethan Jucovy.
611
612
6131.6
614---
615
616* Added Python 3 support! Huge thanks to Vinay Sajip and Vitaly Babiy.
617
618* Fixed creation of virtualenvs on Mac OS X when standard library modules
619  (readline) are installed outside the standard library.
620
621* Updated bundled pip to 1.0.
622
623
6241.5.2
625-----
626
627* Moved main repository to Github: https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv
628
629* Transferred primary maintenance from Ian to Jannis Leidel, Carl Meyer and Brian Rosner
630
631* Fixed a few more pypy related bugs.
632
633* Updated bundled pip to 0.8.2.
634
635* Handed project over to new team of maintainers.
636
637* Moved virtualenv to Github at https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv
638
639
6401.5.1
641-----
642
643* Added ``_weakrefset`` requirement for Python 2.7.1.
644
645* Fixed Windows regression in 1.5
646
647
6481.5
649---
650
651* Include pip 0.8.1.
652
653* Add support for PyPy.
654
655* Uses a proper temporary dir when installing environment requirements.
656
657* Add ``--prompt`` option to be able to override the default prompt prefix.
658
659* Fix an issue with ``--relocatable`` on Windows.
660
661* Fix issue with installing the wrong version of distribute.
662
663* Add fish and csh activate scripts.
664
665
6661.4.9
667-----
668
669* Include pip 0.7.2
670
671
6721.4.8
673-----
674
675* Fix for Mac OS X Framework builds that use
676  ``--universal-archs=intel``
677
678* Fix ``activate_this.py`` on Windows.
679
680* Allow ``$PYTHONHOME`` to be set, so long as you use ``source
681  bin/activate`` it will get unset; if you leave it set and do not
682  activate the environment it will still break the environment.
683
684* Include pip 0.7.1
685
686
6871.4.7
688-----
689
690* Include pip 0.7
691
692
6931.4.6
694-----
695
696* Allow ``activate.sh`` to skip updating the prompt (by setting
697  ``$VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT``).
698
699
7001.4.5
701-----
702
703* Include pip 0.6.3
704
705* Fix ``activate.bat`` and ``deactivate.bat`` under Windows when
706  ``PATH`` contained a parenthesis
707
708
7091.4.4
710-----
711
712* Include pip 0.6.2 and Distribute 0.6.10
713
714* Create the ``virtualenv`` script even when Setuptools isn't
715  installed
716
717* Fix problem with ``virtualenv --relocate`` when ``bin/`` has
718  subdirectories (e.g., ``bin/.svn/``); from Alan Franzoni.
719
720* If you set ``$VIRTUALENV_DISTRIBUTE`` then virtualenv will use
721  Distribute by default (so you don't have to remember to use
722  ``--distribute``).
723
724
7251.4.3
726-----
727
728* Include pip 0.6.1
729
730
7311.4.2
732-----
733
734* Fix pip installation on Windows
735
736* Fix use of stand-alone ``virtualenv.py`` (and boot scripts)
737
738* Exclude ~/.local (user site-packages) from environments when using
739  ``--no-site-packages``
740
741
7421.4.1
743-----
744
745* Include pip 0.6
746
747
7481.4
749---
750
751* Updated setuptools to 0.6c11
752
753* Added the --distribute option
754
755* Fixed packaging problem of support-files
756
757
7581.3.4
759-----
760
761* Virtualenv now copies the actual embedded Python binary on
762  Mac OS X to fix a hang on Snow Leopard (10.6).
763
764* Fail more gracefully on Windows when ``win32api`` is not installed.
765
766* Fix site-packages taking precedent over Jython's ``__classpath__``
767  and also specially handle the new ``__pyclasspath__`` entry in
768  ``sys.path``.
769
770* Now copies Jython's ``registry`` file to the virtualenv if it exists.
771
772* Better find libraries when compiling extensions on Windows.
773
774* Create ``Scripts\pythonw.exe`` on Windows.
775
776* Added support for the Debian/Ubuntu
777  ``/usr/lib/pythonX.Y/dist-packages`` directory.
778
779* Set ``distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars()['LIBDIR']`` (based on
780  ``sys.real_prefix``) which is reported to help building on Windows.
781
782* Make ``deactivate`` work on ksh
783
784* Fixes for ``--python``: make it work with ``--relocatable`` and the
785  symlink created to the exact Python version.
786
787
7881.3.3
789-----
790
791* Use Windows newlines in ``activate.bat``, which has been reported to help
792  when using non-ASCII directory names.
793
794* Fixed compatibility with Jython 2.5b1.
795
796* Added a function ``virtualenv.install_python`` for more fine-grained
797  access to what ``virtualenv.create_environment`` does.
798
799* Fix `a problem <https://bugs.launchpad.net/virtualenv/+bug/241581>`_
800  with Windows and paths that contain spaces.
801
802* If ``/path/to/env/.pydistutils.cfg`` exists (or
803  ``/path/to/env/pydistutils.cfg`` on Windows systems) then ignore
804  ``~/.pydistutils.cfg`` and use that other file instead.
805
806* Fix ` a problem
807  <https://bugs.launchpad.net/virtualenv/+bug/340050>`_ picking up
808  some ``.so`` libraries in ``/usr/local``.
809
810
8111.3.2
812-----
813
814* Remove the ``[install] prefix = ...`` setting from the virtualenv
815  ``distutils.cfg`` -- this has been causing problems for a lot of
816  people, in rather obscure ways.
817
818* If you use a boot script it will attempt to import ``virtualenv``
819  and find a pre-downloaded Setuptools egg using that.
820
821* Added platform-specific paths, like ``/usr/lib/pythonX.Y/plat-linux2``
822
823
8241.3.1
825-----
826
827* Real Python 2.6 compatibility.  Backported the Python 2.6 updates to
828  ``site.py``, including `user directories
829  <http://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-370-per-user-site-packages-directory>`_
830  (this means older versions of Python will support user directories,
831  whether intended or not).
832
833* Always set ``[install] prefix`` in ``distutils.cfg`` -- previously
834  on some platforms where a system-wide ``distutils.cfg`` was present
835  with a ``prefix`` setting, packages would be installed globally
836  (usually in ``/usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages``).
837
838* Sometimes Cygwin seems to leave ``.exe`` off ``sys.executable``; a
839  workaround is added.
840
841* Fix ``--python`` option.
842
843* Fixed handling of Jython environments that use a
844  jython-complete.jar.
845
846
8471.3
848---
849
850* Update to Setuptools 0.6c9
851* Added an option ``virtualenv --relocatable EXISTING_ENV``, which
852  will make an existing environment "relocatable" -- the paths will
853  not be absolute in scripts, ``.egg-info`` and ``.pth`` files.  This
854  may assist in building environments that can be moved and copied.
855  You have to run this *after* any new packages installed.
856* Added ``bin/activate_this.py``, a file you can use like
857  ``execfile("path_to/activate_this.py",
858  dict(__file__="path_to/activate_this.py"))`` -- this will activate
859  the environment in place, similar to what `the mod_wsgi example
860  does <http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/VirtualEnvironments>`_.
861* For Mac framework builds of Python, the site-packages directory
862  ``/Library/Python/X.Y/site-packages`` is added to ``sys.path``, from
863  Andrea Rech.
864* Some platform-specific modules in Macs are added to the path now
865  (``plat-darwin/``, ``plat-mac/``, ``plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages``),
866  from Andrea Rech.
867* Fixed a small Bashism in the ``bin/activate`` shell script.
868* Added ``__future__`` to the list of required modules, for Python
869  2.3.  You'll still need to backport your own ``subprocess`` module.
870* Fixed the ``__classpath__`` entry in Jython's ``sys.path`` taking
871  precedent over virtualenv's libs.
872
873
8741.2
875---
876
877* Added a ``--python`` option to select the Python interpreter.
878* Add ``warnings`` to the modules copied over, for Python 2.6 support.
879* Add ``sets`` to the module copied over for Python 2.3 (though Python
880  2.3 still probably doesn't work).
881
882
8831.1.1
884-----
885
886* Added support for Jython 2.5.
887
888
8891.1
890---
891
892* Added support for Python 2.6.
893* Fix a problem with missing ``DLLs/zlib.pyd`` on Windows.  Create
894* ``bin/python`` (or ``bin/python.exe``) even when you run virtualenv
895  with an interpreter named, e.g., ``python2.4``
896* Fix MacPorts Python
897* Added --unzip-setuptools option
898* Update to Setuptools 0.6c8
899* If the current directory is not writable, run ez_setup.py in ``/tmp``
900* Copy or symlink over the ``include`` directory so that packages will
901  more consistently compile.
902
903
9041.0
905---
906
907* Fix build on systems that use ``/usr/lib64``, distinct from
908  ``/usr/lib`` (specifically CentOS x64).
909* Fixed bug in ``--clear``.
910* Fixed typos in ``deactivate.bat``.
911* Preserve ``$PYTHONPATH`` when calling subprocesses.
912
913
9140.9.2
915-----
916
917* Fix include dir copying on Windows (makes compiling possible).
918* Include the main ``lib-tk`` in the path.
919* Patch ``distutils.sysconfig``: ``get_python_inc`` and
920  ``get_python_lib`` to point to the global locations.
921* Install ``distutils.cfg`` before Setuptools, so that system
922  customizations of ``distutils.cfg`` won't effect the installation.
923* Add ``bin/pythonX.Y`` to the virtualenv (in addition to
924  ``bin/python``).
925* Fixed an issue with Mac Framework Python builds, and absolute paths
926  (from Ronald Oussoren).
927
928
9290.9.1
930-----
931
932* Improve ability to create a virtualenv from inside a virtualenv.
933* Fix a little bug in ``bin/activate``.
934* Actually get ``distutils.cfg`` to work reliably.
935
936
9370.9
938---
939
940* Added ``lib-dynload`` and ``config`` to things that need to be
941  copied over in an environment.
942* Copy over or symlink the ``include`` directory, so that you can
943  build packages that need the C headers.
944* Include a ``distutils`` package, so you can locally update
945  ``distutils.cfg`` (in ``lib/pythonX.Y/distutils/distutils.cfg``).
946* Better avoid downloading Setuptools, and hitting PyPI on environment
947  creation.
948* Fix a problem creating a ``lib64/`` directory.
949* Should work on MacOSX Framework builds (the default Python
950  installations on Mac).  Thanks to Ronald Oussoren.
951
952
9530.8.4
954-----
955
956* Windows installs would sometimes give errors about ``sys.prefix`` that
957  were inaccurate.
958* Slightly prettier output.
959
960
9610.8.3
962-----
963
964* Added support for Windows.
965
966
9670.8.2
968-----
969
970* Give a better warning if you are on an unsupported platform (Mac
971  Framework Pythons, and Windows).
972* Give error about running while inside a workingenv.
973* Give better error message about Python 2.3.
974
975
9760.8.1
977-----
978
979Fixed packaging of the library.
980
981
9820.8
983---
984
985Initial release.  Everything is changed and new!
986