Python-3.12.10 venv has extra parentheses

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Is there some reason why my python 3.12.10 venv has a default prompt that has extra parentheses?

I compared activate against python 3.13.3 and see these diffs

$ diff -U2 .py31{2,3}/bin/activate
--- .py312/bin/activate	2025-04-16 19:29:10.556166280 +0100
+++ .py313/bin/activate	2025-04-11 11:10:30.215483882 +0100
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
         # transform D:\path\to\venv to /d/path/to/venv on MSYS and MINGW
         # and to /cygdrive/d/path/to/venv on Cygwin
-        VIRTUAL_ENV=$(cygpath /home/user/devel/reportlab/.py312)
+        VIRTUAL_ENV=$(cygpath /home/user/devel/reportlab/.py313)
         export VIRTUAL_ENV
         ;;
     *)
         # use the path as-is
-        export VIRTUAL_ENV=/home/user/devel/reportlab/.py312
+        export VIRTUAL_ENV=/home/user/devel/reportlab/.py313
         ;;
 esac
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@
 export PATH
 
-VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT='(.py312) '
+VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT=.py313
 export VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT
 
@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@
 if [ -z "${VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT:-}" ] ; then
     _OLD_VIRTUAL_PS1="${PS1:-}"
-    PS1="("'(.py312) '") ${PS1:-}"
+    PS1="(".py313") ${PS1:-}"
     export PS1
 fi

which seems to show the parentheses have come from the activate. Is this intended?

2

See Double parenthesis in activated venv generated by Python 3.12.10 · Issue #132361 · python/cpython · GitHub

3

Thanks, I suppose it will eventually get fixed, but it’s easy to fix locally.