Merge pull request #26134 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-26084-on-v3.7.1-doc

ksunden · web-flow · commit 855247391d9e · 2023-06-15T17:28:29.000-05:00
Backport PR #26084 on branch v3.7.1-doc (added note about python 3 to venv)
diff --git a/doc/devel/development_setup.rst b/doc/devel/development_setup.rst
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ The simplest way to do this is to use either Python's virtual environment
         <file folder location>\Scripts\activate.bat  # Windows cmd.exe
         <file folder location>\Scripts\Activate.ps1  # Windows PowerShell
 
+      On some systems, you may need to type ``python3`` instead of ``python``.
+      For a discussion of the technical reasons, see `PEP-394 <https://peps.python.org/pep-0394>`_.
+
    .. tab-item:: conda environment
 
       Create a new `conda`_ environment with ::
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ The simplest way to do this is to use either Python's virtual environment
 
 Remember to activate the environment whenever you start working on Matplotlib.
 
+
 Installing Matplotlib in editable mode
 ======================================
 Install Matplotlib in editable mode from the :file:`matplotlib` directory
