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Issue #21034: Remove outdated paragraph from venv documentation
Since Python 3.4, there is no need to install pip and setuptools into a venv manually.
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Common installation tools such as ``Setuptools`` and ``pip`` work as
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expected with venvs - i.e. when a venv is active, they install Python
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packages into the venv without needing to be told to do so explicitly.
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Of course, you need to install them into the venv first: this could be
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done by running ``ez_setup.py`` with the venv activated,
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followed by running ``easy_install pip``. Alternatively, you could download
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the source tarballs and run ``python setup.py install`` after unpacking,
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with the venv activated.
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When a venv is active (i.e. the venv's Python interpreter is running), the
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attributes :attr:`sys.prefix` and :attr:`sys.exec_prefix` point to the base

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