bpo-36008: Doc update for 3.8 migration (GH-12887)

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst b/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
index ab92af044e7ce065b11024de646477f9e637439d..dddfd850cd29fbf21bff641587a865d6f0a79a9b 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ Python guru or system administrator.  (E.g., :file:`/usr/local/python` is a
 popular alternative location.)
 
 On Windows machines, the Python installation is usually placed in
-:file:`C:\\Python36`, though you can change this when you're running the
+:file:`C:\\Python38`, though you can change this when you're running the
 installer.  To add this directory to your path,  you can type the following
 command into :ref:`a command prompt window <faq-run-program-under-windows>`::
 
-   set path=%path%;C:\python36
+   set path=%path%;C:\python38
 
 Typing an end-of-file character (:kbd:`Control-D` on Unix, :kbd:`Control-Z` on
 Windows) at the primary prompt causes the interpreter to exit with a zero exit

diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
index fd47ce2ab538497e59b6dfbf950e0a63df985c3f..5ae3cc808b34a1454db1926adf1048f944520860 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst
@@ -182,13 +182,13 @@ Generic options
 
    .. code-block:: none
 
-       Python 3.6.0b2+
+       Python 3.8.0b2+
 
    When given twice, print more information about the build, like:
 
    .. code-block:: none
 
-       Python 3.6.0b2+ (3.6:84a3c5003510+, Oct 26 2016, 02:33:55)
+       Python 3.8.0b2+ (3.8:0c076caaa8, Apr 20 2019, 21:55:00)
        [GCC 6.2.0 20161005]
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.6

diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
index 2f3eb0ea3f06a70cae8fb8aa77cb71eddd86af40..1f8eb16e505482a9759262eb2f37d69dc1ef5621 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst
@@ -214,13 +214,13 @@ of available options is shown below.
 For example, to silently install a default, system-wide Python installation,
 you could use the following command (from an elevated command prompt)::
 
-    python-3.6.0.exe /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1 Include_test=0
+    python-3.8.0.exe /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1 Include_test=0
 
 To allow users to easily install a personal copy of Python without the test
 suite, you could provide a shortcut with the following command. This will
 display a simplified initial page and disallow customization::
 
-    python-3.6.0.exe InstallAllUsers=0 Include_launcher=0 Include_test=0
+    python-3.8.0.exe InstallAllUsers=0 Include_launcher=0 Include_test=0
         SimpleInstall=1 SimpleInstallDescription="Just for me, no test suite."
 
 (Note that omitting the launcher also omits file associations, and is only
@@ -257,13 +257,13 @@ where a large number of installations are going to be performed it is very
 useful to have a locally cached copy.
 
 Execute the following command from Command Prompt to download all possible
-required files.  Remember to substitute ``python-3.6.0.exe`` for the actual
+required files.  Remember to substitute ``python-3.8.0.exe`` for the actual
 name of your installer, and to create layouts in their own directories to
 avoid collisions between files with the same name.
 
 ::
 
-    python-3.6.0.exe /layout [optional target directory]
+    python-3.8.0.exe /layout [optional target directory]
 
 You may also specify the ``/quiet`` option to hide the progress display.
 
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ To temporarily set environment variables, open Command Prompt and use the
 
 .. code-block:: doscon
 
-    C:\>set PATH=C:\Program Files\Python 3.6;%PATH%
+    C:\>set PATH=C:\Program Files\Python 3.8;%PATH%
     C:\>set PYTHONPATH=%PYTHONPATH%;C:\My_python_lib
     C:\>python
 
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ of your Python installation, delimited by a semicolon from other entries.  An
 example variable could look like this (assuming the first two entries already
 existed)::
 
-    C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\Program Files\Python 3.6
+    C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\Program Files\Python 3.8
 
 .. _launcher: