PEP 832: Go back to a `.venv` redirect file - #5118

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Update Rationale
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Update project support
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Write out some example uses
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Add a note about not supporting other environment types
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Add some newlines
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Update Bckwards Compatibility
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Update Security Implications
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Update How to Teach This
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Update Rejected Ideas and Deferred Ideas
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Clarify why `.python-envs` was dropped
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Clarify vhy `.venv` was kept
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Minor tweaks
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Clarify virtual environment search behaviour when looking in parent directories
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Clarify handling of `.venv` redirect files to treat contents as path data for security
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream' into 832-back-to-redirect-file
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Fix `python -c` example
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Set the date for the Change History
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