Extra Extesnsions Install automatically 😢 😢 😢

[RanaUniverse]

Hello VS Code's Python Team, i am learning Python so i am using the Python Extensions in VS Code.

But Currently Nowadays when i am trying to install Python i found it installs some others extensions,

but as per the docs in the vs code marketplace it says, it will only install the extra 2 extensions,

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So i was trying to say why this python environments extension is installing. What is this need, is this not any problem, as per docs it should not install.

Can you please try to say this, should i worry about this or not?
Or what is the new extensions is doing actually, what the new things it is doing?

[scrollDynasty]

The "Python Environments" extension is a relatively new addition, introduced as a preview in the December 2024 release. Its purpose is to simplify Python environment management, offering a dedicated view for creating, deleting, and switching between environments, as well as managing packages. This extension is designed to eventually replace the environment functionality within the main Python extension and is intended to be installed alongside it by default.
The documentation you are referring to might be slightly outdated or not yet reflecting the latest changes in the Python extension's packaging and dependencies. Microsoft has been actively developing and integrating new features, including more sophisticated environment management, which is now handled by this separate "Python Environments" extension.
No, you generally should not worry about this. The installation of the "Python Environments" extension is a deliberate change by the VS Code team to improve Python development workflows. It's a sign of active development and an effort to provide better tools for managing Python projects.

[RanaUniverse]

Yes i understand, so as i understand the

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.python

the documentation need to change here, this part need to say specefically that the python extensions need to have the Python Environments extensions again.

Do you say is this just docs failed.

[eleanorjboyd]

thank you for catching this! We will update the docs to include the python environments extension in the readme!

[eleanorjboyd]

to verify: ensure list in marketplace listing for python now includes the python envs ext