Virtualenv

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- ``virtualenv.pyz`` no longer fails when zipapp path contains a symlink - by :user:`HandSonic` and :user:`petamas`. (:issue:`1949`)
- Fix bad return code from activate.sh if hashing is disabled - by :user:'fenkes-ibm'. (:issue:`2717`)

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- fix PATH-based Python discovery on Windows - by :user:`ofek`. (:issue:`2712`)

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- allow builtin discovery to discover specific interpreters (e.g. ``python3.12``) given an unspecific spec (e.g. ``python3``) - by :user:`flying-sheep`. (:issue:`2709`)

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- Python 3.13.0a6 renamed pathmod to parser. (:issue:`2702`)

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- Upgrade embedded wheels:

- setuptools of ``69.1.0`` to ``69.5.1``
- wheel of ``0.42.0`` to ``0.43.0`` (:issue:`2699`)

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- :issue:`2688`