Index: general/prog/python3.xml
===================================================================
--- general/prog/python3.xml	(revision 1c93056093e7ed282b8f6e3a656d94a4ab2e17d3)
+++ general/prog/python3.xml	(revision f2ff0e42f4a8179c02d60c86bfd0aa32b3aa4128)
@@ -85,4 +85,13 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Python 3 Dependencies</bridgehead>
+
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
+    <para role="required">
+      <!-- This is called upon during the installation of setuptools. -->
+      <!-- I've emailed DJ since there is a problem with this, and he is 
+           technically upstream. Since it uses a Python module that isn't 
+           recompiled yet, lsb_release fails to run.-->
+      <xref linkend="lsb-tools"/>
+    </para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
@@ -195,5 +204,5 @@
       <option>--with-lto</option>: This optional switch enables thick Link
       Time Optimization. Unusually, it creates a much larger <filename
-      class="libraryfile">/usr/lib/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.7m.a</filename>
+      class="libraryfile">/usr/lib/python3.8/config-3.8-x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.8.a</filename>
       with a small increase in the time to compile
       <application>Python</application>. Run-time results do not appear to show
@@ -237,21 +246,28 @@
       <seglistitem>
         <seg>
-          2to3 (symlink),
+          2to3 (symlink) and
           2to3-&python3-majorver;,
 
-          idle3 (symlink), and
-          idle&python3-majorver;
-
-          pydoc3 (symlink),
+          easy_install (symlink) and
+          easy_install-&python3-majorver;,
+
+          idle3 (symlink) and
+          idle&python3-majorver;,
+
+          pip3 (symlink) and
+          pip&python3-majorver;,
+
+          pydoc3 (symlink) and
           pydoc&python3-majorver;,
 
           python3 (symlink);
-          python&python3-majorver;, 
-
-          python3-config (symlink),
-          python&python3-majorver;-config,
-
+          python&python3-majorver;, and
+
+          python3-config (symlink) and
+          python&python3-majorver;-config
+          <!--
           pyvenv (symlink),
-          pyvenv-&python3-majorver;,
+          pyvenv-&python3-majorver;
+          -->
         </seg>
         <seg>
@@ -270,4 +286,30 @@
       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
+      <!--
+      <varlistentry id="2to3">
+        <term><command>2to3</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            is designed to assist in the transition between python2 and python3
+            by automatically converting code to be Python3 compatible.
+          </para>
+          <indexterm zone="python3 2to3">
+            <primary sortas="b-2to3">2to3</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      Put here for easy use when removing Python2 -->
+      <varlistentry id="easy_install">
+        <term><command>easy_install</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            is a frontend to pip3 to make it easier to configure python modules
+            through the PIP package manager.
+          </para>
+          <indexterm zone="python3 easy_install">
+            <primary sortas="python3 easy_install">easy_install</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry id="idle3">
@@ -325,5 +367,5 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
-
+      <!--
       <varlistentry id="pyvenv">
         <term><command>pyvenv</command></term>
@@ -339,5 +381,5 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
-
+      -->
     </variablelist>
 
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision 1c93056093e7ed282b8f6e3a656d94a4ab2e17d3)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision f2ff0e42f4a8179c02d60c86bfd0aa32b3aa4128)
@@ -46,4 +46,8 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Fix the build instruction for Python-3.8.0 by
+          updating the major version.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[renodr] - Update to unrar-5.8.3. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;12673">#12673</ulink>.</para>
Index: packages.ent
===================================================================
--- packages.ent	(revision 1c93056093e7ed282b8f6e3a656d94a4ab2e17d3)
+++ packages.ent	(revision f2ff0e42f4a8179c02d60c86bfd0aa32b3aa4128)
@@ -357,5 +357,5 @@
 
 <!ENTITY python2-majorver             "2.7">
-<!ENTITY python3-majorver             "3.7">
+<!ENTITY python3-majorver             "3.8">
 
 <!-- Perl module versions used in the Perl Modules instructions
