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Names in "Select a Python Environment" drop down are too brief #593

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The new drop down for selecting environments, while cleaner, is too brief.

But after attempting to grab clean logs for the extension, I've been unable to get the new dialog or see the logs for just this extension. What I'm creating an issue for is also shown in #590, but does not appear to be directly related. Right now, the only drop down I can view is "Select Interpreter"

Historically, VSCode virtual environment searching and detection has been a little finicky. Often, the filtered environments include environments that have similar-looking names. So when I see a virtual environment that just shows manager (version), I don't immediately trust the correct virtual environment has been found.

It could be that this extension does fix those problems, but it would be nice if the "Select Environment" drop down was explicit, showing the name of the virtual environment, or maybe the path of the virtual environment.

If the slimmer drop down is the final desired design pattern, then providing at least the environment name would be a good way to garner trust that the editor is finding the correct one.

Select Interpreter Select Environment
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