@@ -1021,15 +1021,22 @@ of ability. Some examples that you could consider include:
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* ``distlib `` - Packaging and distribution utilities (including functions for
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interacting with PyPI).
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- Testing the 20.2 beta
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- =====================
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+ Changes to the pip dependency resolver in 20.2
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+ ==============================================
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- Please test pip 20.2b2.
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+ pip 20.1 included an alpha version of the new resolver (hidden behind
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+ an optional ``--unstable-feature=resolver `` flag). pip 20.2 includes a
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+ robust beta of the new resolver (hidden behind an optional
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+ ``--use-feature=2020-resolver `` flag) that we encourage you to
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+ test. We will continue to improve the pip dependency resolver in
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+ response to testers' feedback. This will help us prepare to release
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+ pip 20.3, with the new resolver on by default, in October.
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Watch out for
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-------------
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- The big change in this beta is to the pip dependency resolver within pip.
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+ The big change in this release is to the pip dependency resolver
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+ within pip.
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Computers need to know the right order to install pieces of software
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("to install `x `, you need to install `y ` first"). So, when Python
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How to test
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- 1. **Install the beta ** [specific instructions TKTK] .
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+ 1. **Install pip 20.2 ** with `` python -m pip install --upgrade pip `` .
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2. **Run ``pip check`` on your current environment **. This
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will report if you have any inconsistencies in your set of installed
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that people can transition off such workarounds smoothly.
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- If you develop or support a tool that wraps pip or uses it to
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deliver part of your functionality, please test your integration
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- with the beta .
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+ with pip 20.2 .
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Please report bugs [GitHub link or something else TKTK].
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