On behalf of the Python Packaging Authority, I am pleased to announce
that we have just released pip 20.2, a new version of pip. You can
install it by running python -m pip install --upgrade pip.

The highlights for this release are:

- The beta of the next-generation dependency resolver is available
- Faster installations from wheel files
- Improved handling of wheels containing non-ASCII file contents
- Faster `pip list` using parallelized network operations
- Installed packages now contain metadata about whether they were
directly
requested by the user (PEP 376’s REQUESTED file)

The new dependency resolver is *off by default* because it is *not yet
ready for everyday use*. The new dependency resolver is significantly
stricter and more consistent when it receives incompatible instructions,
and reduces support for certain kinds of constraints files, so some
workarounds and workflows may break. Please test it with the `--use-feature=2020-resolver` flag. Please see our guide on how to test
and migrate, and how to report issues <https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide/#changes-to-the-pip-dependency-resolver-in-20-2-2020>.

We are preparing to change the default dependency resolution behavior
and make the new resolver the default in pip 20.3 (in October 2020).

This release also partially optimizes pip’s network usage during
installation (as part of a Google Summer of Code project by McSinyx <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#5428041779511296>).
Please test it with `pip install --use-feature=2020-resolver --use-feature=fast-deps` and report bugs to the issue tracker <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/new?template=bug-report.md>. This functionality is *still experimental* and *not ready for everyday use*.

You can find more details (including deprecations and removals) in the changelog <https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/>.

As with all pip releases, a significant amount of the work was
contributed by pip’s user community. Huge thanks to all who have contributed, whether through code, documentation, issue reports and/or discussion. Your help keeps pip improving, and is hugely appreciated.

Specific thanks go to Mozilla (through its Mozilla Open Source Support <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/moss/> Awards) and to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative <https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/> DAF, an advised fund of
Silicon Valley Community Foundation, for their funding that enabled
substantial work on the new resolver.


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Sumana Harihareswara
pip project manager via contract with PSF
Changeset Consulting
https://changeset.nyc

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Changes are coming to pip, Python's package installation tool, in
October 2020. Please read and share this migration guide: https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide/#changes-to-the-pip-dependency-resolver-in-20-2-2020
.

We're working on improving the Python packaging toolchain, foundational
work that will (in the long run) make the whole Python package
installation experience way less confusing.

The pip team made a 2-minute video to explain what's up:

https://youtu.be/B4GQCBBsuNU

We are also doing user experience studies, and want you to sign up if
you ever do anything with Python (whatever your level of
skill/experience): http://www.ei8fdb.org/thoughts/2020/03/pip-ux-study-recruitment/

https://mastodon.social/@brainwane/104950044427849411 is a good toot to
boost, and https://twitter.com/ThePSF/status/1311038036013199363 is a
good tweet to retweet, if you want to help us get the word out.

MORE DETAILS: at the migration guide at https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide/#changes-to-the-pip-dependency-resolver-in-20-2-2020
.

On 7/30/20 10:58 AM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote:

On behalf of the Python Packaging Authority, I am pleased to announce
that we have just released pip 20.2, a new version of pip. You can
install it by running python -m pip install --upgrade pip.

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Sumana Harihareswara
Changeset Consulting
https://changeset.nyc

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