pip is the package installer for Python.

Often, when you run pip, especially the first time in a new virtual environment, you will see something like:

WARNING: You are using pip version 20.1.1; however, version 20.2 is available.

And you should. Because 20.2 has a new dependency resolver.

Get in the habit, until October, of replacing pip install with pip install --use-feature=2020-resolver.

This new pip dependency resolver is the result of a lot of work.

We talk about:

Special Guests: Bernard Tyers, Nicole Harris, Paul Moore, Pradyun Gedam, and Tzu-ping Chung.

Sponsored By:

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Links:

• Changelog — pip 20.2 documentation — Including --use-feature=2020-resolver
• pypa/pip: The Python package installer — github repo
• testing pip - documentation
• pip - The Python Package Installer — pip 20.2 documentation
• Changes to the pip dependency resolver in 20.2 — Changes to the pip dependency resolver in 20.2