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rss = "GSoC 2020: Sorting Things Out"
date = Date(2020, 8, 3)
tags = ["gsoc", "pip", "python"]
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Sorting Things Out
Hi! I really hope that everyone reading this is still doing okay,
and if that isn't the case, I wish you a good day!
## `pip` 20.2 Released!
Last Wednesday, `pip` 20.2 was released, delivering the `2020-resolver`
as well as many other improvements! I was lucky to be able
to get the `fast-deps` feature to be included as part of the release.
A brief description of this *experimental* feature as well as testing
instruction can be found on [Python Discuss].
The public exposure of the feature also remind me of some further
{{pip 8681 optimization}} to make on {{pip 8670 "the lazy wheel"}}.
Hopefully without download parallelization it would not be too slow
to put off testing by concerned users of `pip`.
## Preparation for Download Parallelization
As of this moment, we already have:
* {{pip 8162#issuecomment-667504162 "Multithreading pool fallback working"}}
* An opt-in to use lazy wheel to optain dependency information,
and thus getting a list of wheels at the end of resolution
ready to be downloaded together
What's left is *only* to interject a parallel download somewhere after
the dependency resolution step. Still, this struggles me way more than
I've ever imagined. I got so stuck that I had to give myself a day off
in the middle of the week (and study some Rust), then I came up with
{{pip 8638 "something what was agreed upon as difficult to maintain"}}.
Indeed, a large part of this is my fault, for not communicating the design
thoroughly with `pip`'s maintainers and not carefully noting stuff down
during (verbal) discussions with my mentor. Thankfully {{pip 8685
"Chris Hunt came to the rescue"}} and did a refactoring that will
make my future work much easier and cleaner.
[Python Discuss]: https://discuss.python.org/t/announcement-pip-20-2-release/4863/2
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