From 4ce9565aa1751d117e5190362c2000cf96c2e3c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sumana Harihareswara Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:01:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs about Python 2 and resolver Per #9019. --- docs/html/user_guide.rst | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/html/user_guide.rst b/docs/html/user_guide.rst index f6c4ee5dd..2e8bfeb02 100644 --- a/docs/html/user_guide.rst +++ b/docs/html/user_guide.rst @@ -1452,6 +1452,11 @@ We are also changing our support for :ref:`Constraints Files`: * Links are not allowed as constraints (see :issue:`8253`) * Constraints cannot have extras (see :issue:`6628`) +Per our :ref:`Python 2 Support` policy, pip 20.3 users who are using +Python 2 will use the legacy resolver by default. Python 2 users +should upgrade to Python 3 as soon as possible, since in pip 21.0 in +January 2021, pip will drop support for Python 2 altogether. + How to upgrade and migrate -------------------------- @@ -1504,13 +1509,6 @@ How to upgrade and migrate their root causes, you can choose the old resolver behavior using the flag ``--use-deprecated=legacy-resolver``. - Per our :ref:`Python 2 Support` policy, pip 20.3 users who are - using Python 2 and who have trouble with the new resolver can - choose to switch to the old resolver behavior using the flag - ``--use-deprecated=legacy-resolver``. Python 2 users should - upgrade to Python 3 as soon as possible, since in pip 21.0 in - January 2021, pip will drop support for Python 2 altogether. - 5. **Please report bugs** through the `resolver testing survey`_.