WIP: update info about release plan

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