Randy Döring

Not sure if we have to implement [PEP 514](https://peps.python.org/pep-0514/) compliant searching by ourselves. It may be more sustainable to use an existing lib (e.g. [pythonfinder](https://pypi.org/project/pythonfinder/)).

> #4615 was closed on the grounds that it was a duplicate. Probably wrong. This issue is still valid. One could debate whether it is a bug or a missing...

> So right now I am contemplating creating a pull request for a documentation update telling the user that the command is broken. The command is not broken. Passing X.Y...

Just an explanation what's happing: The overrides originate from multiple constraint dependencies. In your example, there are three packages with multiple constraint dependencies: [pandas with 4 constraints for numpy](https://pypi.org/pypi/pandas/1.4.0/json) ```...

I fixed the parsing of `data-dist-info-metadata` for special cases, added support for PEP 714 (renaming to `data-core-metadata`), added tests and applied some review feedback. (Separate commits to make it traceable...

> All of which is I guess a long-winded way of asking whether you have any evidence about the practical effect of this? Is it a lot of extra round...

blocked by #8940

This should be ready now. I'll probably check again later this week but in case anyone wants to take a look...

The reason why this is so difficult to implement is not the installer but the solver/locker. (Locking comes always before installing.) Currently, the solver searches for one (environment-independent) solution to...

> Solution 1 seems infeasible when working in a team with machines on different operating systems, due to the need of providing the complete URL of the wheel including operating...