On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 03:12, Sumana Harihareswara
What timeline are we thinking is realistic for rolling out the new pip resolver? (latest update on resolver work: https://pradyunsg.me/blog/2019/08/06/pip-update-2/ ) I'm re-upping this question which I originally asked on a GitHub issue about the rollout: https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/6536#issuecomment-521696430 and would prefer to corral answers there.
This depends a lot on Pradyun's health and free time, and code review availability from other pip maintainers, and whether we get some grants we're applying for, but I think the sequence is something like:
1) build logic refactor: in progress, done sometime December-February 2) UX research and design, test infrastructure building, talking to downstreams and users about config flags and transition schedules: we need funding for this; earliest start is probably December, will take 2-3 months 3) introduce the abstractions defined in resolvelib/zazo while doing alpha testing: will take a few months, so, conservatively estimating, May 2020? 4) adopting better dependency resolution and do beta testing: ?
Is this right? What am I missing?
These numbers sound plausible to me, and there don't appear to be any major bits missing. I agree that separating out the requirements gathering and UX feedback work from the core development task would be a good idea (it's a distinct skillset, and large parts of it can take place alongside the refactoring and development). Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia