Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into Use-new-narrow_requirement_selection-resolvelib-API-to-speed-up-resolution

Author: notatallshaw

news/13252.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+When choosing a preferred requirement for resolving dependencies
+do not consider a specifier with a * in it, e.g. "==1.*", to be a
+pinned specifier.

src/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/provider.py

@@ -185,14 +185,14 @@ def get_preference(
         else:
             candidate, ireqs = None, ()
 
-        operators = [
-            specifier.operator
+        operators: list[tuple[str, str]] = [
+            (specifier.operator, specifier.version)
             for specifier_set in (ireq.specifier for ireq in ireqs if ireq)
             for specifier in specifier_set
         ]
 
         direct = candidate is not None
-        pinned = any(op[:2] == "==" for op in operators)
+        pinned = any(((op[:2] == "==") and ("*" not in ver)) for op, ver in operators)
         unfree = bool(operators)
         requested_order = self._user_requested.get(identifier, math.inf)
 

tests/unit/resolution_resolvelib/test_provider.py

@@ -42,7 +42,23 @@ def build_req_info(
             {"pinned-package": [build_req_info("pinned-package==1.0")]},
             [],
             {},
-            (False, False, math.inf, False, "pinned-package"),
+            (True, False, False, True, math.inf, False, "pinned-package"),
+        ),
+        # Star-specified package, i.e. with "*"
+        (
+            "star-specified-package",
+            {"star-specified-package": [build_req_info("star-specified-package==1.*")]},
+            [],
+            {},
+            (True, False, True, True, math.inf, False, "star-specified-package"),
+        ),
+        # Package that caused backtracking
+        (
+            "backtrack-package",
+            {"backtrack-package": [build_req_info("backtrack-package")]},
+            [build_req_info("backtrack-package")],
+            {},
+            (True, False, True, False, math.inf, True, "backtrack-package"),
         ),
         # Root package requested by user
         (