# An update on pip and dependency resolution **URL:** \ **Category:** Packaging\ **Created:** [June 22, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/an-update-on-pip-and-dependency-resolution/1898 "2019-06-22T22:13:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![sumanah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/sumanah/32/1722_2.png) [@sumanah](https://discuss.python.org/u/sumanah)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/an-update-on-pip-and-dependency-resolution/1898/2 "2020-03-23T15:48:39Z")
I’m going to use this thread to share some in-progress notes on the resolver work. As of right now, people who install `pip` from [GitHub `master`](https://github.com/pypa/pip/) will have the ability to run `pip install --unstable-feature=resolver` and test the new resolver code. And less than half of the test suite fails! Expect errors and missing features, but it’s there! A proper alpha or beta release will probably happen in May, and we’ll be sharing a “what to test” guide and asking for a lot of testing at that time. I’m working on a pre-announcement now that will go to the [PSF blog](https://pyfound.blogspot.com/) and that we’ll be publicizing from there, and of course linking to from [our wiki page](https://wiki.python.org/psf/PackagingWG#Dependency_resolver_and_user_experience_improvements_for_pip). Thank you to [Mozilla (through its Mozilla Open Source Support Awards)](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/moss/) and to [the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/) DAF, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, for funding enabling this work! And thanks to @ei8fdb and Georgia Bullen from Simply Secure, and to @pradyunsg @pf_moore @uranusjr and Ilan Schnell for your work on the project. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.python.org/t/an-update-on-pip-and-dependency-resolution/1898)._