Python’s builders have accepted a proposal to create a universal lock file format for Python projects that would specify dependencies, enabling installation reproducibility in a Python environment.

The newly approved Python Enhancement Proposal 751 gives Python a standard lock file format for specifying the dependencies of projects. Here’s the what, why, and when.

The release also provides PYTHONPATH support with Pylance, the language server introduced last summer to provide Python-specific "smarts" for IntelliSense and such. "This release includes support to ...