AcademySoftwareFoundation / AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez

hashed variant shortlinks aren't create with rez-pip

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enhancement rez-pip
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Description

Using rez-pip --install --release with the version if pip from #667 does not produce variant shortlinks.

Rez should be updated so that shortlinks are created as part of a package install, and not only via rez-release.

Note that variants without shortlinks are still valid and behave correctly, you just don't get the shortened paths in (eg) $REZ_PKGNAME_ROOT etc.

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Research direction

Start by running rez-pip --install --release with the pip version from #667 and compare its results with rez-release. Trace where variant shortlinks are created during those operations; done means package installation creates the shortlinks while variants without them remain valid.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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