pex 2.8.0

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2.8.0

This release adds a new --override option to resolves that ultimately
use an --index or --find-links. This allows you to override
transitive dependencies when you have determined they are too narrow and
that expanding their range is safe to do. The new --overrides and the
existing --excludes can now also be specified when creating or syncing
a lock file to seal these dependency modifications into the lock.

This release also adds a new --project option to pex and
pex3 lock {create,sync} that improves the ergonomics of locking a
local Python project and then creating PEX executables for that project
using its locked requirements.

In addition, this release fixes the bdist_pex distutils command that
ships with Pex to work when run under tox and Python 3.12 by improving
Pex venv creation robustness when creating venvs that include Pip.

• Add support for --override. (Add support for --override. #2431)
• Support --project locking and PEX building. (Support --project locking and PEX building. #2455)
• Improve venv creation robustness when adding Pip. (Improve venv creation robustness when adding Pip. #2454)

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This discussion was created from the release pex 2.8.0.