I get upgrade fatigue using pip.<p>It seems like every time I use it, it nags me to update, like now:<p><pre><code> WARNING: You are using pip version 20.3.3; however, version 21.0.1 is available.
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20.3.3 is from December. In the last 2 months there have been 3 releases.<p>Then I'll upgrade, and the next time it'll nag me to upgrade again.<p>So, no, I <i>don't</i> need to update every time I turn around. I need something to give me some peace and quiet, like --disable-pip-version-check-for "6 months".<p>Which is not at all what the linked-to page was about.<p>Then again, why didn't the example shell transcript include pip's incessant warning that:<p><pre><code> You are using pip version 9.0.1, however version 21.0.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command.
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(I made a venv and installed 9.0.1 to copy&paste those nag lines.)<p>Was it trimmed off to add artificial suspense?<p>Seems more useful as an example of justifying why it should be there for sufficiently old pip installations.