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Fix description of --no-binary to reflect current behavior#13967

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@rio767 rio767 commented May 2, 2026

Summary

Update the description of --no-binary to reflect behavior introduced in pip 23.1.

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The current help text says "Do not use binary packages", which is misleading.
Since pip 23.1, the option prevents downloading binary distributions, but cached wheels may still be used.

Closes #13087

No news entry needed (docs-only change).

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Hi @rio767, thanks a lot for your contribution!
It looks like you’ll need to add a news file, and the pre‑commit checks are currently failing as well. Please take a look at pip’s contributing guide for details. If you need any help resolving the errors, feel free to ask.
Also, just a heads‑up that it may take some time before a maintainer is able to review your PR.

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rio767 commented May 2, 2026

Hi @rio767, thanks a lot for your contribution! It looks like you’ll need to add a news file, and the pre‑commit checks are currently failing as well. Please take a look at pip’s contributing guide for details. If you need any help resolving the errors, feel free to ask. Also, just a heads‑up that it may take some time before a maintainer is able to review your PR.

Added the news fragment and fixed pre-commit issues. Let me know if anything else needs to be adjusted.

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Looks good to me, thanks!

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Doc for option --no-binary is wrong

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