feature: Manage package versions from sidebar by edvilme · Pull Request #1511 · microsoft/vscode-python-environments

edvilme · 2026-05-08T03:19:29Z

Feature: Manage package versions from sidebar

This pull request adds a new "Manage Package Version" command to the Python Envs extension, allowing users to update the version of an installed package via the UI.

1. Select "Manage Package Version" in packages view.

Click on the new gear button next to each package to manage versions.

Note that this feature is disabled for transitive packages (Distinguish between direct and transitive packages #1530)

2a. Select the desired version

For package managers that support it (conda, uv, pip >= 21.2.0), the extension fetches all available versions from the index and displays them in a picker.

2b. Type the desired version

If the package versions cannot be fetched, the extension prompts the user to type in the desired version

User is warned if input is not a correct version number.

Fixes #1368
Fixes #512

edvilme · 2026-05-08T03:21:04Z

The end goal is to have a version picker list all the available versions package in the feed (may or may not be PyPI) which requires further design discusisons.

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super excited! just a few nits

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…mport - Replace semver.SemVer with Pep440Version in pythonApi.ts to match API interface - Fix test import path: pipManager -> pipPackageManager - Remove unused semver dependency Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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Warn users that changing the version of a transitive dependency may cause unexpected behavior in packages that depend on it, following the same pattern used in handlePackageUninstall. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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The function was only used by the pip <= 20.3.4 fallback code path which was previously removed. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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- Guard against undefined from parse(environment.version) by extracting base_version into a variable and returning early if null, instead of using non-null assertion (!) - Fix published API package: rename getAvailableVersions to getPackageAvailableVersions with correct parameter order (environment, packageName) to match internal PackageManager interface Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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Use renovatebot/pep440

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Use poetry package[at]version syntax

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Update names for consistency

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Pass parsed versions to commands

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