pex 2.16.2

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2.16.2

This release brings a slew of small fixes across the code base.

When creating locks for foreign platforms,
pex3 lock {create,update,sync} now allows locking sdists that use
PEP-517 build backends that do not support the
prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel hook and whose product is a wheel not
compatible with the foreign platform. This is decidedly a corner case,
but one encountered with the mesonpy build backend which seems to have
traction in the scientific computing world in particular.

The recent re-vamp of the PEX REPL is now fixed to respect common
conventions for controlling terminal output via the NO_COLOR,
FORCE_COLOR and TERM environment variables.

The examples in the buildingpex docs had bit-rotted. They have
been refreshed and now all work.

Finally, both the Pex CLI and PEX files support the ambient OS standards
for user cache directories. Instead of using ~/.pex as the default
PEX_ROOT cache location, the default is now ~/.cache/pex on Linux (
but respecting XDG_CACHE_HOME when set) and ~/Library/Caches/pex on
Mac.

• Lock sdists in more cases for foreign platforms. (Lock sdists in more cases for foreign platforms. #2508)
• Respect NO_COLOR, FORCE_COLOR & TERM=dumb. (Respect NO_COLOR, FORCE_COLOR & TERM=dumb. #2507)
• Fix buildingpex.rst examples. (Fix buildingpex.rst examples. #2506)
• Respect OS user cache location conventions. (Respect OS user cache location conventions. #2505)

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